Inserting affiliate links and text

Hi there,

1. Add this PHP Snippet to your site:

add_shortcode('portable_hook', function($atts){
	ob_start();
        $atts = shortcode_atts( array(
            'hook_name' => 'no foo'
        ), $atts, 'portable_hook' );
	do_action($atts['hook_name']);
	return ob_get_clean();
});

2. then add the to the page the shortcode ie. [portable_hook hook_name="inside-post-content"]

This will create a hook named: inside-post-content where the shortcode sits. You can change that to whatever you want.

3. you can use a GP Block Element or Hook to hook content into the post.
3.1 in the Element set the Hook to Custom Hook and in the field add your hook name eg. inside-post-content
3.2 Set the element display rules to Entire Site.

https://docs.generatepress.com/article/block-element-hook/

Not really but its a nightmare to administrate. Perhaps this could be done dynamically.

Some things to consider:

How may Yarn Recommendation Affiliate links are there?
And how do you associate an affiliate with a knitting recipe?

hmmm…. using the Shortcode Hook doesn’t really add any value here.
Considering the large amout of them that would be required.
So a dynamic shortcode would be a better option.

How are the Pretty Links added to the page ?
As I am unsure how you would output them from with the shortcode

Ok, so you could do something like this:

1. create a function to store your array of Yarns:

function get_affiliate_links() {
    // Define an array of affiliate links with their respective data
    $affiliate_links = array(
        array(
            'prefix' => 'Forslag til erstatningsgarn fra garnbutikken Kreativgarn:',
            'link' => 'https://strikkeglad.dk/kr-Sesia-Pura-Lana',
            'text' => 'Sesia Pura Lana'
        ),
        array(
            'prefix' => 'Forslag til erstatningsgarn fra garnbutikken Kreativgarn:',
            'link' => 'https://example.com/affiliate-link',
            'text' => 'Example Yarn'
        ),
        // Add more affiliate links as needed
    );
    return $affiliate_links;
}

Here we store the prefix text, the link and the link text.
Just add more Array items for each affiliate.

2. add this snippet to create a shortcode:

function affiliate_link_shortcode($atts) {
    // Extract shortcode attributes
    $atts = shortcode_atts(array(
        'yarn-name' => ''
    ), $atts);

    // Get the array of affiliate links
    $affiliate_links = get_affiliate_links();

    // Search for the affiliate link based on the provided yarn name
    foreach ($affiliate_links as $link) {
        if ($link['text'] === $atts['yarn-name']) {
            // Generate and return the HTML code for the affiliate link
            $link_html = '<p><strong>' . esc_html($link['prefix']) . ' <a href="' . esc_url($link['link']) . '">' . esc_html($link['text']) . '</a>.</strong></p>';
            return $link_html;
        }
    }

    // If the provided yarn name is not found, return an error message
    return 'Affiliate link for ' . esc_html($atts['yarn-name']) . ' not found.';
}
add_shortcode('affiliate_link', 'affiliate_link_shortcode');

This provides you this shortcode:

[affiliate_link yarn-name="Yarn Name"]

In here: yarn-name="Yarn Name" you add the value to match to the text value in the first function.

You’re welcome

Glad to hear you found a good solution!!