This guide will walk you through the required plugin settings for PassiveWP.

Amazon Associates Partner Tag #

In order to start earning commissions you will need to input your Amazon Associates Partner Tag. This is the tag that is added to links that Amazon will use to attribute a cookie and a sale to your account.

You can set this tag by clicking “PassiveWP” in your WordPress admin sidebar, then clicking the “Settings” button at the top of the screen and selecting the “Amazon” tab.

Now just paste in your Amazon Associates Partner Tag into the text input field and click “Save”.

Your affiliate links will now automatically add this tag when using PassiveWP Gutenberg blocks.

Amazon Associate API Keys #

In order to search for products and keep products up to date you will eventually need to set your Amazon Associates Product Advertising API Keys.

Once you’ve copied your Access Key and Secret key for the Product Advertising API, head over the the PassiveWP settings page and click the “Amazon” tab.

You can then save your API key and Secret key in your WordPress database encrypted. Once you’ve pasted in your keys, hit the “Save” button and the plugin will stop using the keyless API and start using the official Amazon Product Advertising API.

For added security if you do not wish the save your keys in your database, it is recommended to define these in your wp-config.php file.

define('PASSIVEWP_AMAZON_KEY', 'your-amazon-api-key');
define('PASSIVEWP_AMAZON_SECRET', 'your-amazon-api-secret');