Checkout Field Editor (Checkout Manager) for WooCommerce – The best WooCommerce checkout manager plugin to man...
Free
400k+ installs 4.9★ (1,056)
AffiliateWP Checkout Referrals
Allow customers to select who should receive a commission at checkout
The facts
- Rating
- 3★ from 2
- Active installs
- 600+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 23 Apr 2025
- Added
- Jan 2015
- Requires WP
- 5.2
- Tested up to
- WP 6.8.8
- Requires PHP
- 7.4
- Downloads
- 23,067
Our analysis
AI-assistedAffiliateWP Checkout Referrals is a WordPress plugin that enables customers to award commission to affiliates during the checkout process. It works alongside the AffiliateWP plugin and provides a select menu or input field for customers to choose or enter an affiliate ID or username, provided they are not already tracked by a referral link.
This plugin is suitable for websites that use AffiliateWP and want to enhance their affiliate marketing capabilities by allowing customers to directly attribute their purchases to specific affiliates at checkout. It supports integrations with Easy Digital Downloads, WooCommerce, and Restrict Content Pro.
Best for: This plugin suits e-commerce sites using AffiliateWP that want to enhance affiliate tracking at checkout.
What it does well
- ✓Requires AffiliateWP to function
- ✓Allows customers to select or enter an affiliate at checkout
- ✓Adds a payment note with referral details to the order screen
- ✓Optionally requires affiliate selection at checkout
- ✓Customisable display options for affiliates in the select menu
Where it falls short
- •Requires AffiliateWP to be installed
- •Limited to specific e-commerce platforms
Verdict
AffiliateWP Checkout Referrals offers a straightforward way to manage affiliate commissions during checkout, but it is limited to users of the AffiliateWP plugin.
From the developer
Syed Balkhi's own description of AffiliateWP Checkout Referrals, lightly tidied.
This plugin requires AffiliateWP in order to function.
AffiliateWP Checkout Referrals allows a customer to award commission to an affiliate at checkout. This can be done via a select menu or input field. If an affiliate is already being tracked by the customer the affiliate select menu or input field is not shown at checkout.
Currently supported integrations
- Easy Digital Downloads
- WooCommerce
- Restrict Content Pro
Features:
- Shows a select menu or input field at checkout (but only when a referral link is not used) that allows a customer to select/enter an affiliate that their purchase will be credited to. The input field allows either an affiliate ID or username to be entered.
- Adds a payment note to the order screen showing the referral ID, amount recorded for affiliate, and affiliate’s name.
- Optionally require that the customer select or enter an affiliate at checkout.
- Select how the Affiliate’s should be displayed in the select menu.
- Select what text is shown above the select menu at checkout.
What is AffiliateWP?
AffiliateWP provides a complete affiliate management system for your WordPress website that seamlessly integrates with all major WordPress e-commerce and membership platforms. It aims to provide everything you need in a simple, clean, easy to use system that you will love to use.
Tagged as
Alternatives
Other plugins for improving checkout.
Every store loses sales to cart abandonment. But with Cart Abandonment Recovery for WooCommerce, you can win t...
Free
300k+ installs 4.8★ (612)
CartFlows
901 WordPress funnel builder & WooCommerce checkout plugin. Boost AOV with one-click upsells, order bumps &a...
Free
200k+ installs 4.8★ (504)
A powerful side cart designed to make shopping faster and easier. Give customers instant cart access and a sea...
Free
80k+ installs 4.9★ (452)
FunnelKit
89Create high-converting WooCommerce checkout pages, WooCommerce thank you pages & sales funnels with the hi...
Free
30k+ installs 5★ (1,015)
Frictionless Multistep Checkout for WooCommerce. Get up to 36% increase in conversion rates with a better purc...
Free
20k+ installs 4.9★ (158)