6 Best Affiliate Plugins for WordPress Sites

Have you ever noticed influencers promoting products on their social media accounts? They have unique links that you can click to buy that product. Influencers receive commissions when products are purchased. This is affiliate her marketing, making it a mutually beneficial program for both businesses and influencers.

WordPress affiliate plugins save you the hassle of creating affiliate links, managing the affiliates you work with, and more. They are designed to help you sell your products using affiliate marketing.

Here’s what we’re talking about:

• What are the best affiliate plugins for WordPress sites?
• What functionality do those plugins have?
• How much do you expect the plugin to cost?

If you have the same questions and want to start your own affiliate program as well, this is the article for you.

TL;DR: Affiliates Manager plugin is the best WordPress plugin for affiliate marketing. It’s easy to use, has a great free version, and has all the basic features you need to get started. We recommend backing up your site with BlogVault before you start. Incompatible or poorly written plugins can cause your site to crash, and backups protect against that.

In this list, we’re looking for plugins that not only help you create affiliate links, but also manage affiliates, monitor traffic, and more. So, starting with our favorites, here’s a list of the best WordPress affiliate plugins.

Affiliate manager is a cost effective way to make more money. You can prevent affiliates from earning money from your purchases. You can add program banners and advertisements. Applicants can be approved or rejected manually or automatically. Make it easy to grow and manage your business.

what is it for?

• Automate approval
• Customize your payout percentage
• make payments easy
• Manage creatives
• Add banners and ads
• Disable my referrals

Why do we recommend it?

• Collaborate with users of different languages
• Easy to manage affiliates
• Integrated with WooCommerce

price: There is a free version and a premium version starting at $39/month. Even the free version is enough.

Itthinx Affiliates is a great affiliate plugin that you can use to manage and recruit new affiliates. Create a great affiliate program with an easy-to-navigate dashboard. Easily manage your links with real-time traffic reports. The plugin has no limit on the number of affiliates you can recruit. It also integrates nicely with other Itthinx plugins and extensions that make managing your affiliate program easier.

what is it for?

• Recruit Unlimited Affiliates
• Generating Traffic Reports
• Report link statistics
• Install Affiliate Dashboard
• Automate affiliate approvals

Why do we recommend it?

• quick and easy installation
• easy to use plugin
• excellent documentation

price: Licenses start at $49 per site and can go up to $159 per year.

Over 30,000 active users have successfully created an affiliate program with AffiliateWP. It integrates nicely with WooCommerce, WooCommerce Subscriptions and WooCommerce Memberships. You have complete control over the approvals, emails and income your affiliates generate. The plugin also has reliable logging and tracking capabilities so you know how successful your program is.Making money with AffiliateWP is easy.

what is it for?

• Approve Affiliate
• Track product referrals
• help with payment
• provide email support
• real-time reporting
• Preparation of application form
• Customize your email

Why do we recommend it?

• Easy installation and setup
• Works with Woo extension
• Own all your own data
• No plugin fee

price: There are plans starting at $149/year. The higher the plan, the more sites you can use the plugin on.

Easy Affiliate is easy to set up after installation. It has an excellent support team and integrates very well with other plugins such as MonsterInsights, MemberPress and WPForms. We also have a very helpful blog with tips and tricks to improve your affiliate program. This plugin has good fraud protection. We warn you when affiliates are behaving suspiciously and make sure your payments are safe.

what is it for?

• Generate custom links
• Applicant management
• flag cheating
• make payments easy

Why do we recommend it?

• Easy to set up
• Great for administrators
• Safe plugin

price: They have three plans starting at $199 a year. The higher the plan, the more sites you can set up and the more affiliates you can have.

Ultimate Affiliate Pro helps you customize your entire commission system. You can reward your affiliates or encourage them depending on the products sold. With this plugin you can easily pay commissions with PayPal or Stripe as well. You can integrate with your membership system to allow affiliates to earn commissions for signups.

what is it for?

• Create fee levels
• Recruit Unlimited Affiliates
• Customize your commission rate
• Recruit affiliates with promotions
• Setting performance bonuses
• Manage banners and ads
• Pay affiliates with PayPal

Why do we recommend it?

• Easy to recruit new affiliates
• Easy setup and installation
• Full control of fees

price: $69/year.

YITH’s affiliate plugin works very well with WooCommerce to add affiliate functionality to your site. It provides a dashboard for managing payments, commission rates and traffic as well as a dashboard for affiliates to manage their profiles. You can easily create registration forms and add affiliates to your site. This is a popular plugin that helps you find ways to drive traffic to your site.

what is it for?

• Create a registration form
• Manually add new affiliates
• Manage from one dashboard
• Monitor affiliate information
• Set all commission rates
• Select payment method
• Create an affiliate dashboard

Why do we recommend it?

• detailed documentation
• great support team

price: $164.99/year

Note: If you are new to WordPress, we recommend installing other WordPress plugins to make maintaining your site a little easier.

What should I look for in an affiliate plugin?

There are so many affiliate plugins that bring their own strengths and weaknesses to the table. That’s why it’s important to take time to think about what you need and which plugin best fits that need. Here are some recommendations on what to look for:

• ease of use: The ideal affiliate plugin should be easy to work with. You should be able to easily create and share links. You should be able to manage your affiliates from the plugin dashboard.
• report: It’s important that the plugin can track the traffic that comes to your site. You should be able to see which affiliate links are driving traffic and how your call to action buttons are being used.
• support: Check out our plugin reviews to see what people think about our support team. Are they easy to contact? are they helpful? A good support team is important for everyone, but especially for beginners.
• documentation: The plugin documentation includes information about the plugin installation process, general information, tips, and FAQs. Instruction manual for the plugin. As with our support team, this documentation is great for finding out how to use the plugin correctly and best.
• compatibility: The plugin must be compatible with other plugins and WordPress PHP versions already installed on your site. In fact, we recommend that you first back up your site with BlogVault and use the Staging Site feature to test your affiliate plugin installation. Incompatible plugins can crash your site. Staging sites and backups are safeguards against that.
• cost: Affiliate plugins can be expensive. Keep in mind how much you can afford and what is the best plugin for that budget. Plugins should not eat up most of the revenue your affiliate links make.

What are the benefits of WordPress affiliate plugins?

We’ve talked about how affiliate plugins can help you save time and effort. Let’s talk a little bit about some advantages.

• Add your affiliate link. You can create an affiliate link that you can share with your affiliates.
• Monitor traffic. Once your affiliate links are activated, you can monitor the amount of traffic each link brings. This is especially useful if you are offering commissions based on performance.
• Application management: Create applications, approve or reject applicants, and track affiliates. You can also automate this operation to save time.
• Commission management: You can set commissions, make payments using payment gateways like Stripe and PayPal, and even reward your top performing affiliates.

final thoughts

Affiliate plugins can be powerful tools to market to the right audience and sell more products. Do some research, find the right affiliate, pick your application and you’ll see a lot of traffic. I’m here.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the best WordPress affiliate plugins?

Affiliates Manager is a great WordPress plugin to get started with affiliate marketing. Easy to use and has all the basic features. It also has a nice free version, so the investment in the plugin is negligible. Perfect for beginners and small shop owners.

Can I use my WordPress site for affiliate marketing?

yes. you can. After setting up a shop on your WordPress site, install an affiliate plugin such as Affiliates Manager. Then there is the dashboard for creating, monitoring and managing affiliate links. You can also manage payment methods and commission payments.

Is the WP Affiliate plugin free?

No. AffiliateWP has three premium plans at $149.50, $199.50 and $299.50 per year. The Basic plan is for one site and includes all core features. Compare the three AffiliateWP plans before making a decision.

What is affiliate marketing?

Affiliate marketing is a mutually beneficial marketing model for companies and affiliates. A place for businesses to share and promote custom links with influencers and affiliates. Affiliates earn commissions on the traffic and sales their links generate.

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