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LinkGenius – Affiliate Link Manager and Link Shortener

Affiliate link manager plugin to cloak, brand, disclose, track, replace and organize affiliate links with SEO-friendly redirects and tools.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version1.2.6
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 6.0 · PHP 7.4
Directory statusactive
Last directory update31 Aug 20262mo ago
Active installations10Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating5.0 / 5 from 1 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records LinkGenius – Affiliate Link Manager and Link Shortener version 1.2.6 as active, updated 2mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

LinkGenius is a powerful affiliate link management plugin designed to simplify the management of your affiliate links. It offers a range of benefits for affiliate marketers, ensuring a seamless user experience while complying with FTC guidelines and enhancing your affiliate marketing strategy.

Here are some specific benefits of using LinkGenius for affiliate marketing:

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Effortless Link Management: Easily add, edit, and delete affiliate links using LinkGenius. Keep your links organized and easily accessible by categorizing and tagging them as needed.

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Compliance with FTC Guidelines: LinkGenius helps you include clear affiliate disclosures in your content, ensuring compliance with FTC guidelines and building trust with your audience.

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Customize link appearance: Customize the appearance of your affiliate links with LinkGenius, including attributes like opening in a new window, adding classes, UGC and sponsored attributes, and custom rel attributes, to optimize click-through rates.

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Boost SEO: With LinkGenius, you can improve your website’s SEO by creating clean, search engine friendly, and userfriendly links.

Let’s take a closer look at some of the key features of LinkGenius:

Link Management:

Manage your affiliate links with ease using LinkGenius. Add, edit, and delete affiliate links effortlessly, keeping them organized and accessible. Manage your affiliate link lists by categorizing and tagging your links.

Easily Link to Posts or Pages

Display individual links or a list of affiliate links based on tags or categories to provide a cohesive representation of related links. Customize the layout and order of your list. LinkGenius supports creating links or link lists via multiple blocks, shortcodes, or by simply selecting text in the block editor.

Find which posts or pages contain a specific link

Quickly find which posts or pages contain a specific link using the Link Locator functionality. Remove your expired links easily from your content or replace them with new ones.

Customizable Link Appearance

Customize the appearance of your affiliate links. Add classes, or make a link open in a new window. Add UGC and sponsored attributes, or defined your own custom rel attributes.

Affiliate Disclosure

Maintain compliance with FTC guidelines and build trust with your audience by adding an affiliate disclosure statement to your content. Alternatively, you can utilize a tooltip or appended text to clearly indicate which links are affiliate links.

Link Branding

Enhance the appearance and security of your affiliate links by branding them. Create shorter, branded, and more memorable links that are less likely to be blocked by ad-blockers or marked as spam. Customize link cloaking on a per-link basis.

Multiple Redirect Types

Take full control over how your users are redirected, including 301 (Permanent), 302 (Temporary), 307 (Temporary) redirects.

Pro Features

While LinkGenius is completely free, there is also a pro version with additional features available. com to get more information on the pro version.

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Automatic link insertion: Automatically insert affiliate links into your content by linking specific keywords to affiliate URLs. Exclude certain pages or posts from automatic link insertion.

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Automatic link replacement: Automatically replace URLs in your content with either shortened or uncloaked LinkGenius (affiliate) links.

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Expiring Links: Set an expiration date on your links and redirect users to a specific location after clicking an expired link. You can also make links expire after a certain number of clicks.

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Geotargeting: Redirect visitors based on their country of origin to geographically appropriate affiliate URLs.

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Device based redirects: Redirect users to alternative URLs, based on their browser, operating system, or other information in their user agent.

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Link tracking: Track the performance of your affiliate links with ease, using LinkGenius’s link tracking capabilities powered by Google Analytics. Gain valuable insights into link performance and optimize your strategy accordingly. The server-side tracking option allows you to even track clicks from directly from social media.

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Commission tracking: Track the commission you earn from your affiliate links by using commission postback. Do not only track the clicks but also the commission you earn from them.

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Link health checker: Easily check the final URL of an affiliate link and store it for future comparison. Get notified if the URL changes or when URLs are unreachable.

License

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Credits

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Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • affiliate disclosure
  • affiliate link manager
  • affiliate links
  • link branding
  • link shortener
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 6.0 · PHP 7.4
Update activity31 Aug 20262mo ago

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