AffiliateWP – Store Credit
by Syed Balkhi · eCommerce
Also makes 99 other plugins · 21.7M+ installs across the portfolio →
Pay AffiliateWP referrals as store credit.
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Health
D 51/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
300+
≈370 estimated
Momentum
+31%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “affiliates”, “affiliatewp” and “store credit” 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.
51 health vs 71 average across 9,767 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.8%
of downloads still active
At least 300 of 36K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,155 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.
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 739 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; the current branch is 6.8
3.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.02★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 739 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
33
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 20d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 20d
0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| affiliates your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| affiliatewp your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| store credit your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| woo your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| woocommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 4 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “affiliates”, “affiliatewp” and “store credit” 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 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2.4K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #10,100 to #11,100, alongside the other plugins at 300+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
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
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
2.0y ago
latest release · v2.6.2 · 24 Oct 2024
15
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 67% 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 “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 72% of the way through.
Install history since 25 Nov 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Ibrider1.7y ago
This is a scam service
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Enterprise Branding7.8y ago
Hi! Just adding respectfully a review that hopefully boosts this above 3 stars, because 3 stars was disheartening and the review that brought the rating down so low is 3 years old and never had any response in the forum back, so it’s really not valid to consider that review by itself, nor should it so incredibly affect the overall rating for AffiliateWP! 🙁 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ aloe18.3y ago
I just started using this and with the latest update, really works well in offering store credit to my affiliates in lieu of payment. Many affiliates want the credit over the payment which… which is GREAT!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kooshka11.5y ago
This plugin doesn’t do anything
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 3 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.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 7 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 7 of 7 read like questions a user would type.
- ! 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 2 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 497 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-24 400+ → 300+ down after 62 days in tier
- 2026-05-23 500+ → 400+ down after 95 days in tier
- 2026-02-17 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-16 500+ → 600+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-02-14 600+ → 500+ down after 43 days in tier
- 2026-01-02 700+ → 600+ down after 51 days in tier
- 2025-11-12 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-11 700+ → 800+ up after 1 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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WooCommerce Legacy REST API 400K+ installs · 2.2★ · 2 shared tags C -
Reddit for WooCommerce 90K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Snapchat for WooCommerce 90K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Germanized for WooCommerce 70K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
ShipStation for WooCommerce 40K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B
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