Affiliate Links – Link Cloaking and Management

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 30% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ oneray

   1.9y ago

   Simple and lightweight plugin, works perfectly. Great job.

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2. ★★★★★ Edward Bedarev

   2.0y ago

   Very convenient and powerful tool to manage links! It definitely deserves a lot of installations! Great report view, replace links and import/export tools. All statistics on clicking and replacing the target link URL in one click with no need to correct all the links placed over the website. Place affiliate links in any place: posts, pages, e-books, YouTube video descriptions and see if they are clicked. I didn’t find any disadvantages: all works perfectly! Excellent job, developers!

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3. ★★★★★ actrazer

   3.7y ago

   Easy to use, great plugin!

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4. ★★★★★ uxspade

   7.5y ago

   Very easy to use!

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5. ★★★★★ mickeymouseathletics

   9.4y ago

   Awesome plugin, easy to use. Seems to work everywhere on my website. One issue I have is that none of options under “Link Embedding” will save after updating. Is the link embedding area meant to serve the affiliate link or just the Embed HTML link and shortcode?

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6. ★★★★★ Gulshan Kumar

   9.6y ago

   I liked this plugin just due to X-Robots Noindex feature. Thanks to the developer for creating this fantastic piece. I appreciate your work. This topic was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by Gulshan Kumar.

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7. ★★★★★ lex127

   9.9y ago

   Very comfortable, it does not require complicated settings now buy the paid version!Thank you very much!

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8. ★★★★★ eliseycat

   10.6y ago

   This plugin is a good and simple way to create external redirects that don’t hurt your site SEO. Thanks!

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 3.3.0 Tested up to WordPress 7.0 Set minimum PHP version to 7.4 3.3.0
2. — Version 3.2.1 Update readme.txt 3.2.1
3. — Version 3.2.0 Bug & Security fixes 3.2.0
4. — Version 3.1.0 Security fixes Added new feature: ability to generate affiliate links via We Can Track 3.1.0
5. — Version 3.0.1 Rebranded plugin. Updated description. 3.0.1
6. — Version 3.0 Added advanced functionality: reports for links, the ability to export and import links, the ability to replace links in the database, display the link in the iframe, setting the custom target url according to conditions 3.0

3 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.1 Affiliate Links Lite <= 3.1.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-04-10 CVE-2025-32639 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 3.1.0 Patched in 3.2.0
2. High · 8.1 Affiliate Links: WordPress Plugin for Link Cloaking and Link Management <= 3.0.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Import/Export and PHP Object Injection ↗
   2025-02-17 CVE-2024-13556 Missing Authorization Affects <= 3.0.1 Patched in 3.1.0
3. Medium · 6.4 Affiliate Links Lite <= 2.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode ↗
   2023-04-14 CVE-2023-22696 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.6 Patched in 2.7

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Translated into 7 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-07-28 4K+ → 3K+ down after 9 days in tier
2. 2025-07-19 3K+ → 4K+ up after 45 days in tier
3. 2025-06-04 4K+ → 3K+ down after 529 days in tier
4. 2023-12-23 5K+ → 4K+ down after 373 days in tier
5. 2022-12-15 4K+ → 5K+ up after 3 days in tier
6. 2022-12-12 5K+ → 4K+ down after 4 days in tier
7. 2022-12-08 4K+ → 5K+ up after 1 days in tier
8. 2022-12-07 5K+ → 4K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• URL Shortify – Simple and Easy URL Shortener 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
• Easy Affiliate Links 7K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A
• Lasso Lite – Affiliate Link Manager & Product Displays 4K+ installs · 3.2★ · 1 shared tag B
• LinkCentral – URL shortener, Affiliate Links & Custom Link Shortener with Link Tracking 400+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
• GT Link Manager 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B
• Improvely for WooCommerce 20+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag D

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Affiliate Links – Link Cloaking and Management: 3K+ active installs, 5.0★ (10 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/affiliate-links