AffiliateWP – External Referral Links
by Syed Balkhi · Analytics
Also makes 95 other plugins · 21.6M+ installs across the portfolio →
Allows affiliates to promote external landing pages by including the affiliate's ID or username in any outbound links to your e-commerce store.
66 health vs 64 average across 1,029 Analytics plugins
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.
Well optimized
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
144
now · peak 763
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
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
1.0y ago
latest release · v1.2.2
7
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 “700+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2016-04-21 · 1,423 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Budakboygolf1.3y ago
This plugin is very userfull for us. It avoid main web being ban… so we just risk the landing page only (site B).
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mzughbor4.9y ago
sucks – not working
Read on wp.org ↗
Known vulnerabilities
via Wordfence Intelligence1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.
- Medium · 4.4 AffiliateWP – External Referral Links <= 1.2.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-09-22 CVE-2025-53460 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.2.0 Patched in 1.2.2
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 1 at 90% or more
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-24 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-07-23 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-07-22 800+ → 700+ down after 186 days in tier
- 2026-01-17 900+ → 800+ down after 261 days in tier
- 2025-05-01 1K+ → 900+ 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).
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Cross Domain Tracker for AffiliateWP 200+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
AffiliateWP – Affiliate Area Tabs 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag C -
AffiliateWP – Order Details For Affiliates 2K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag C - A AffiliateWP – Affiliate Product Rates 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag C
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AffiliateWP – Affiliate QR Codes 1K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag D - A AffiliateWP – Affiliate Info 1K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag C
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