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AffiliateWP – External Referral Links

Allows affiliates to promote external landing pages by including the affiliate's ID or username in any outbound links to your e-commerce store.

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Tested up to WordPress 6.8
Current version1.2.2
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 6.8
Minimum stackWP 5.2 · PHP 7.4
Directory statusactive
Last directory update27 Aug 20251y ago
Active installations700Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating3.0 / 5 from 2 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records AffiliateWP – External Referral Links version 1.2.2 as active, updated 1y ago and tested up to WordPress 6.8.

Overview

About this plugin

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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. 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.

More information

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.

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • cross domain tracking
  • external referral links
  • external sites
  • promote other sites
  • affiliatewp
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 6.8

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 6.8.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to6.8
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.2 · PHP 7.4
Update activity27 Aug 20251y ago

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