AffiliateWP - External Referral Links vs WooPayments
Compare WordPress plugins and tools side by side. Pick products with “Compare” in the software directory.
| Feature | AffiliateWP - External Referral Links v1.2.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.0/5 Visit Details | WooPayments v11.2.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.4/5 Visit Details |
|---|---|---|
| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 700+ | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | August 27, 2025 | October 8, 2026 |
| Editions | AffiliateWP - External Referral Links | WooPayments |
| Pros | Lets affiliates promote landing pages on a different domain; Only three settings: store URL, referral variable, cookie lifetime; Cookie keeps the referral across page views on the external site | Card payments managed from the WordPress dashboard; Built-in fraud screening and duplicate payment detection; Multi-currency pricing with a currency switcher block |
| Cons | Only useful with AffiliateWP running on the store site; Rewrites links client-side with jQuery only; No reporting of its own; tracking happens in AffiliateWP | 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 | Stores the affiliate ID from the URL in a cookie, Appends the affiliate ID to links pointing at the store, Settings page for store URL, referral variable and cookie lifetime, Filter to change the cookie lifetime, Pantheon-compatible cookie name | 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 | — | Stripe |
| Plugins | AffiliateWP | — |
| Other | — | FedEx |
| Requires WordPress | 5.2 | 6.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 6.8 | 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 |