AffiliateWP – Affiliate Product Rates
by Syed Balkhi · eCommerce
Also makes 99 other plugins · 21.7M+ installs across the portfolio →
Allows you to set product referral rates on a per-affiliate level in AffiliateWP.
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Health
B 82/100
Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.8K estimated
Momentum
+3%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “per product” for “rates”. “per product” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “rates” sits at #15 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
82 health vs 71 average across 9,827 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.7%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 37.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,174 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other eCommerce 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 7 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
3.0★ over 2 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 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.
36
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
13%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.6
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| product rates your tag | #2 | #20 | 0 |
| affiliatewp your tag | #4 | #15 | up 10 |
| rates | #15 | #24 | down 1 |
| affiliate product management | #8 | #22 | down 1 |
| affiliate woocommerce | #24 | #24 | — |
| simple affiliate page | #23 | #24 | down 3 |
| easy digital downloads your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| per product your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| woocommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
17 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 6 listed. 11 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “per product” for “rates”. “per product” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “rates” sits at #15 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,491 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
13d ago
latest release · v1.2.2 · 21 Oct 2026
10
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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 months ago and the previous band took 3.2 years to cross, so the real count is still just under 2K.
Install history since 6 Sep 2015
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.2.1 Fixed: Updated Select2 library for better compatibility with affiliate groups in AffiliateWP 1.2.1
- — Version 1.2.0 New: Requires WordPress 5.2 minimum 1.2.0
- — Version 1.1.0 New: Enforce minimum dependency requirements checking New: Requires PHP 5.6 minimum New: Requires WordPress 5.0 minimum New: Requires AffiliateWP 2.6 minimum Tweak: Allow language translations to be handled by WordPress 1.1.0
- — Version 1.0.5 Fix: Flat rate shows USD instead of the currency selected in the general settings Tweak: Update the Tested up to WordPress version to 5.1 Tweak: Add translation files for the Polish language (pl_PL) 1.0.5
- — Version 1.0.4 Fix: Limit products to 300 in the product drop down 1.0.4
- — Version 1.0.3 Fix: Product rates not working correctly in WooCommerce 1.0.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 22 languages, 1 at 90% or more
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 "Allows you to set product referral rates on a per-affiliate level in AffiliateWP."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use this"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,704 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "Per Product" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-07 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1181 days in tier
- 2023-05-14 3K+ → 2K+ down after 43 days in tier
- 2023-04-01 2K+ → 3K+ up after 1286 days in tier
- 2019-09-23 1K+ → 2K+ up after 777 days in tier
- 2017-08-07 500+ → 1K+ up after 473 days in tier
- 2016-04-21 400+ → 500+ up after 80 days in tier
- 2016-02-01 300+ → 400+ up after 12 days in tier
- 2016-01-20 200+ → 300+ up after 136 days in tier
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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AffiliateWP – Affiliate Area Tabs 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
AffiliateWP – Order Details For Affiliates 2K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag -
AffiliateWP – Affiliate QR Codes 1K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag - A AffiliateWP – Affiliate Info 1K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
- A AffiliateWP – Leaderboard 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B
- A AffiliateWP – WooCommerce Redirect Affiliates 1K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
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