Once installed, the plugin lets you search for and insert affiliate products directly from the WordPress block editor – no need to switch tabs or leave your dashboard.
It’s also integrated with our AI Website Builder for WordPress, so you can instantly launch an affiliate marketing website in minutes. Note that this integration currently supports Gutenberg (Block Editor) only – Elementor support will be added at a later date. If you’re new to affiliate marketing, this is the perfect combination to kickstart your journey.
Read on to explore the benefits of using this plugin and how to activate it on your website.
How to get the Hostinger Affiliate Marketing Tools WordPress plugin
The Hostinger Affiliate Marketing Tools plugin comes with Business and Cloud WordPress hosting plans, offering ample resources to keep your affiliate site up and running.
The Business plan is a great choice for starting your affiliate marketing business, as it can receive up to 100,000 monthly visits. Once your site grows, a cloud hosting plan becomes the next logical step to power your site.
In addition to the plugin, you’ll also receive a free custom domain name, a WordPress staging tool, and advanced WordPress optimization with LiteSpeed cache. Even better, you can install WordPress with a single click.
If this is your first time building an affiliate website, you can benefit from our AI Website Builder for WordPress to launch it quickly:
- Choose Create a website, and then pick WordPress.
- Set up the login details for your WordPress account.
- You have the option to Create a website with AI. For this tutorial, we’ll choose Create a website with AI for a quick and simple setup.
- Enter the domain name you want to use for the website. If it’s not available, consider our suggested alternatives.
- Choose the data center nearest to your target audience to ensure fast loading speeds.
- Wait until WordPress finishes installing. This may take a few minutes.
- Describe your website idea in the prompt field. To ensure the AI sets up your site for affiliate marketing, mention in your description that you want to include affiliate links. Before submitting, make sure to set the Editor dropdown to Gutenberg (Block Editor), as the Affiliate Marketing Tools plugin currently only supports Gutenberg. Elementor support will be added at a later date.
- Kodee, our AI assistant, will guide you through confirming your brand name, reviewing the suggested pages, and picking your colors, fonts, and logo. Once confirmed, Kodee will build your site.
- When it’s ready, you can head to your editor or WP admin to continue customizing.
If you already have an existing website where you want to activate the plugin, you can do it via hPanel:
- Log in to your hosting account and navigate to the Websites tab.
- Click the Dashboard button beside your website domain name.
- Select WordPress overview.
- Scroll down to the Recommended installations section to find the Hostinger Affiliate Marketing Tools plugin.
- Click Install to activate it on your site.
How to set up Hostinger Affiliate Marketing Tools WordPress plugin
Once you’ve installed the plugin, you’ll see the Affiliate Marketing tab when selecting the Hostinger menu from your WordPress dashboard.
This tutorial will show you how to integrate Amazon Associates with the Hostinger Affiliate Marketing Tools plugin. We also have a separate tutorial for setting up the plugin with Mercado Livre in Brazilian Portuguese.
So first, configure your Amazon Associates account with your WordPress website:
- Go to your WordPress admin dashboard → Hostinger → Affiliate Marketing, select the Amazon marketplace and click Continue.
- Choose the country where you set up your Amazon affiliate account and enter your tracking ID.
- Hit Save once you’re done. You’ll see a confirmation message if the integration is successful.
How to add product listings using the Hostinger Affiliate Marketing Tools WordPress plugin
Now that the plugin is set up, you can add affiliate links to your blog post in several clicks. The steps below use Amazon as an example, but the process works the same way for Mercado Livre.
- Go to Posts → Add New Post from your WordPress dashboard.
- Write your post as usual, or use our AI Content Creator tool to prepare an article draft, or ask Kodee directly from your WordPress admin to create the post for you.
- Click the Add block button and find Link Amazon product(s).
- Click the Select button to add a single product, a list of products, or a comparison table to your post.
From here, the steps of adding affiliate links will be different according to your chosen product display layout:
Single Product Cart
To display a single product on your WordPress site, choose to input the ASIN number or select directly from Amazon’s catalog.
Multiple Product List
If you want to display several items, you can choose to pull best-seller product data from Amazon automatically.
To manually add your affiliate products to the list, you can provide their ASIN numbers or look for one on Amazon.
Once you’ve added the items to the list, you can choose your preferred display layout. You can also show the products in a list with descriptions, a simplified list, or horizontal cards.
To finish, hit Add products.
Comparison Table
To add a product comparison table using the plugin, you must configure the settings beforehand. Click Add a new table configuration to go to the Hostinger menu in your WordPress dashboard.
The first step in creating your comparison table is to assign it a name.
Then, add the products to include in the table. As always, you can add ASIN numbers or search for the items directly from Amazon.
Finally, set the value you want to show on the table. You can add more rows or delete existing ones by clicking the trash bin icon. Once you’re done, hit Save Changes.
Go back to the WordPress block editor. The newly created table name will be in the drop-down menu.
Click Continue to add a comparison table to your post.
Once the product is displayed in your post, you can tweak the content from the block settings panel.
These are the configuration menus you might see and what they’re for:
- General Settings. Change the display layout and edit the displayed product’s ASIN number.
- Lists. Opt to display the bestseller rank of each item when presenting a product list.
- Title. Set a character limit for the title displayed on the post. You can also overwrite the title, particularly for the single-product display layout.
- Table Configuration. Change, edit, or add new comparison table data.
- Templates and Styles. This setting only appears if you choose a multiple-product list. It lets you change the product display layout of the list.
- Description. Hide Amazon’s default product description or change it to your own. This setting will only appear for the “single product display” option.
- Buy button. Use your custom text for the CTA button.
- Advanced. Apply additional CSS classes to customize the block’s style.
Don’t forget to hit Publish once you’re satisfied with the content.
What are the next steps to set up an Amazon affiliate website?
Remember to check your local government’s regulations regarding affiliate marketing practices and consumer data protection policy. Ensuring your site is legally compliant helps you confidently promote your affiliate links.
The common additional information to display on affiliate websites includes:
- A Privacy Policy page lets you outline how you collect and handle visitor data.
- An affiliate marketing disclosure informs readers that you earn commissions from affiliate links. Depending on where you reside, disclosure can be legally required.
- Displaying a copyright notice page is a preventive action to protect your affiliate content from being stolen.
When building your website pages, it’s also important to make them SEO-friendly. Optimizing your website for search engines improves its visibility, potentially increasing sales conversions from your affiliate links.
Ensure that you’re applying the best SEO practices on your website. You can start by installing an SEO plugin, like AIOSEO, and submitting your sitemap to Google Search Console.
Lastly, don’t forget to customize your affiliate website’s appearance to make it appealing and trustworthy for your target audience.
To tweak the theme’s default elements and change your site logo, navigate to Appearance → Customize from your WordPress dashboard.
How to make an Amazon affiliate website using the Hostinger Affiliate Marketing Tools plugin – video tutorial
Follow the steps in this video tutorial to start building your Amazon affiliate website.
You’ll also learn how to insert affiliate links using the Hostinger Affiliate Marketing Tools plugin.