Affiliate Area Shortcodes by AffiliateWP
by Syed Balkhi · Uncategorized
Also makes 99 other plugins · 21.7M+ installs across the portfolio →
Customize your affiliate dashboard with 20+ powerful shortcodes. Show earnings, stats, referrals, and graphs anywhere on your site.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
2K+
≈2.6K estimated
Momentum
+114%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “area”, “affiliate link management” and “earnings” to your wp.org tags. You rank #7, #15 and #19 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed these are the slots worth spending.
83 health vs 58 average across 25,769 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.1%
of downloads still active
At least 2K of 48.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,778 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 6 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.0★ over 5 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
53
Momentum
Holding steady
+1.8
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
38%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+1.6
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| affiliate area your tag | #2 | #5 | up 2 |
| affiliatewp | #3 | #7 | up 1 |
| sumobi | #3 | #3 | up 1 |
| area | #7 | #19 | up 1 |
| shortcodes your tag | #9 | #17 | down 1 |
| affiliate dashboard | #9 | #21 | up 14 |
| affiliate your tag | #15 | #23 | down 1 |
| new area | #6 | #19 | up 9 |
| affiliate program | #10 | #20 | up 10 |
| earnings | #19 | #22 | up 1 |
| affiliate link management | #15 | #21 | 0 |
| wordpress shortcodes | #24 | #22 | down 1 |
| simple affiliate page | #13 | #21 | 0 |
| wordpress affiliate plugin | #21 | #21 | — |
| shortcodes plugin | #21 | #20 | 0 |
| affiliate plugin | #22 | #22 | down 1 |
| affiliate wp | #22 | #23 | down 2 |
| wp affiliate | #22 | #23 | — |
30 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 18 listed. 12 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Add “area”, “affiliate link management” and “earnings” to your wp.org tags. You rank #7, #15 and #19 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed these are the slots worth spending.
- One page off on “affiliate”. #15 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.9K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
10d ago
latest release · v1.3.2 · 23 Oct 2026
12
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 95% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “2K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 16 months ago; the previous band took 3.3 years to cross, which places it about 62% of the way through.
Install history since 22 Mar 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ alexsteninge5.1y ago
There are quite a lot of bugs given the price. The development seems to be a little too fast. The problem is that the support cannot help you. I have an error which the support now finally accepts but cannot provide ETA on. A rather important one: Registered users cannot be upgraded by forms to affiliates meaning they cannot register themselves. You have to do it. And another where the admin area throws an exception. It seems easy, but you are locked in, so be sure to make the right choice.
Read on wp.org ↗ - Read on wp.org ↗★★★★★ Chris10.6y ago
- ★★★★★ worldtravlr11.1y ago
Huge thanks so Andrew and the team on this plugin as it allows me to easily and fully customize the affiliate experience for my site. Thanks so much and keep up the awesome work!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Cory Lamle11.1y ago
Very nice addon for an already great product!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ teustis11.7y ago
Great addition to Affiliate WP. Love it.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.3.1 New: Requires PHP 7.4 minimum Improved: Activation class Improved: Tested up to WordPress 6.1.1 1.3.1
- — Version 1.3.0 New: Requires WordPress 5.2 minimum 1.3.0
- — Version 1.2.0 New: Enforce minimum dependency requirements checking New: Requires PHP 5.6 minimum New: Requires WordPress 5.0 minimum New: Requires AffiliateWP 2.6 minimum New: Polish translation added Improved: Tested up to WordPress 1.2.0
- — Version 1.3.2 Changed: Strengthened security across the plugin 1.3.2
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 25 languages, 2 at 90% or more
Plus 1 more locale with partial translations.
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Customize your affiliate dashboard with 20+ powerful shortcodes. Show earnings, stats, referrals, and graph..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,732 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 3 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-07-25 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1221 days in tier
- 2022-03-22 1K+ → 3K+ up after 1688 days in tier
- 2017-08-07 700+ → 1K+ up after 473 days in tier
- 2016-04-21 500+ → 700+ up after 145 days in tier
- 2015-11-28 400+ → 500+ up after 44 days in tier
- 2015-10-15 300+ → 400+ up after 39 days in tier
- 2015-09-06 40+ → 300+ up
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).
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Apollo13 Framework Extensions 20K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
ND Shortcodes 20K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag D -
Meks Flexible Shortcodes 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag C
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