We compared 9 WooCommerce affiliate plugins, and for most stores the free SliceWP plugin is the right place to start. AffiliateWP is the safest paid upgrade once affiliates start sending sales.
This is for store owners who want other people to sell their products for a commission. It’s not for bloggers looking for affiliate programs to join.
We re-checked every pricing page and WordPress.org listing on 13 November 2026. We haven’t run these plugins on a live store, so this is research from public pricing, docs and changelogs, not a hands-on test.
Still picking a platform? Read our Shopify vs WooCommerce comparison first.
Quick answer: install a free plugin, recruit your first 10 affiliates, and only pay when the program earns its keep. Watch renewal prices: several paid plugins below double after year one.
- Our pick for a free start: SliceWP (free core, Pro $169 for year one).
- Our pick for a paid default: AffiliateWP Personal ($149.50 intro, renews at $299).
- Our pick for big programs: Refersion, if you can live with a cut of every affiliate sale.
- Skip this list if: you’re an affiliate cloaking links on a blog. That’s a different tool, covered further down.
Best WooCommerce Affiliate Plugins at a Glance
Here’s the short version. Prices are the entry plans we saw on 13 November 2026, in USD unless noted. The sale price usually applies to year one only.
| Plugin | Best for | Starting price | Free plan / trial | Our verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SliceWP | First affiliate program on a budget | Free core; Pro $169/yr (renews $229) or $429 lifetime | Free plugin, 30-day refund on Pro | Best free start |
| YITH WooCommerce Affiliates | Stores already using YITH plugins | Free; premium €179.99/yr (ex VAT) | Free plugin, 30-day refund | Solid free option, newer PHP needed |
| WP Affiliate Manager | Bare-bones tracking at zero cost | Free core, paid add-ons | Free plugin | Fine if you only need the basics |
| AffiliateWP | Most stores ready to pay | $149.50/yr Personal (renews $299) | No trial, 14-day refund | Safest paid pick |
| Affiliate for WooCommerce | Woo-only stores wanting multi-tier | $99/yr on WooCommerce.com | 30-day refund | Cheapest paid multi-tier option |
| Solid Affiliate | WooCommerce-native setup | $149.60/yr Starter (renews $374) | 30-day refund | Good, but the renewal stings |
| Ultimate Affiliate | MLM, ranks and bonuses | $99 on CodeCanyon | None listed | Only if you truly need MLM |
| Refersion | High-volume brands | $39/mo + 3% of affiliate sales | Free marketplace listing only | Great tracking, costly at scale |
| Post Affiliate Pro | Networks and multi-store programs | $89/mo Starter ($79 billed yearly) | 30-day free trial | Overkill for one small store |
How we picked: each plugin had to track WooCommerce orders, handle affiliate payouts, and have a pricing or listing page we could check in November 2026.
We compared price, renewal terms, refund window, active installs and last update date. Research only, no paid test accounts.
Free Plugins Worth Starting With
Free doesn’t mean flimsy here. All three free plugins below showed an update from about a week earlier on WordPress.org when we checked, which is the first thing we’d look at.
1. SliceWP
- Best for: your first affiliate program, when you don’t know yet if anyone will sign up
- Price: free core on WordPress.org; Pro is $169 for year one (normally $229) or $429 one-time for a lifetime licence
- What we like: 10,000+ active installs, a setup wizard, unlimited affiliates, an approval step and payout reports in the free core
- What’s annoying: PayPal payouts, affiliate coupons, per-product rates and multi-level commissions are all Pro add-ons, and the sale price is first-year only
- Skip it if: you want PayPal payouts and coupon tracking without paying anything
SliceWP is the one we’d install first. The free version covers the core loop: affiliates sign up, get a link, and you approve commissions and record payouts.
The lifetime option matters more than it looks. Year one plus two renewals comes to $627 ($169 + $229 + $229), so the $429 licence pays for itself during year three.
2. YITH WooCommerce Affiliates
- Best for: stores already running other YITH plugins
- Price: free on WordPress.org; premium is €179.99 for a year of updates and support (VAT not included)
- What we like: automatic or manual payouts, payment thresholds and refund handling in premium, per YITH’s feature list
- What’s annoying: the current free version needs WordPress 6.9+ and PHP 8.0+, so older hosting can block it
- Skip it if: your host is stuck on old PHP, or you don’t want to pay in euros
YITH is a sensible pick if your store already runs on its plugins. Otherwise SliceWP gives you a cheaper path to the same basics.
3. WP Affiliate Manager
- Best for: store owners who want basic tracking and nothing else
- Price: free core, with paid add-ons for extras
- What we like: 8,000+ installs, PayPal payouts and WooCommerce coupon tracking, per its WordPress.org listing
- What’s annoying: tracking leans on a 30-day cookie by default; IP tracking is an opt-in fallback
- Skip it if: you want a polished affiliate dashboard out of the box
It’s the most no-frills option here. That’s fine for a handful of affiliates, but you’ll likely outgrow it before you outgrow SliceWP.
Paid WordPress Plugins That Run Inside Your Store
These run on your own site, so you pay a licence and no cut of sales.
They do add load to your store, so start from solid hosting. Our cheap WordPress hosting picks are a sensible baseline.
4. AffiliateWP
- Best for: most stores that are ready to pay for a well-supported plugin
- Price: Personal $149.50 for year one (normally $299, 1 site); Plus $199.50; Pro $299.50, per the AffiliateWP pricing page
- What we like: unlimited affiliates, no platform fees, Stripe and PayPal payouts, and WooCommerce among 20+ integrations on every plan
- What’s annoying: multi-tier and lifetime commissions are Pro-only, renewals are at full price, and there’s no free trial (14-day refund instead)
- Skip it if: you only have two or three affiliates; a free plugin will do
AffiliateWP is the default for a reason: one plugin, no percentage of sales, and the Personal plan already covers what most stores need.
Just budget for $299 a year from year two, not $149.50. Commission structure is a separate decision; our explainer on how CPA commissions work helps you choose between a flat fee and a percentage.
5. Affiliate for WooCommerce
This one is new to the list. It’s a WooCommerce.com extension by StoreApps, and the price surprised us.
- Best for: WooCommerce-only stores that want multi-tier commissions without paying Pro-level prices
- Price: $99 for a 1-year plan on WooCommerce.com
- What we like: unlimited commission tiers, PayPal and Stripe payouts (manual or automatic), and a 30-day money-back guarantee
- What’s annoying: it’s sold as a WooCommerce extension, so it fits best when Woo is your only store engine
- Skip it if: you also sell through Easy Digital Downloads or a course plugin and want one tool for everything
StoreApps says 6,000+ WooCommerce stores use it. For multi-tier on a budget, it’s the cheapest paid route we found.
6. Solid Affiliate
- Best for: stores that want a plugin built around WooCommerce specifically
- Price: Starter $149.60 for year one (normally $374, 1 site); Expert $174.65; Pro $224.70, per Solid Affiliate pricing
- What we like: unlimited affiliates, commissions and payouts on every plan, plus a 30-day refund
- What’s annoying: the Starter plan renews at $374, about 2.5 times the intro price
- Skip it if: you’re comparing on year-two cost; AffiliateWP Personal renews lower
Our old version of this post said Solid Affiliate was a one-time payment. That’s no longer true. It’s an annual licence now, and the renewal is the number to compare.
7. Ultimate Affiliate
- Best for: programs that need ranks, bonuses or multi-level structures
- Price: $99 on CodeCanyon (it used to be called Ultimate Affiliate Pro)
- What we like: ranks, performance bonuses, a wallet, PayPal and Stripe payouts and MLM matrix options all come in one plugin
- What’s annoying: it’s a lot of settings for a small store, and it shipped a stored cross-site scripting fix in July 2026, so keep it updated
- Skip it if: you just want people to share a link and earn a percentage
We’d only pick it if MLM or rank-based rewards are the point of your program. The changelog shows regular updates through 29 September 2026, which is reassuring.
Hosted Affiliate Software for Bigger Programs
These are SaaS platforms that connect to WooCommerce through a plugin. You pay monthly, and with Refersion you also pay a share of affiliate sales.
8. Refersion
- Best for: brands with many affiliates and influencers
- Price: Launch $39/mo (or $29/mo billed yearly) plus 3% of affiliate-driven sales; Growth $199/mo plus 2%, per Refersion pricing
- What we like: unlimited affiliates and clicks, first-party tracking, one-click PayPal payouts, and a WooCommerce plugin
- What’s annoying: the free marketplace listing can’t approve affiliates or pay them; you need a paid plan for that
- Skip it if: your affiliate sales are already large, because the percentage grows with them
Do the maths before signing up. On $5,000 a month of affiliate sales, Launch costs $39 plus $150 in fees, so $189 a month. A self-hosted plugin costs the same whether you sell $500 or $50,000.
9. Post Affiliate Pro
- Best for: agencies, networks and stores running several programs
- Price: Starter $89/mo or $79/mo billed yearly (10,000 tracking requests a month), up to Network at $649/mo, per Post Affiliate Pro pricing
- What we like: a 30-day free trial, fraud protection, and a WordPress plugin with WooCommerce integration
- What’s annoying: Starter caps tracking requests, and $948 a year minimum is steep for one small store
- Skip it if: you run a single WooCommerce shop with under 50 affiliates
Post Affiliate Pro makes sense when the affiliate program is a business in itself. For one store, it’s paying for a lorry to deliver a pizza.
What About ShareASale and ThirstyAffiliates?
We removed the ShareASale plugin. Its WordPress.org listing says it was closed on 3 December 2025 and isn’t available for download. ShareASale itself now sends new merchants to Awin, which has owned it since 2017.
If you want a network rather than your own program, Awin offers an Awin Advertiser Tracking extension. Check it first: when we looked, WordPress.org warned it hadn’t been tested with the latest three major WordPress releases.
ThirstyAffiliates moved out of the main list too. It’s a good link cloaker for bloggers who promote other brands (Basic is $99.60 for year one), but it doesn’t run an affiliate program for your store.
If that’s what you came for, see our roundup of affiliate marketing tools for link tracking and email, or our guide to starting a blog with real costs and first posts.
What Most Guides Get Wrong About WooCommerce Affiliate Plugins
They compare features. The real problem is getting affiliates at all. A plugin with matrix MLM and leaderboards won’t help if nobody signs up.
Our take: spend your first month recruiting, not configuring. Ten affiliates who know your niche beat 200 who signed up for a coupon and vanished.
Most of your best affiliates will be creators and bloggers, and they compare offers before promoting anything.
They’re weighing you against established affiliate programs for digital marketers, most of which publish commission and cookie terms up front. Yours should too.
If you’re recruiting influencers, read up on how Instagram affiliate marketing works from their side. Then send new partners our affiliate marketing for beginners guide so they don’t stall in week one.
Warning: AffiliateWP, Solid Affiliate, SliceWP and ThirstyAffiliates all show introductory prices and state that renewals are at full price. Budget for the renewal figure, not the sale price.
Two more traps. Don’t run two affiliate plugins at once; you’ll get double-counted or missing commissions. And set a refund window before paying commissions, so returned orders don’t cost you twice.
Which WooCommerce Affiliate Plugin Should You Pick?
- Budget of zero: SliceWP free. Upgrade to Pro, or the $429 lifetime licence, once affiliates bring in real orders.
- Ready to pay, want low risk: AffiliateWP Personal. Budget $299 a year after the first.
- Need multi-tier cheaply: Affiliate for WooCommerce at $99 a year.
- Already on YITH: stay with YITH WooCommerce Affiliates.
- MLM or rank rewards: Ultimate Affiliate, and keep it updated.
- Large influencer program: Refersion, after you’ve done the percentage maths.
- Running a network or many stores: Post Affiliate Pro, starting with its 30-day trial.
Indian store owners pay all of these in dollars or euros. That’s one more reason to start free and pay only once the program has proved itself.
Questions Store Owners Ask Before Installing One
Are WooCommerce Affiliate Plugins Free?
Some are. SliceWP, YITH WooCommerce Affiliates and WP Affiliate Manager all have free versions on WordPress.org that track referrals and record commissions. Paid upgrades add extras like per-product rates or automatic payouts. Hosted tools such as Refersion and Post Affiliate Pro charge monthly fees instead.
Which WooCommerce Affiliate Plugin Is Best for a New Store?
Start with SliceWP’s free plugin. It covers sign-ups, referral links, commissions and payout records. PayPal payouts and coupon tracking need Pro, which is $169 for year one. If you’d rather pay from day one, AffiliateWP Personal is the safer choice at $149.50 for year one.
Can I Run Two Affiliate Plugins on One Store?
We wouldn’t. Two plugins tracking the same orders can double-count commissions or miss them, and you’ll spend hours reconciling. Pick one and migrate properly if you outgrow it. Ultimate Affiliate, for example, lists a migration tool for AffiliateWP users.
Is the ShareASale WooCommerce Plugin Still Available?
No. Its WordPress.org listing says the plugin was closed on 3 December 2025 and can’t be downloaded. ShareASale now directs new merchants to Awin, its parent company. If you want a network, look at Awin’s own WooCommerce tracking extension, but check its compatibility notice first.
Do I Pay a Percentage of Sales With These Plugins?
Not with self-hosted plugins like AffiliateWP, SliceWP or Solid Affiliate, which charge a licence fee only. Refersion is different: its Launch plan adds 3% of affiliate-driven sales on top of the monthly fee, and Growth adds 2%. That’s fine at low volume and expensive at high volume.
So, Which One Would We Install First?
SliceWP, free. It does the job for a new program, and its lifetime licence is a cheap long-term upgrade.
When the program is clearly working, AffiliateWP is the paid option among these WooCommerce affiliate plugins we’d trust most.
One warning: compare renewal prices, not launch discounts. Several plugins here cost double or more in year two.
Next step: install the plugin, write a one-page affiliate offer, and personally invite ten people who already talk about your niche.
Still setting up the store itself? Our guide to starting a dropshipping business in India covers the groundwork.
