The Hand of Midas is a specialized WordPress autoblogging plugin designed to automate affiliate marketing for the Envato Market (which includes sites like ThemeForest, CodeCanyon, and VideoHive).
It essentially acts as a "money generator" by automatically importing products from Envato and publishing them as posts on your site, embedded with your unique affiliate referral links.
Automatic Post Generation: Uses the Envato Market API to pull items based on keywords, categories, or specific authors and turn them into WordPress posts or pages.
Affiliate Link Integration: Automatically appends your ref=username to every link. It also supports the newer Impact Radius affiliate link format required by Envato.
Smart Content Tools: * Text Spinner: Integrates with spinning services to rewrite product descriptions, helping to avoid "duplicate content" SEO penalties.
Keyword Replacer: Automatically transforms specific words in your existing content into affiliate links.
Google Translate: Can automatically translate imported product data into different languages for niche international sites.
Customizable Displays: Includes shortcodes to create "Envato-style" thumbnails, cards, and pop-ups that show the price, rating, and sales of an item when a user hovers over it.
Filtering: Allows you to filter imports by price, minimum rating, or upload date to ensure you only promote high-quality products.
Setup: You install the plugin and enter your Envato API Personal Token and your Affiliate Username/Impact ID.
Rules: You create "Rules" (e.g., "Import all 'Real Estate' themes from ThemeForest with a 4-star rating or higher").
Automation: The plugin runs on a schedule (Cron), finds new items matching your rules, and posts them to your blog automatically.
Monetization: When visitors click the links and make a purchase on Envato, you earn a commission (typically 30% of their first deposit or a flat fee for subscriptions).
This plugin is ideal for building niche gallery sites or referral blogs without manual data entry. However, keep these points in mind:
SEO Challenge: Since the plugin pulls descriptions from Envato, you risk having "thin" or "duplicate" content. Using the built-in Text Spinner or adding your own manual reviews is highly recommended to rank well on Google.
Envato Rules: Ensure you are an approved member of the Envato Affiliate Program before using it, as you need a valid Impact account to get paid.
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Published:
Dec 29, 2025 16:48 PM
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