How to Replace AmaLinks Pro: Step-by-Step Migration Guide

AmaLinks Pro has been discontinued. Here is how to move your Amazon showcase boxes and shortcodes to a maintained plugin without breaking your posts — or have us do it for free.

Updated • By the AffiliateBoxes team

Short answer

AmaLinks Pro is discontinued, so move your Amazon boxes to a maintained tool before something breaks. The easiest route: create a free AffiliateBoxes account and ask our support team to convert your AmaLinks Pro shortcodes — it's free. Prefer to do it yourself? Follow the steps below, and only deactivate AmaLinks Pro once every shortcode has been replaced.

Why you should replace AmaLinks Pro now

AmaLinks Pro has closed down and no longer receives updates. Your showcase boxes may still display today, but an unmaintained plugin is a growing risk:

  • A future WordPress or PHP update can break it, with no fix coming.
  • Amazon API changes — such as the move from the Product Advertising API to the Creators API — won't be supported.
  • Security issues won't be patched.
  • There's no support to ask when something goes wrong.

Your AmaLinks Pro boxes usually sit on your highest-earning pages — reviews, roundups and "best of" posts — so a silent failure there costs real commissions.

What to look for in a replacement

  • Actively maintained, so you're not doing this again next year.
  • Amazon support that doesn't depend on the API, so losing API access doesn't break your boxes.
  • Other networks (Walmart, Awin, CJ, ShareASale, Impact) for when Amazon isn't the best-paying option.
  • Showcase boxes and comparison tables to replace what you had.
  • Migration help, so you don't have to edit every post by hand.

AffiliateBoxes ticks every box — see the full AffiliateBoxes vs AmaLinks Pro comparison.

Option 1: Let us convert your shortcodes (free)

  1. Create a free AffiliateBoxes account.
  2. Contact support or email [email protected] with the site(s) that use AmaLinks Pro.
  3. We recreate your products and boxes in AffiliateBoxes and replace your AmaLinks Pro shortcodes.
  4. You review the pages, adjust the styling if you like, and deactivate AmaLinks Pro.

Request free conversion

Option 2: Migrate AmaLinks Pro yourself

  1. Find every post that uses AmaLinks Pro. In WordPress, go to Posts and search for amalinkspro — the admin search looks inside post content, so this lists every post containing an AmaLinks Pro shortcode. Repeat under Pages. Note the Amazon ASINs used in each.
  2. Import the products into AffiliateBoxes. Open each product on Amazon and import it with the AffiliateBoxes browser extension — no API key needed. For long lists, use CSV or JSON bulk import.
  3. Recreate your tables. Build comparison tables for your roundup posts from the imported products. Tables are included in every plan.
  4. Install the AffiliateBoxes WordPress plugin from WordPress.org and connect your site.
  5. Replace the shortcodes. In each post, swap the AmaLinks Pro shortcode or block for the AffiliateBoxes shortcode or block. Keep AmaLinks Pro active while you work, so unconverted posts keep displaying.
  6. Check, then deactivate. Search for amalinkspro again — when nothing is left, deactivate and delete AmaLinks Pro.

Checklist before you deactivate AmaLinks Pro

  • No posts or pages contain amalinkspro anymore
  • Your top-earning pages show the new boxes correctly on desktop and mobile
  • Buy buttons use your Associates tracking ID
  • Comparison tables have been recreated
  • Page cache cleared

Frequently asked questions

Yes. AmaLinks Pro has closed down and no longer receives updates — no bug fixes, security patches or compatibility updates for new WordPress, PHP or Amazon API changes.

Its shortcodes stop rendering, so readers see raw shortcode text (or nothing) where your product boxes used to be. Replace the shortcodes first, then deactivate the plugin.

Look for a tool that is actively maintained, supports Amazon without depending on the API, and ideally supports other networks too. AffiliateBoxes does all of that, has a free plan, and converts your AmaLinks Pro shortcodes for free on request.

Nothing. On request, AffiliateBoxes support converts all your AmaLinks Pro shortcodes to AffiliateBoxes for free. Contact [email protected] or use the contact page.

No. AffiliateBoxes imports Amazon products with a browser extension, so you can migrate even if you never had — or have lost — Amazon Product Advertising API access. You can connect the API later for automatic price updates.

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