AffiliateWP - Lifetime Commissions vs WooPayments
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| Feature | AffiliateWP - Lifetime Commissions v1.6.4 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details | WooPayments v11.2.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.4/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | — | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | — | October 8, 2026 |
| Editions | AffiliateWP - Lifetime Commissions ($) | WooPayments |
| Pros | Separate lifetime referral rate, rate type and lifetime length; Can be enabled globally or per affiliate; Affiliates can see their lifetime customers in the affiliate area; Option to hide customer emails from affiliates | Card payments managed from the WordPress dashboard; Built-in fraud screening and duplicate payment detection; Multi-currency pricing with a currency switcher block |
| Cons | Requires the paid AffiliateWP core plugin; Only works through integrations AffiliateWP itself has enabled; Adds its own database table | Needs a WooPayments account before it can take payments; Only available in the countries WooPayments supports |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Links customers to their referring affiliate for future orders ($), Separate lifetime referral rate and rate type ($), Lifetime length in days (0 for unlimited) ($), Enable and override settings per affiliate ($), Lifetime Customers tab in the affiliate area ($), [affiliate_lifetime_customers] shortcode ($), Hide lifetime customer emails from affiliates ($), Link customers to affiliates on user registration ($) | Card payment gateway for WooCommerce, Checkout integration and payment fields, Fraud screening service, Duplicate payment detection, Multi-currency pricing, Multi-currency switcher block, WooPay express checkout scheduling and session handling |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | PayPal ($) | Stripe |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce ($), Easy Digital Downloads ($), iThemes Exchange ($) | — |
| Plugins | AffiliateWP ($), MemberPress ($), Restrict Content Pro ($), Paid Memberships Pro ($), Gravity Forms ($), Ninja Forms ($) | — |
| Other | — | FedEx |
| Requires WordPress | — | 6.0 |
| Requires PHP | — | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | — | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | — | translate.wordpress.com, pay.woo.com, public-api.wordpress.com, jetpack.wordpress.com |
| Blocks | — | 1 |
| Shortcodes | 1 | — |
| Custom tables | 1 | — |