WP Plugin Amazon Item
Current Version: Version 1.2.2
requirements: Wordpress 2.2+
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Import Amazon.com (.ca/.co.uk/.de/.fr/.jp) Items and product descriptions into your posts the easy way. Use a simple tag within your Post to display any item from the Amazon website and earn referral fees on all qualifying revenue made through the links. All product information gets updated automatically (you define a cache time) by the Amazon Webservices.
Be sure to read the Amazon Web Services Customer Agreement and Associates Program Operating Agreement for all details on usage guidelines, policies and requirements.
Description
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Description:
The plugin makes use of the Amazon Associate WebServices (AWS) and replaces a special Tag in your post with the content fetched by the Amazon Webservices for this item.
You can define the cache time for the content to be updated.
Use the following tag within your Post to display an Item from the Amazon Website:
(asin:*ASINGOESHERE*)
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Replace *ASINGOESHERE* by a valid ASIN.
- You need an Amazon AWS Key to run this plugin! (free): http://www.amazon.com/gp/aws/registration/registration-form.html
- Optional: To earn referral fees an additional Amazon Associates Tag is needed.
For more information about becoming an Associate, refer to one of the following web sites, depending on locale:
US: http://www.amazon.com/associates
CA: http://www.amazon.ca/associates
DE: http://www.amazon.de/partner
FR: http://www.amazon.fr/partenaires
UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/associates
JP: http://affiliate.amazon.co.jp/gp/associates/join
More Info can be found here: http://www.amazon.com/webservices/
Installation:
After you’ve downloaded and extracted the files:
1. (optional) For a localisation, edit the ‘ai-languagepack.php’ file with a text editor to fit your needs.
2. (optional) Edit the ai.css file to customize the output of your posts.
3. Upload the complete ‘ai’ folder to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory
4. CHMOD 777 the ‘/ai/cache’ dir.
5. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
6. Go to ‘Amazon Item’ under the ‘Options’ tab and configure the plugin
More Information:
This plugin modifies the build-in ‘the_excerpt()’ function. When using this function in your template a small thumbnail of the product and a short description will be displayed. Use it for your search results, archives or start page if you like (instead of the ugly ‘the_content_rss()’ Function in some templates !).
To customize the output you can edit the ‘ai.css’ files in the plugin folder.
Just play around with it. Examples for all this can be found here on my blog.
If you find this plugin useful, a link to my site would be appreciated.
Any comments are welcome. If you have any questions, post a comment or send me an email:
steve [ a t ] greatdealson [ d o t ] net
Have fun !
Download:
WP Plugin Amazon Item v1.2.2 ZIP File (44kB)
old version: WP Plugin Amazon Item v1.01 ZIP File (40kB)
ChangeLog:
Version 1.2.2 (03-18-2008)
- some bugfixes
Version 1.2 (02-19-2008)
- some bugfixes
- the_excerpt() data is now stored in the WP Database for better performance
- added some options
- renamed filenames, function names for compatibility issues (future updates)
requirements: Wordpress 2.2+
Still ToDO:
- localisation
Version 1.01 (02-07-2008)
- Added Price Information for variable Prices
- fixed excerpt: removed html tags from review
- made some changes on the ‘amazon-item-languagepack.php’ File to fix the german ‘umlaute’
Version 1.0 (02-01-2008)
- first release
requirements: Wordpress 2.0+

20 Responses to “WP Plugin Amazon Item”
hi, thanks for the great plugin, here my case:
-when I installed it in php4, it work
- but when i installed it in php5, it did not work, why?
Thanks for your answer
By john on Mar 16, 2008
hi, I have invalid argument in :
/home/graden0001/public_html/wp-content/plugins/ai/ai.php on line 200
Can you figure it? Thanks
By sarah on Mar 16, 2008
I have been activated this plugin but find this error :
Warning: Call-time pass-by-reference has been deprecated; If you would like to pass it by reference, modify the declaration of xml_parser_set_option(). If you would like to enable call-time pass-by-reference, you can set allow_call_time_pass_reference to true in your INI file. in /home/.toonie/radeondt/coolautopart.info/wp-content/plugins/ai/ai-parser.php on line 63
Any solution ?
By radeon on Mar 19, 2008
hi!
I download this plugin already this is the best amazon plugin I ever had
Thanks a lot!!
By yu on Mar 28, 2008
Hi Steve,
I do not know way, but your plugin doesn’t work for me. I have followed your instruction, step by step, but I get blank result. There is no contain appear. And there is no error message appear, make me confuse.
Please, take a look my site, and can you figure what’s going wrong?
Thanks
note: I use latest version.
By adi on Apr 3, 2008
i seem to be having the same problem…
wp - 2.3.3
latest 1.2.2
using amazon.com account … thus US selected
clear cache of plugin tried…. but i get nothing… tried diff asins also…. any ideas?
see my website
By ampedm on Apr 4, 2008
Oh also… the cache for this plugin also always says zero…
i have checked my id and the paths in the script.. still no luck…
By ampedm on Apr 4, 2008
hi,
I have followed your guide, but it still get blank result. I use amazon.com (it means US, right?)
By adi on Apr 6, 2008
hi, thanks for the great plugin, here my case:
i post no anything. it not show Items and product descriptions but i see Amazon item setting show Cached Items: x. how to repair.
Thank you very much.
By beer on Apr 7, 2008
it doesn’t work with php 5.2 of dreamhost
but work with php 4
By berm on Apr 8, 2008
Hey What i have told you is not real
Your plugin is not work on dreamhost , can you resolve this please.
my web : http://www.liveonblog.net
By berm on Apr 8, 2008
I am sure that I enter valid AWS key. Probably, my case is same as berm case, it is not work in some hosting.
By adi on Apr 9, 2008
Hey Steve,
BTW, my host is Hostgator.
I downloaded your plugin today and it worls perfectly for me
Thanks a lot
By mat on Apr 9, 2008
The plugin not work dreamhost
By beer on Apr 9, 2008
Doesn’t work on my dedicate box with WP 2.3.2 PHP4.4.1
asin file name is cache directory is created with 0 bytes, -rw-r–r– permission.
By Aquarium on Apr 13, 2008
It doesn’t work on godaddy linux hosting with
WP 2.3.1 and PHP 5.0
I get problems when I activate this plugin.
Warning: Call-time pass-by-reference has been deprecated; If you would like to pass it by reference, modify the declaration of xml_parser_set_option(). If you would like to enable call-time pass-by-reference, you can set allow_call_time_pass_reference to true in your INI file. in /home/.toonie/radeondt/coolautopart.info/wp-content/plugins/ai/ai-parser.php on line 63
Also,I have added this line into my .htaccess file:
php_flag allow_call_time_pass_reference on
But,still doesn’t work.
Its seems like your code not flexible for the almost hosting because this plug in requires enable allow_call_time_pass_reference.
By Tim on May 24, 2008
It’s great plugin. My products post it too long how can i make it shot for showing on the 1st page?
By shin on May 29, 2008
hi.
I’m try to post it
but No response.
my output is (asin:*********)
why no response
By Einna on May 31, 2008
it doesn’t work
but me change ai.php
$HTTP_POST_VARS => change => $_POST
it is work.
By leondc on Jun 18, 2008
very nince plugin
thank you.
By shopping online on Jul 9, 2008