AffiliateWP – Allow Own Referrals
by Syed Balkhi · Uncategorized
Also makes 99 other plugins · 21.7M+ installs across the portfolio →
Allows an affiliate to earn commission on their own referral links.
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Health
Not scored
no reviews to score from
Active installs
500+
≈570 estimated
Momentum
+72%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: One page off on “self referral”. #16 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Not scored yet. Nobody has reviewed this plugin, so a grade would come from directory averages rather than from anything measured here.
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.8%
of downloads still active
At least 500 of 17.9K 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.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Support resolution
Updated 544 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12; the current branch is 7.1
No reviews yet, so wp.org scores it as a middling unrated listing
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Mark more forum threads resolved — the resolved ratio feeds the ranking.
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.
40
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.8
Velocity
places per keyword, 18d
25%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 18d
+0.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| own referrals your tag | #4 | #18 | up 1 |
| self referral your tag | #16 | #23 | down 1 |
| own commission your tag | #22 | #24 | down 3 |
| affiliate purchase your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| affiliatewp your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- One page off on “self referral”. #16 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- “affiliate purchase” and “affiliatewp” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 918 · 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
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
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
1.5y ago
latest release · v1.2.1 · 8 May 2025
5
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 93% 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 “500+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 69% of the way through.
Install history since 11 Aug 2016
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 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
1 of 8 pass · checked 3 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Allows an affiliate to earn commission on their own referral links."
- ! 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 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 672 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("affiliate purchase", "own commission", "self referral" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-14 600+ → 500+ down after 60 days in tier
- 2026-05-15 700+ → 600+ down after 47 days in tier
- 2026-03-29 800+ → 700+ down after 25 days in tier
- 2026-03-04 900+ → 800+ down after 9 days in tier
- 2026-02-23 1K+ → 900+ down after 1238 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 300+ → 1K+ 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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AffiliateWP – Affiliate Area Tabs 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
AffiliateWP – Order Details For Affiliates 2K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag - A AffiliateWP – Affiliate Product Rates 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B
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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
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