DPD Cart Plugin vs PrettyLinks – Affiliate Link Management, URL Shortener, Link Cloaking, Tracking & Branded Short Links

To get a DPD account visit: http://getdpd.com How it Works: The DPD-Cart plugin connects via an API to the DPD system to automatically pull your available storefronts and storefront products in to your WordPress blog. From there, you can specify which storefront to associate with your WordPress blog, add a add a shop and optionally product pages to your site, and insert DPD add-to-cart buttons to any WordPress post or page by simply selecting the product you want from your list of configured and available products. Features: Communicates automatically via a DPD API Selectable DPD Store to associate with your blog Easy add-to-cart button insertion on posts and pages using a DPD-Cart editor button and simple dropdown list Customizable shortcode templates allow you to modify the design and layout of the shop and product pages. Customizable button display colors, sizes, and price/position in the plugin admin. Getting Started Add plugin to wordpress using the plugin browser or uploading the zip. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress In the WordPress admin go to Settings > DPD Cart Plugin. Enter DPD username and API Key, found in DPD on your user profile page. Save Changes. Stores will load once you’ve connected to the DPD API. Now, select the store you want to use and other preferences. Save Changes. Create the shop and product pages as outlined below. Creating Shop page From WordPress Dashboard go to Pages > Add New Use shortcode that meets your requirements. Grid Layout – [dpdcart-store layout=grid] List Layout – [dpdcart-store layout=list] From WordPress Dashboard Go to Settings > DPD Cart Plugin. Select newly created page as shop page. Save Changes. Creating (optional) Product Page From WordPress Dashboard go to Pages > Add New Use shortcode- [dpdcart-product-page] From WordPress Dashboard Go to Settings > DPD Cart Plugin. Select newly created page as product page. Save Changes. Manually editing buttons used in posts and pages editors Use shortcode [dpdcart id=’xxxxxxx’] id (required) – DPD Product ID (Found in the DPD admin) text (optional) – Text on Button (Default- Settings for button text on store page.) size (optional) – ‘small’, ‘medium’ or, ‘large’ (Default- Settings for button size on store page.) color (optional) – HexColor eg. #000000 (Default- Settings for button color on store page.) hover_color (optional) – HexColor eg. #000000 (Default- Settings for button hover color on store page.) text_color (optional) – HexColor eg. #000000 (Default- Settings for button text color on store page.) lightbox (optional) – 1 or 0 (Default- Settings for use lightbox?.) price_position (optional) – ‘none’,’top’,’left’,’right’ (Default- Settings for store page price position.) price_color (optional) – HexColor eg. #000000 (Default- Settings for store page price color.) price_bg_color (optional) – HexColor eg. #000000 (Default- Settings for store page price background color.) Use Gutenberg Block to insert button Select the DPD Button block type and choose your options

PrettyLinks takes any long, ugly URL and turns it into a short, branded link on your own domain. So instead of sharing some endless affiliate string, you share yoursite.com/recommends/widget — clean, memorable, and unmistakably yours. No more renting your links from bit.ly, tinyurl.com, or whichever shortener raised its prices this year. Here’s the part people love most: your links and your click data live on your site, not someone else’s. You own the branding. You keep the analytics. And if a destination URL ever changes, you update it once and every link you’ve ever shared just keeps working. Why people pick PrettyLinks 🌠 If you share links for a living — affiliate marketers, bloggers, podcasters, social media folks — you want three things: links that look professional, the freedom to change where they point, and a real picture of what’s getting clicked. PrettyLinks does all three. Every click is logged with referrer, browser, OS, and host, so you’re never guessing about what’s working. And version 4.0 is a big one. We rebuilt the whole thing from scratch on a fast, modern React admin, then added smarter bot filtering, built-in privacy controls, and CSV link importing — all of it free. PrettyPay™ Links 💵 Want to sell something? PrettyPay™ lets you spin up a one-click Stripe checkout link and share it anywhere — e-books, courses, downloads, subscriptions, you name it. It all runs through your own domain and brand. Share the link, get paid. No store required. Lite Features ✔️ 🔗 Branded Short Links on Your Own Domain Turn any long URL into a clean, branded short link in seconds. 💰 PrettyPay™ Stripe Checkout Links* Create one-click payment links with Stripe. Share anywhere and start selling instantly. 🔃 301, 302 and 307 Redirects Choose between Permanent (301) and Temporary (302/307) redirects per link. ⚙️ Custom or Auto-Generated Slugs Pick your own slug or let PrettyLinks generate one. Reserved Slug Patterns protect critical WordPress paths from accidental collisions. 🔎 Click & Unique-Click Tracking Every click logged with referrer, IP, browser, OS, and host data. 🤖 Modern Bot Filtering Keep AI crawlers and bots out of your stats out of the box — with Cloudflare bot-header support and your own custom user-agent rules. 🔐 Built-In Privacy Controls IP anonymization and a configurable click-retention window help you stay GDPR-friendly. 📊 Customizable Click Reports Filter charts by date range, link, and unique vs. total clicks. ⬆️⬇️ CSV Import & Export Bulk-import links from a spreadsheet and export click history to CSV anytime — link importing is now free. 🖱️ One-Click Sharing & Copy Copy any link to the clipboard from the links list, the editor, or a Gutenberg block. 💡 Modern Admin Experience A fast, clean React-based admin UI with bulk actions, one-click duplicate, and auto-saving options. … and much more. Visit our site to see everything PrettyLinks can do. * Pro users pay no added processing fees. Free users have a small 3% per-transaction fee added on PrettyPay™ links. PrettyLinks Pro 💪 When you’re ready for more, PrettyLinks Pro adds the automation, advanced redirects, and deeper reporting that power users tend to grow into: Keyword & URL Replacements Map keywords to links and PrettyLinks automatically turns them into your branded links across your site’s content. Advanced Redirect Types Cloaked, JavaScript, Meta-Refresh, Tracking Pixel, and branded Splash Page redirects on top of the standard 301/302/307. Geographic, Device & Time Targeting Send visitors to different destinations based on country, device, browser, OS, day, or hour. Link Rotation & A/B Split Testing Distribute traffic across multiple destinations by weight or round-robin, and split-test which one converts. Expiring Links Set an expiry date or click limit and choose where expired traffic goes. Categories & Tags Organize and filter a large link library with full taxonomy-style grouping. Auto-Create Links for Posts & Pages A pretty link is created automatically every time you publish. Link Health Monitoring Scheduled scans flag broken destinations, with email digests so you can fix them fast. QR Codes Auto-generate a downloadable QR code for every link, with an optional inner logo. Pretty Bar Branding Frame third-party destinations in a branded top, bottom, or floating bar with your CTA. Advanced Reports & Conversions Rich click-history breakdowns, KPI cards, charts, and a conversion-tracking pixel for your thank-you pages. Redirect Turbo Mode Answer link requests before the rest of WordPress loads — built for high-traffic affiliate sites. Pro Add-ons 🧩 Pro plans come with a handful of optional add-ons. Install the ones you need, skip the ones you don’t: Link in Bio — Build customizable “link in bio” landing pages for Instagram, TikTok, and other social profiles, hosted on your own domain. Product Displays — Drop styled, responsive product cards into any post or page to showcase affiliate products. Splash Pages — Show a branded interstitial (with optional CTAs) before forwarding visitors, with a per-link conversion funnel report. UTMs — Build and append Google Analytics UTM parameters from a dedicated tab on the link editor. User Links — A front-end dashboard letting logged-in visitors create and manage their own pretty links. Developer Tools — API tokens and webhooks for integrating PrettyLinks with external systems. See Why Upgrade | Pricing Integrations ⚡ MonsterInsights — Surface PrettyLinks click data inside the MonsterInsights dashboard. CookieYes — Automatic cookie consent compliance for click tracking. Easy Affiliate — Use PrettyLinks as the affiliate link layer in your Easy Affiliate program. Gutenberg & Classic Editor — Native block + toolbar buttons for inserting links inline. What’s Next 🤩 Enjoying PrettyLinks? Check out our other plugins: MemberPress — Full-featured membership and course platform for WordPress with Stripe, PayPal, and Authorize.net support. Easy Affiliate — Run your own self-hosted affiliate program and grow your traffic with referral marketing. Members — Roles and capabilities management plugin for fine-grained access control.