WooCommerce vs YITH WooCommerce Affiliates
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| Feature | WooCommerce v11.2.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.5/5 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 | 7M+ | 6,000+ |
| Last updated | October 9, 2026 | October 7, 2026 |
| Editions | WooCommerce | YITH WooCommerce Affiliates · YITH WooCommerce Affiliates Premium ($) |
| Pros | Simple and variable products, cart, checkout and coupons; Built-in payment, shipping zone, tax and email tools; REST API and WP-CLI commands for store management | Referral links with click tracking; Commissions per affiliate; Affiliate dashboard in My Account; PayPal payout gateway and privacy export |
| Cons | Payments, shipping and tax all need setup before selling; Many advanced features come from paid marketplace add-ons; Contacts Woo and WordPress services for some optional features | Requires WooCommerce; Premium version is referenced for extra features; Affiliate payouts need a payment setup by the store owner |
| Mentioned in our posts | 2 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Simple and variable products, Cart and checkout, Built-in offline payment methods and gateway API, Shipping zones and methods, Tax rates and calculation, Coupons, Order query API, REST API for products and orders, WP-CLI commands, Analytics reports | 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 |
| Analytics | WooCommerce usage tracking service | — |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | WooCommerce.com | WPML |
| Requires WordPress | 7.0 | 6.9 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 8.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | public-api.wordpress.com, woocommerce.com, api.webflow.com, tracking.woocommerce.com, www.paypal.com, www.sandbox.paypal.com, api-3t.sandbox.paypal.com, api-3t.paypal.com, dzv365zjfbd8v.cloudfront.net, api.wordpress.org, plugins.svn.wordpress.org, translate.wordpress.com, api64.ipify.org, ipecho.net, ident.me, tnedi.me, ipinfo.io, api.country.is | support.yithemes.com, yithemes.com |
| Blocks | 60 | 1 |
| Shortcodes | 7 | — |
| Custom tables | 31 | — |