Affiliates for WooCommerce – Affiliate Program, Referral Tracking & Commissions vs WP Genesis Box

Affiliates for WooCommerce is a lightweight WooCommerce affiliate plugin that lets you create, manage, and grow your own affiliate program directly from your store. When a customer buys through an affiliate’s referral link, your store tracks the click, applies the commission, and records it automatically. Your affiliates log into their own dashboard to see their earnings, generate new links, and save their payout details. You see everything from the admin and pay out when you’re ready. No SaaS subscription. No percentage cut taken from every sale. It all runs on your own site. Most stores have their first affiliate program live within minutes of activation. Quick Links View Free Demo View Pro Demo Full Documentation Free vs Pro Comparison Upgrade to Pro Why run your affiliate program on your own store? Third-party affiliate networks charge a monthly fee on top of a percentage cut from every sale they track. That means you pay twice — once to your affiliate, once to the platform. This plugin keeps the whole program inside your WordPress site. Your data, your rules, your payouts. The only person getting a cut is the affiliate who earned it. And unlike generic affiliate plugins, this one is built around WooCommerce from the ground up. Commission calculation pulls directly from WooCommerce orders. Payouts connect to Bank Transfer, PayPal, and WooCommerce Wallet (Pro). The affiliate tab appears automatically inside your WooCommerce My Account page. It fits your store because it was designed for your store. WooCommerce Affiliate Program – Free Version Features Affiliate Registration Affiliates apply through a signup form you embed anywhere on your site with a shortcode. Affiliate Dashboard page created automatically which has the affiliate login and registration forms. Use [ddwcaf_affiliate_registration_form_shortcode] to create your custom affiliate registration page Show a login form alongside the signup form, or just the signup form on its own Optionally show affiliate registration fields on the WooCommerce My Account registration page Approve or reject applications from the affiliates list in your admin panel Convert existing WordPress users into affiliates directly from the admin — no re-registration needed Referral Tracking Every affiliate link click gets tracked with a browser cookie. You control how that cookie behaves. Set how long the referral cookie lasts (in days) — if someone buys within that window, the affiliate earns their commission Choose whether a second affiliate link click should overwrite the first affiliate’s cookie Enable visit logging so every click gets saved with a timestamp and destination URL Block affiliates from earning commission on their own purchases Commissions Commissions are calculated and recorded automatically when an order reaches the status you choose. Set a global commission percentage for all affiliates Choose whether taxes and discounts are included or excluded from the commission base View all commissions in the admin panel with status, order reference, amount, and affiliate name Pay commissions manually when you’re ready Payout Management Affiliates save their preferred payout method (Direct Bank Transfer or PayPal) from their own dashboard Review and process payouts from the payouts list in your admin panel Filter payouts by status to process them in batches Every payout record stores the affiliate, amount, method, and date Affiliate Dashboard Your affiliates can see their own data without ever contacting you. Dedicated affiliate dashboard accessible from the WooCommerce My Account page Shows total earnings, paid earnings, unpaid earnings, and total conversions at a glance Full commissions list filtered by status so they know what’s pending and what’s paid Payout history with current status for each request Click log showing every recorded visit with destination URL and timestamp Top Products list showing which of your products earned them the most commission Link generator to create referral links for any page or product on your site Affiliates save their bank or PayPal payout details themselves — you don’t need to collect it manually Dashboard accent color is configurable from your admin panel to match your store branding Admin Reporting Affiliates list with status toggle and earnings summary per affiliate Full commissions log across all affiliates, filterable by status, date, and affiliate Click log across all affiliates showing referral source URLs and activity Top Products report showing which products generate the most affiliate revenue Payout log with status management per record For Developers HPOS compatible — fully tested with WooCommerce High-Performance Order Storage Translation-ready with .pot file included — works with WPML, Polylang, and Loco Translate Works with all standard WooCommerce-compatible themes Clean object-oriented codebase with hooks and filters for custom development Mobile-friendly admin with dual-drawer navigation for smaller screens Try the Free Version Live Demo WooCommerce Affiliate Plugin Pro Version — What You Get On Top The Pro version adds automation, advanced commission rules, anti-fraud tools, and marketing features that help your affiliates promote more effectively. Commission Rules Set commission rates per product, per category, or per user role Automatically increase an affiliate’s commission rate when they hit lifetime earning milestones Assign a personal commission rate to any individual affiliate, overriding the global rate Require commissions to age past the refund window before they become payable — reduces chargeback risk Coupon Assignment Ability to assign coupons to affiliates for discount based promotion. Coupon Assignment mails to affiliates Affiliates earn commissions when customers uses their assigned coupons to place orders. Automated Payouts Schedule payout batches on specific days of the month — no manual triggering needed Set a minimum balance before an affiliate can request or receive a payout Step-by-step payout wizard for reviewing and batch-processing large volumes of commissions Supports Direct Bank Transfer, PayPal, and WooCommerce Wallet Affiliate Marketing Tools Upload banners and text links as creatives that affiliates can grab directly from their dashboard One-click social sharing to 10+ platforms including Facebook, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Twitter/X, and Email Pinterest-optimized image uploads for visual sharing Set default share titles and messages to keep your branding consistent across all affiliate promotions Custom Registration Add unlimited custom fields to the affiliate signup form — text, select, radio, checkbox, textarea Control which profile fields affiliates can edit themselves Require affiliates to accept your program terms during signup Anti-Fraud Controls Time-gated visit registration prevents the same visitor from being counted multiple times in quick succession IP and referrer logging for every affiliate click Full control over whether a second affiliate link replaces the first affiliate’s cookie Supports CAPTCHA using DevDiggers’ Advanced CAPTCHA plugin. Advanced Reports Visual charts for earnings, visits, and conversions with month-over-month comparisons Conversion rate, total earnings, paid and unpaid earnings visible at a glance Top products report filterable by affiliate Try the Pro Version Live Demo Upgrade to Pro

Based on this blog post from Brian Gardner, display the Genesis framework affiliate box on posts or pages, or anywhere using a PHP function. Genesis is a framework for WordPress for developing and maintaining modern and beautiful websites. Studiopress (the company that makes Genesis) affiliates can earn commission on every referral. This content box displays marketing text and logo that can help drive referrals through your website. Disclaimer: This plugin is not affiliated with or endorsed by ShareASale, StudioPress or Copyblogger Media. If you need help with this plugin If this plugin breaks your site or just flat out does not work, please go to Compatibility and click “Broken” after verifying your WordPress version and the version of the plugin you are using. Then, create a thread in the Support forum with a description of the issue. Make sure you are using the latest version of WordPress and the plugin before reporting issues, to be sure that the issue is with the current version and not with an older version where the issue may have already been fixed. Please do not use the Reviews section to report issues or request new features. Features Display your affiliate link anywhere Works with most browsers, but degrades nicely in older browsers CSS only loads on pages with shortcode or function call Multiple images available for inclusion Links can be opened in new window Includes standard marketing language from Studiopress, or use your own Automatically insert the Genesis box after each post Hide output for logged in users Shortcode To display on any post or page, use this shortcode: [wp-genesis-box] Make sure you go to the plugin settings page after installing to set options. If you use and enjoy this plugin, please rate it and click the “Works” button below so others know that it works with the latest version of WordPress.