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AffiliateWP
Allows affiliates to promote external landing pages by including the affiliate's ID or username in any outbound links to your e-commerce store.
The facts
- Rating
- 3★ from 2
- Active installs
- 700+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 27 Aug 2025
- Added
- May 2015
- Requires WP
- 5.2
- Tested up to
- WP 6.8.8
- Requires PHP
- 7.4
- Downloads
- 19,383
Our analysis
AI-assistedAffiliateWP – External Referral Links is a WordPress plugin designed to work with the AffiliateWP system. It enables affiliates to promote landing pages or sites on different domains while ensuring that their referral IDs are tracked correctly. When a customer clicks on an affiliate's link, their ID is stored in a cookie, allowing for accurate commission tracking even as they navigate your e-commerce store.
This plugin is suitable for users who want to extend their affiliate marketing efforts beyond their primary domain, allowing affiliates to drive traffic from various sources while maintaining accurate tracking of referrals and commissions.
Best for: This plugin is best for e-commerce sites looking to enhance their affiliate marketing capabilities.
What it does well
- ✓Allows affiliates to promote external landing pages
- ✓Tracks referrals using affiliate IDs or usernames
- ✓Stores affiliate IDs in cookies for accurate tracking
Where it falls short
- •Requires AffiliateWP to be installed on the same domain
- •Limited information available on additional features
Verdict
AffiliateWP – External Referral Links provides a specific solution for managing external affiliate promotions. It is useful for those already using AffiliateWP who want to expand their affiliate network.
From the developer
Syed Balkhi's own description of AffiliateWP, lightly tidied.
This plugin was built to be used in conjunction with AffiliateWP.
Like other affiliate plugins, AffiliateWP must be installed on the same domain as your e-commerce system (Easy Digital Downloads, WooCommerce etc) to properly track visits and referrals.
This plugin allows your affiliates to promote any landing page (or site) that exists on a completely separate domain. Simply install this plugin on the external WordPress site and your affiliates can now promote it using the site’s URL and their affiliate ID or username appended (eg /?ref=123 or /?ref=john). If a customer uses the affiliate’s referral URL, any outbound links to your e-commerce store will automatically include the affiliate’s ID or username. If the customer then makes a purchase on your e-commerce store, the proper affiliate will be awarded commission. The affiliate’s ID/username is stored in a cookie so even if the customer moves between pages on your site, the outbound links will still have the affiliate’s ID/username appended.
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.
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