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Link Cloaking Question???

by tomfinster
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Hey Gang,

I have 'Link Cloaking Plugin' installed on my wordpress blog, which automatically cloaks my affiliate links... however it doesn't cloak my affilate links when I create a text sidebar widget -- in which I want to put clickbank products in...

So I then within my admin area, I then went to Tools --> Cloaked Links to then create a 'Static Cloaked Link'. So then I type Name & URL within the fields and then click add...but it is not adding! It looks like it just freezes.

So then I rebooted my computer, and made sure I had no other programs running in the background, and I tried again -- but it is still not working.

So, my question is.... what else can I do to cloak & redirect my affiliate links for the sidebar?

In Many Thanks,
Tom
#cloaking #link #question
  • Profile picture of the author msafi
    If the plugin automatically cloaks links within content, but not within sidebar, the fix should be very easy for the developer. He just has to hook to 'widget_text' filter, like

    PHP Code:
    add_filter('widget_text', 'the_developer_link_cloaking_function'); 
    Other than that, you'll have to use another plugin.

    If by cloaking you mean simply creating redirects, then you can use any of the free WordPress plugins for that.

    However, if you mean iframe cloaking (where the browser's address bar doesn't show landing page URL), then you'll have to search Google because these types are banned from WordPress free plugin directory -- but the most popular among these are Pretty Link, Ninja Affiliate, and LinkTrackr.
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