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WP-Amazon-Carousel

Add slick looking Amazon Carousel widgets to your blog posts in a brain-dead simple way! Just say [carousel] to add a Carousel anywhere on your blog.

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Tested up to WordPress 2.5
Current version1.6
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 2.5
Minimum stackWP 2.5 · PHP —
Directory statusactive
Last directory update6 Sept 201016y ago
Active installations10Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org ratingNo WordPress.org ratings yet
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records WP-Amazon-Carousel version 1.6 as active, updated 16y ago and tested up to WordPress 2.5.

Overview

About this plugin

Add slick looking Amazon Carousel widgets to your blog posts in a brain-dead simple way!

Just say [carousel] to add a Carousel anywhere on your blog.

Amazon Widgets are small Flash-based mini-applications that bring Amazon’s rich features right to your website. The Amazon Carousel is a cute looking Flash widget which lets you showcase products that are relevant to your blog post.

There are many ways to create a Carousel. Here are some:

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[carousel]

This creates a Carousel containing the latest bestselling books from Amazon.

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[carousel marketplace="GB"]

uk. Valid values for market place are: JP, FR, DE, GB, US, CA

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[carousel list="Bestsellers" category="Jewelry"]

com/jewelry).

Note that you can replace ‘Bestsellers’ with ‘NewReleases’, ‘MostWishedFor’ or ‘MostGifted’.

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[carousel keywords="Nintendo Wii" category="VideoGam es"]

This creates a Carousel containing ‘Nintendo Wii’ products from the Video Games category at Amazon.

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" shuffleProducts="True"]

This creates a Carousel titled ‘My favorite MP3 songs’ and contains various MP3 album covers. It shuffles the albums so that they appear in a random order each time the widget is displayed.

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[carousel list="NewReleases" category="VideoGames" tag="ohmyki-20" showBorder="True"]

This creates a carousel containing the latest new releases from the Video Games store at Amazon. The widget will have a black border since we’re setting showBorder to true. Since the ‘tag’ parameter is specified, you will earn an Affiliate referral fee for any sales made through this widget.

IMPORTANT: As of 9/6/2010, 10% of your impressions will be tagged with the plugin creator’s tag (wp-carousel-20)

You can customize a lot more in your Carousel widget. Check out the FAQ section for more details.

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • affiliate
  • amazon
  • carousel
  • widget
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 2.5

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 2.5.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to2.5
Minimum requirementsWordPress 2.5 · PHP not listed
Update activity6 Sept 201016y ago

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