Learning how to add affiliate links to WordPress is a big part of growing your affiliate marketing strategy as a blogger and making more passive income!
But… doing it link-by-link is a total time-waster. Copy, paste, repeat. There’s an easier, faster way to get affiliate links on your blog.
This tutorial covers a step-by-step way to add affiliate links to a WordPress site, without doing it post by post.
Why it's easier to add affiliate links to WordPress with Tasty Links
Here’s a quick look at why a WordPress affiliate link plugin, is much easier than doing it by hand.
| What's different? | Linking by hand 🖱️ | Tasty Links 🔗 |
|---|---|---|
| Adding affiliate links | Find and paste one by one | Auto adds links every time |
| Keeping links updated | Hard to check every link | Always the same, everywhere |
| SEO for links | Takes extra work | Built in for better results |
| Adding disclosures | Do it every time | Adds them automatically too! |
| Overall time | Long and tedious ⏳ | Quick and easy ⚡️ |
Tasty Links handles the auto-linking, keeps everything consistent, and helps your site stay compliant without touching each post individually.
In a few clicks, you can auto-link keywords, add affiliate disclosures, and make your links more search engine-friendly.
Watch how easy Tasty Links makes affiliate linking (and internal link optimization) across your whole site!
How to add affiliate links to WordPress with Tasty Links
Here's the step-by-step guide on how to add affiliate links to WordPress with Tasty Links.
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1. Install and activate Tasty Links
Head to the pricing page and grab the Tasty Links plugin. You’ll create your account and get an instant download link along with your license key. When you download the plugin file, make sure to keep it zipped.
Need help finding the download link? Don't panic. Just use our handy plugin download guide.
Log into WordPress. It's time to upload and activate your plugin!
Go to your WordPress dashboard. Click Plugins → Add New.
From here, click Upload Plugin → Choose File. Choose the Tasty Links .zip file and hit Install Now.
Want more details? Use our support doc upload guide.
After you install Tasty Links, you need to activate the plugin and verify your license. Click Activate. Then, head to the Tasty Links settings page and add your license key.
2. Create a new Tasty Link (with your affiliate link)
Here's how to add affiliate links to WordPress with Tasty Links, step by step.
Go to the WordPress dashboard and click WP Tasty → Tasty Links → Links → Add New. This takes you straight to the Tasty Links settings page.
📝 Note: Tasty Links doubles as an Amazon affiliate WordPress plugin, too. If you want to add Amazon affiliate links, click Add Amazon Link instead.
After you click Add New, fill in your keywords, paste your affiliate link, and set your link attributes.
3. Add affiliate link details
Type in the keyword you want to link across your blog.
Say you’re sharing your go-to “chocolate chip cookie sheet.” 🍪 Type that in the Keyword box, then paste your affiliate link in the Link box.
Next, set up your link options:
- Add rel=”nofollow”: Tells search engines it’s a paid link. This helps your blog stay in Google’s good graces!
- Add rel=”sponsored”: Another way to let search engines know it’s an affiliate link.
- Open link in new window: Keeps readers on your blog while they check out your favorite cookie sheet!
- Append disclosure: Adds a quick note to tell readers it's an affiliate link (keeping you legal).
- Prevent auto-linking: Stops the link from popping up everywhere if you only want it in certain spots.
Want to make it more eye-catching? Add a featured image by uploading an image into the Featured Image box.
Once everything looks good, hit Save Draft to double-check or Publish to make it live.
One product, every way your readers say it
When you're writing, you don't use the same words twice. One post says “olive oil.” Another says “my go-to olive oil.” A third says “extra virgin olive oil.”
With Tasty Links, all three trigger the same affiliate link because you can add multiple keyword variations to a single link.
Set the variations once, and every version of the phrase points where it should go without you having to hunt through old posts for missed linking opportunities.
Interested in Tasty Links?
Monetizing your site shouldn’t be hard. Tasty Links makes it easy by managing all your affiliate links and magically inserting them into your posts.
Don’t forget about our 14-day money-back guarantee! Trying out Tasty Links is risk-free!
Tasty Links adds affiliate links to WordPress + more
Tasty Links automatically adds affiliate links to WordPress and brings tons of other tasty perks to the table.
Auto-add affiliate disclosures to your posts. The FTC requires them. Amazon's program terms require them. Tasty Links adds them for you. No remembering, no manual updates, no risk of missing one.
Amazon Affiliate ID support. Paste your Amazon link, and Tasty Links connects it to your Associates account — pulling updated product images once you have your API credentials configured.
Internal link management is baked in. Use Tasty Links to add internal links on WordPress too, not just affiliate ones. Set a keyword that points to your own content, and the plugin handles it across every post.
One prime example of what sets Tasty Links apart: Featured Link Blocks.
You add a block in your post editor. Then, choose your affiliate link from a dropdown menu. If you’ve added images to your links, they’ll show up beautifully in your content.
Tasty Links plays nice with Gutenberg, too. So you’ll be able to create link buttons easily.
Tasty Links works whether you're linking to Amazon products, your favorite cooking tools, or anything else. No limit on the number of links or affiliate programs.
Tasty Links comes with unlimited support and a 14-day money-back guarantee. Try it risk-free. If it doesn't work for your site, you get your money back.
Add affiliate links for your favorite products
Adding affiliate links to WordPress doesn't have to mean going post by post.
Set up your keywords once, and Tasty Links does the rest — adding affiliate links in all the right places, across every post on your site.
Whether you're starting an affiliate website or keeping the momentum going on your affiliate marketing side hustle, Tasty Links saves time and keeps affiliate income working in the background.