Inherit query parameter

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Advanced Ads Tracking can attach the visited URL’s query parameters to the target URL of the ad. You need to enable this feature through a filter hook before you can use it.

Since Tracking 2.0, this feature only works with link cloaking enabled.

Example

A user visits: https://yoursite.com?ref=1.
They click on the ad with the target URL: https://partnersite.com. (due to link cloaking, the link in the browser will show as something like https://yoursite.com/linkout/123
User lands on https://partnersite.com?ref=1
As you can see, the part ref=1 was taken from the visited URL and attached to the target URL

If your target URL setting also contains parameters, they merge with the visited site’s query parameters.

You can enable this feature through a filter hook, which allows you to control it per ad.

add_filter( 'advanced-ads-tracking-query-string', 'my_tracking_query_string', 10, 2 );
function my_tracking_query_string( $enabled, $ad_id ){
    // only ad 123 should inherit query strings of the visited URL
    if( 123 === $ad_id ) {
        return true;
    }

    return $enabled;
}

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