PrettyLinks

Pretty Links is a very popular Wordpress plugin that allows you to easily manage your affiliate links. It is widely used by affiliate marketers as it allows to streamline their affiliate link management.

This guide will show you how to create or update your PrettyLinks settings.

To illustrate this example we will use a link from the Impact affiliate network.

1. Get the Offer link from Impact dashboard

2. Opeen the Pretty Links menu and Add a new Pretty Link

3. Name your New link and paste the Impact offer link in the target URL field.

   Note that the links should be a standard link and not a "vanity link".

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Attention:

You must enable Parameter Forwarding in order for the AnyTrack click_id to be passed to the offer link.

4. Open the Advanced menu

   • Check the Parameter Forwarding checkbox.
   • Publish your Pretty Link

5. Publish your link on a page

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Caution:

Unlike other link management plugins, Pretty Links lacks a global setting to enable Parameter Forwarding. Consequently, you’ll need to manually update each link.

Link shorteners and link management plugins like Pretty Links do not track conversions, sales or revenues. They are useful to manage your affiliate links, and make your links look "prettier".

If you are not currently using a Wordpress plugin to manage your affiliate links, you should consider using the AnyTrack affiliate plugin management plugin.

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Key Settings if you're familiar with PrettyLinks

1. Enable parameter forwarding
2. Remove Subid's from the redirect URLs

Create a Pretty Link

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Good to know

Follow these steps to create a new Pretty Link

1. Add a new link
2. Select the redirect method 302 or 307
3. Add the target URL and edit the slug
4. Remove any subid parameter from the target URL as AnyTrack automatically adds it.
5. Open the Advanced settings
6. ⚠️Enable parameter forwarding ⚠️
7. Save / Publish the link

Update a Pretty Link

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Good to know

Follow these steps to update your Pretty links.

1. Go to your Pretty Links
2. Edit a pretty link
3. Open the Advance menu
4. Enable Parameter forwarding
5. Save / update the Pretty Link.