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Refer a Friend Program for WooCommerce

by storeya · eCommerce

Also makes 3 other plugins · 870+ installs across the portfolio →

Create a customer referral program Now! Have your customers driving their friends to your store ready to make a purchase

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
How scoring works →
44 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 72/100
Support 70/100

44 health vs 68 average across 5,562 eCommerce plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Long abandoned. No update in 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.26, well behind 6.8.

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.

42 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 1/100
WP compatibility 15/100
Rating quality 63/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 2675 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+9% vs prior 30d
16Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

185

now · peak 185

18530d downloads · Aug 26

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

Refer a Friend Progr · #26466 you Refer A Friend for W · #5685 WooCommerce · #6 Popup Builder & Popu · #55

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3.9Stars · Aug 26

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.

9.3Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

7.3y ago

latest release · v2

10

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2 · 7.3y ago1.9 · 11.0y ago1.8 · 11.4y ago1.7 · 11.4y ago1.6 · 11.5y ago1.5 · 11.8y ago1.4 · 11.9y ago1.3 · 12.4y ago1.2 · 12.4y ago1.1 · 12.4y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v01 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
20–30 ≈27

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

At the current install trend, crossing 30+ in roughly 430 days.

Install history · since 2015-04-01 · 1,391 observations

20Installs · Aug 26

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

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

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

Version
01
Last updated
7.3y ago
Added
2014-04-14 · 12 yrs old
Requires WP
3.0
Tested up to
5.2.26
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. hassann201
    11.2y ago

    I’ve gained more than $500 during my free trial!! This shows that word of mouth is the best marketing method out-there.

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  2. suramyapathak
    11.4y ago

    Love this tool, very affective in driving new viral traffic to my online store!

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  3. Steve
    11.6y ago

    $10 a month for a popup ! really!

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  4. David burns
    11.8y ago

    Easy to set up, a means to virally grow your customer base. A true “Word of mouth” martketing tool.

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  5. Sarah Bligh
    11.8y ago

    I’ve had set up in minutes, and it keeps proving itself! A great idea and a really useful marketing solution.

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  6. Joe Harding
    11.9y ago

    perfectly implemented… I have installed it a week ago, and I’m really happy with the results so far!

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  7. jedlarosa
    12.0y ago

    I will edit this post into 5 stars if you reply to my question because I went to your support page and I see you dont even bother replying to their questions and I’m afraid that I will waste so much time waiting for your answers! So I will use this reviews to get you reply to me instead. Sorry. I really need your answer for this simple question that I’m about to ask. Is your plugin capable to do this? Go to this link: http://www.skymaidservice.com/refer-a-friend.html After they referred it, the referrer will have a 25% discount. Please reply asap. thanks

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  8. roneninio
    12.3y ago

    I just started using this new plugin a week ago and so far the results are really good! Good job to the developers!

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-04-07 10+ → 20+ up after 13 days in tier
  2. 2026-03-25 20+ → 10+ down after 330 days in tier
  3. 2025-04-29 30+ → 20+ down after 26 days in tier
  4. 2025-04-03 20+ → 30+ up after 28 days in tier
  5. 2025-03-06 30+ → 20+ down after 2 days in tier
  6. 2025-03-04 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in tier
  7. 2025-03-03 30+ → 20+ down after 14 days in tier
  8. 2025-02-17 20+ → 30+ up after 118 days in tier

Competes with

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Refer a Friend Program for WooCommerce: 20+ active installs, 3.9★ (11 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/refer-a-friend-program-for-woocommerce