Affiliates for WooCommerce – Boost your Earnings with Affiliate Marketing Program

Description

Affiliates for WooCommerce plugin lets you recruit, manage, and pay affiliates from your WordPress admin. Affiliates get a dedicated dashboard where they can generate referral links, track clicks and conversions, view their unpaid earnings, and save their payout details. Your store tracks every referral automatically using a cookie, applies the commission when an order completes, and records it in a queue for you to pay out.

Running affiliate marketing through a third-party network costs a percentage of every transaction on top of your commission payouts. This plugin keeps the whole program on your own site, your database, your rules, and no per-transaction fees to anyone but the affiliate.

Setup takes around 20 minutes: install, set a global commission rate, configure your cookie duration, and create an affiliate registration page with the provided shortcode. From that point your affiliates can start promoting and you can start tracking.

Quick Links

• View Free Demo
• View Pro Demo
• Full Documentation
• Free vs Pro Comparison
• Upgrade to Pro

The real cost of running affiliates without the right tool

Most stores that try affiliate marketing either use a bloated SaaS platform that charges monthly fees and takes a percentage of every conversion, or they try to track referrals manually and give up after the first few commissions get contested.

Without a proper tracking system, you don’t know which affiliate drove which sale. Commissions get disputed. Affiliates lose trust and stop promoting. And you’re stuck exporting spreadsheets to figure out who to pay.

Affiliates for WooCommerce stores every referral click, every commission, and every payout in your own database. You see the full picture from the admin. Affiliates see exactly what they expect when they log into their dashboard. Disputes disappear because the data is right there.

WooCommerce Affiliate Program – Free Version Features

Affiliate Registration and Account Management

Affiliates can apply through a standard registration form that you embed anywhere on your site.

• Use the [ddwcaf_affiliate_registration_form_shortcode] shortcode to create a dedicated affiliate signup page
• Use the default WooCommerce registration form or build a custom page using only the shortcode
• Option to include a login form alongside the registration form, or remove it for a cleaner signup flow
• Show or hide the affiliate registration fields on the WooCommerce My Account registration form
• Admins approve or reject applications from the affiliates list in the admin panel
• Existing WordPress users can be converted to affiliates from the admin without re-registering

Referral Tracking with Cookie Control

Every click on an affiliate link is tracked via a browser cookie. The system is configurable so it fits how your store operates.

• Set the referral query variable name to any string you prefer – the default is ref
• Configure the cookie name to match your store’s naming conventions
• Set cookie expiration in days: if a visitor returns and purchases within the window, the commission is awarded
• Choose whether new referral links overwrite existing affiliate cookies when a visitor clicks a second affiliate’s link
• Enable or disable visit registration. When visits are on, the system logs every click with a timestamp
• Prevent an affiliate from earning commission on their own purchases

Commission Structure and Calculation

Commissions are calculated automatically when a qualifying order reaches the configured status.

• Set a global commission percentage that applies to all affiliates by default
• Choose whether taxes and discounts are included in or excluded from the commission calculation base
• Commissions are listed in the admin panel with their status, amount, order reference, and affiliate name
• Pay commissions manually from the payouts panel when you’re ready

Payout Management

• Affiliates save their preferred payout method from their dashboard: Direct Bank Transfer or PayPal
• Admins process payouts manually from the payouts list in the admin panel
• Filter payouts by status (pending, paid, etc.) to process in batches
• Each payout record stores the affiliate, amount, method, and date

Affiliate Dashboard

Affiliates log in and see their data without contacting you for reports.

• Dedicated affiliate dashboard accessible via the My Account page or a custom page created with the shortcode
• Dashboard displays total earnings, paid earnings, unpaid earnings, and total conversions at a glance
• Affiliates view their full commissions list and filter by status to see what’s pending
• Payouts list shows the payment history and current status of each payout request
• Visits list shows every recorded click, including the destination URL and timestamp
• Top Products list shows which of your products generated the most commission for that affiliate
• Link generator lets affiliates create referral links for any page or product on your site
• Affiliates save their bank transfer or PayPal details directly from their settings area
• Dashboard color is configurable from the admin panel to match your store branding

Admin Reporting and Control

• Affiliate list shows all applicants and members with active/inactive status toggle per affiliate
• Full commission log across all affiliates, sortable and filterable by status, date, and affiliate
• Visit log across all affiliates showing referral source URLs and click activity
• Top Products report showing which products are generating the most affiliate revenue
• Payout log with status management for each payout record
• Various filters on affiliates, commissions, payouts, top products, and visits lists

Developer and Compatibility Features

• Translation-ready with .pot file included, works with WPML, Polylang, and Loco Translate
• HPOS declared compatible with WooCommerce High-Performance Order Storage
• Works with all standard WooCommerce-compatible themes
• Dual-drawer mobile navigation for the admin settings panel, usable on smaller screens
• Clean object-oriented codebase with hooks and filters for custom development

View the Free Version Live Demo

Affiliates for WooCommerce Pro

The Pro version adds automation, multi-tier commissions, sophisticated anti-fraud controls, and marketing tools that turn your affiliates into active promoters. See everything included in Pro.

Advanced Commission Rules

Go beyond a single global rate and build a commission structure that rewards performance.

• Rule-based commissions: Set specific rates per product, per category, or per user role
• Performance-based rate upgrades: Automatically increase an affiliate’s commission rate when they hit lifetime earning milestones
• Custom affiliate rates: Assign a personalized rate to any individual affiliate, overriding global rules
• Commission age requirement: Set a delay so commissions only become payable after the refund window closes, reducing chargeback risk

Automated Payouts and Financial Controls

• Scheduled payout automation: Configure the system to generate payout batches on specific days of the month
• Withdrawal thresholds: Set a minimum balance before an affiliate can request or receive a payout
• Step-by-step payout wizard: Filter, review, and batch-process large volumes of commissions in one guided workflow
• Multiple payment methods: Supports Direct Bank Transfer, PayPal, and WooCommerce Wallet

Marketing Tools for Affiliates

• Creatives management: Upload banners and text links that affiliates can grab directly from their dashboard
• Social sharing engine: One-click sharing to 10+ platforms including Facebook, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Twitter/X, and Email
• Pinterest integration: Upload Pinterest-optimized images for visual social sharing
• Pre-filled social content: Set default share titles and messages to keep your branding consistent across affiliate promotions

Advanced Registration and Profile Control

• Custom registration form builder: Add unlimited custom fields (Text, Select, Radio, Checkbox, Textarea) to the affiliate signup form
• Profile field permissions: Choose which profile fields affiliates can edit themselves from their dashboard
• Terms and conditions enforcement: Require affiliates to agree to your program terms during signup

Anti-Fraud and Tracking Controls

• Time-gated visit registration: Prevent the same visitor from being logged multiple times in quick succession
• IP and referrer logging: Track guest IP addresses and the original referring URL for every affiliate click
• Cookie overriding control: Choose whether a second affiliate link should replace the first affiliate’s cookie or leave it in place

Analytics Dashboard

• Interactive charts: Visual earnings, visits, and conversion reports with month-over-month comparisons
• Real-time performance stats: Total earnings, paid earnings, unpaid earnings, and conversion rate, all visible at a glance
• Top products analysis: See which of your products are driving the most affiliate revenue, with data filterable by affiliate

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How It Works

1. Install and activate Affiliates for WooCommerce from the WordPress plugin directory.
2. Go to DevDiggers Plugins > Affiliates > Configuration and set your global commission rate and cookie expiration period.
3. Create an affiliate registration page and add the [ddwcaf_affiliate_registration_form_shortcode] shortcode to it.
4. Set that page as your affiliate dashboard page in the configuration panel.
5. Affiliates register through your signup page and wait for admin approval.
6. Once approved, affiliates log in, generate their referral links from the dashboard, and start promoting.
7. When a referred visitor places an order, the commission is recorded automatically and appears in the commissions list for you to pay out.

That covers the standard flow. Most stores are running and tracking their first affiliate referrals within an hour of installation.

Free vs Pro

Free Version Includes

• Affiliate registration with shortcode-based signup page
• Cookie-based referral tracking with configurable expiration
• Global commission rate with tax and discount exclusion options
• Manual commission and payout management from admin
• Affiliate dashboard with earnings, commissions, payouts, visits, and top products
• Referral link generator for affiliates
• Visit logging and top products reporting
• HPOS compatible, translation-ready, mobile-friendly admin

Pro Version Adds

• Rule-based commissions per product, category, and user role
• Performance milestone commission upgrades
• Individual affiliate commission rate overrides
• Automated scheduled payout processing
• Withdrawal minimum thresholds
• Payout processing wizard for batch operations
• WooCommerce Wallet payout method
• Creatives management for affiliate banners and text links
• Social sharing tools for 10+ platforms
• Custom registration form fields
• Terms and conditions enforcement
• Anti-fraud visit time-gating and IP logging
• Interactive analytics charts and conversion reports

See the full Free vs Pro comparison

Automatic Installation

1. Go to Plugins > Add New in your WordPress admin.
2. Search for Affiliates for WooCommerce.
3. Click Install Now, then click Activate.

Manual Installation

1. Download the plugin zip file from WordPress.org.
2. Go to Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin.
3. Upload the zip file, click Install Now, then Activate.

You can also unzip the file and place the folder in /wp-content/plugins/ via FTP, then activate from the Plugins menu.

After Activation

1. Navigate to DevDiggers Plugins > Affiliates in the admin sidebar.
2. Go to Configuration > General and enable the affiliate module.
3. Set your commission rate under Configuration > Commissions.
4. Create a page, add the [ddwcaf_affiliate_registration_form_shortcode] shortcode, and assign it as the affiliate dashboard page under Configuration > General.
5. Share the registration page URL with potential affiliates and start reviewing applications from the Affiliates list.