AffiliateWP - PayPal Payouts vs Easy Affiliate Links
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| Feature | AffiliateWP - PayPal Payouts v1.4.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details | Easy Affiliate Links v3.9.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.2/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | — | 6,000+ |
| Last updated | — | August 19, 2026 |
| Editions | AffiliateWP - PayPal Payouts ($) | Easy Affiliate Links · Easy Affiliate Links Premium ($) |
| Pros | Bulk and single PayPal payouts from the AffiliateWP screens; Sandbox test mode for checking payouts before going live; Adds a PayPal option to the AffiliateWP payout methods | Cloaked short links on your own domain; Click tracking and link manager; CSV and XML import and export of links |
| Cons | Requires the AffiliateWP core plugin; Licensed add-on with vendor-hosted updates | Statistics and other extras need the paid Premium add-on; Statistics moved to the separate Premium plugin |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | PayPal added as an AffiliateWP payout method ($), Bulk payouts from the payouts screen ($), Pay-now action on referrals ($), PayPal sandbox and test mode ($), Vendor updater for the add-on ($) | Cloaked short links on your own domain, Click tracking, Link manager REST API, Affiliate link block, Link shortcode, Nofollow and sponsored link attributes, CSV and XML import and export, Premium add-on activation hook ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | PayPal ($) | — |
| Plugins | AffiliateWP ($) | Yoast SEO |
| Requires WordPress | — | 3.5 |
| Tested up to | — | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| Blocks | — | 1 |
| Shortcodes | — | 1 |