Settings
Settings
AWS Access Key info
Your Access Key and Secret Key can be located in the Security Credentials section under the Account tab after logging into your Amazon Web Services account. You may need to create a new access key if one does not exist.
Sign up for an AWS Account to get an access key
AWS Secret Key
Associate Tag info
Your Associate Tag, also referred to as Associate ID or Tracking ID, can be found near the top left corner of the page after logging into your amazon associates account. Example:

The plugin can still function without an associate tag, but you will not recieve credit for clicks or purchases.
Sign up for an Amazon Associates Account to get an associate tag
Locale info
This is the locale that you want to serve content for.
Cache Expire Time (days) info
Product information retrieved from Amazon is cached in order to maintain site performance. Cached data must be updated periodically, otherwise the product information served by your site might not match the information on Amazon.com. Setting the expiration time too high may cause the plugin to display outdated information. Lower values will increase the number of update requests and can increase server load.
Default value: 3
Update Method /> Initial Request
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/> Cron
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Initial Request: Expired content is updated before sending output to the user.
Advantages: Guarantees expired data is not sent to the user
Disadvantages: Increases page load time for the visitor that triggers an update

Ajax: Updates are triggered by an ajax request after the content has been sent to the user.
Advantages: Updates are triggered after content is sent to the user.
Disadvantages: Requires the user to have javascript enabled to trigger updates.

Cron: An update script is triggered periodically by a crontab or schedule task. Script Path:
dir . '/update.php'; ?>
Advantages: Updates do not depend on traffic and do not affect a user's request.
Disadvantages: Requires additional configuration.
Enable Shortcodes in Widgets /> info
Checking this box allows you to use shortcodes, including the 'amazon' shortcodes provided by this plugin, in sidebar widgets.
Enable Shortcodes in Excerpts /> info
Checking this box enables shortcodes in excerpts. Note that 'excerpt' refers to the content generated by the 'the_excerpt()' function. It does not include post summaries generated with the <!--more--> tag. Not all themes use excerpts; if your theme does not there is no reason to check this box (Enable 'Use Excerpt Templates on Non-Single Pages' instead).
Use Excerpt Templates on Non-Single Pages /> info
This setting is useful if your blog does not use the_excerpt(). If checked the plugin will use the excerpt field of post templates on non-single pages.
Post Types
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Select the post types you would like to use with Amazon Tools.
Enable Click Tracking /> Click Tracking is available in Amazon Tools Premium.
Click Here to upgrade to premium.

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