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However, if you want to change your affiliate ID tag, you will need to manually find and replace these shortened links with articles.<\/p>\n\n<p>This plugin will automatically find all shortened links on your website, and replace them with long links that embed your affiliate ID tag.<\/p>\n\n<p>You save hours of time finding and replacing links, and can immediately start earning revenue to your Amazon Associates account.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Features of the Plugin<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Automatically finds shortened links in all articles.<\/li>\n<li>Expands the links to their original long-form.<\/li>\n<li>Replaces the Amazon Associates affiliate ID tag to the one you provided.<\/li>\n<li>Automatically replaces all links to their long-form with your own tag.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to add \u201crel=nofollow\u201d to links.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Upload the Add &amp; Replace Affiliate Links for Amazon plugin to your wordpress website. <\/li>\n<li>Activate it.<\/li>\n<li>Then you'll find the new menu items in sidebar.<\/li>\n<li>There you can enter desired tag and add\/update all the links across website.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id='why%20change%20from%20shortened%20to%20normal%20affiliate%20links%3F'><h3>Why change from shortened to normal affiliate links?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><ul>\n<li>Shortened links have an old or previous owner\u2019s Amazon tracking ID embedded. 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