AffiliateWP - PayPal Payouts vs YITH WooCommerce Affiliates
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| Feature | AffiliateWP - PayPal Payouts v1.4.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details | YITH WooCommerce Affiliates v3.31.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.2/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | — | 6,000+ |
| Last updated | — | October 7, 2026 |
| Editions | AffiliateWP - PayPal Payouts ($) | YITH WooCommerce Affiliates · YITH WooCommerce Affiliates Premium ($) |
| 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 | Referral links with click tracking; Commissions per affiliate; Affiliate dashboard in My Account; PayPal payout gateway and privacy export |
| Cons | Requires the AffiliateWP core plugin; Licensed add-on with vendor-hosted updates | Requires WooCommerce; Premium version is referenced for extra features; Affiliate payouts need a payment setup by the store owner |
| 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 ($) | Affiliate profiles and registration, Referral click tracking, Commission tracking per affiliate, Affiliate payments, Affiliate pages in My Account, Affiliate dashboard shortcodes, Set referrer block, Scheduled affiliate tasks, Privacy data export and erase for affiliates |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | PayPal ($) | PayPal |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | AffiliateWP ($) | WPML |
| Requires WordPress | — | 6.9 |
| Requires PHP | — | 8.0 |
| Tested up to | — | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | — | support.yithemes.com, yithemes.com |
| Blocks | — | 1 |