AffiliateWP - Recurring Referrals vs WooPayments
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| Feature | AffiliateWP - Recurring Referrals v1.9.2 · 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 - Recurring Referrals ($) | WooPayments |
| Pros | Separate recurring rate, rate type and referral limit settings; Per-affiliate and per-product recurring rates for WooCommerce and EDD; Supports many subscription and membership plugins | Card payments managed from the WordPress dashboard; Built-in fraud screening and duplicate payment detection; Multi-currency pricing with a currency switcher block |
| Cons | Requires the paid AffiliateWP core plugin; Only works with the subscription plugins it has integrations for; Stripe support relies on WP Simple Pay webhooks | Needs a WooPayments account before it can take payments; Only available in the countries WooPayments supports |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Global recurring referral rate and rate type ($), Limit on number of recurring referrals per subscription ($), Per-affiliate recurring rates and limits ($), Per-product recurring rates for WooCommerce and EDD ($), Optional use of Tiered Rates add-on for renewals ($), Batch migration of referral parent IDs ($) | Card payment gateway for WooCommerce, Checkout integration and payment fields, Fraud screening service, Duplicate payment detection, Multi-currency pricing, Multi-currency switcher block, WooPay express checkout scheduling and session handling |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | PayPal ($), WP Simple Pay (Stripe) ($) | Stripe |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce Subscriptions ($), Easy Digital Downloads Recurring ($) | — |
| Plugins | AffiliateWP ($), MemberPress ($), Restrict Content Pro ($), Paid Memberships Pro ($), Gravity Forms ($), LifterLMS ($), MemberMouse ($), Zippy Courses ($) | — |
| Other | — | FedEx |
| Requires WordPress | — | 6.0 |
| Requires PHP | — | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | — | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | www.paypal.com, www.sandbox.paypal.com | translate.wordpress.com, pay.woo.com, public-api.wordpress.com, jetpack.wordpress.com |
| Blocks | — | 1 |