AffiliateWP – External Referral Links

By Syed Balkhi

E-commerce & Shopping /

AffiliateWP – External Referral Links Review - In-Depth Analysis

This plugin allows affiliates to promote external landing pages by including their ID or username in outbound links. It tracks referrals to your e-commerce store seamlessly.

Performance Overview

WPS Score

6.74/10

User Rating

3/5 (based on 2+ reviews)

Active Installations

700+

Update Frequency

Below Average It is calculated using the weighted average of same category plugins.

Security Score

5 / 10 (Medium Risk) It is calculated using the weighted average of all versions.

What It Does

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 to properly track visits and referrals. This plugin allows your affiliates to promote any landing page 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. 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.

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.