WordPress affiliate plugin

ViralPayouts vs Affiliates Manager (WP Affiliate Manager)

ViralPayouts has no monthly fee, pays your affiliates for you and pays recruiters on every program. You pay 10% of what you pay partners, falling to 3%, and nothing in a month when nobody sells. With Affiliates Manager (WP Affiliate Manager), you pay your affiliates yourself and has no two-tier recruiting. It costs $0 a month.

Every figure for Affiliates Manager (WP Affiliate Manager) comes from its own pages or named review sites, checked 12 October 2026. Sources are listed at the bottom.

Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Affiliates Manager (WP Affiliate Manager)

Best fit: A brand (on any stack) that wants recruiters to build partner teams with ongoing overrides, wants payouts handled for it, and wants exposure in a partner directory.

$0 a month
No plan and no setup fee. 10% of what you pay partners, falling to 3% at $10,000 a month.
Payouts done for you
One invoice per program. ViralPayouts sends every partner and recruiter their money and collects tax forms.
Recruiters built in
Customer links and recruit links on every program, with the override set your way and reversed on refunds.

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Side by side

	Affiliates Manager (WP Affiliate Manager)	ViralPayouts
Price	$0 a month	$0 a month. 10% of what you pay partners, falling to 3% at $10,000 a month.
Setup fee	Not stated	None
Fee for paying affiliates	Not stated	Included in the fee above: no charge to the brand for sending payoutsPartners pay Whop's own fee when they withdraw to their bank
Pays your affiliates for you	Novia Brand's own PayPal account	Yes You fund by bank transfer; we pay every partner
Two-tier recruiting	NoAffiliate Referral Bonus add-on ($29.95) for a one-time recruit bonus only	Yes Two levels on every program: share of commission, share of sale or fixed. Paid on approved sales, never sign-ups
Public program directory	No	Yes Partners browse and join with one account
Tracking	referral link + cookie; WooCommerce coupon tracking; manual referral entry; ad impression tracking	First-party links with click IDs, signed server-to-server events, Stripe Checkout webhook
Coupon tracking	Yes	Yes A code per partner, per program
Mobile app tracking	Not stated	App installs, sign-ups and purchases reported from your server through the signed event API, with bounties on them. No SDK to ship in your app.
API, webhooks, MCP	Not stated	REST API for brands and partners with an OpenAPI spec, an MCP server for AI agents, a signed event API and partner postbacks
Integrations	WooCommerce, WooCommerce Subscriptions, Easy Digital Downloads, MemberPress, Paid Memberships Pro	Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API

Affiliates Manager (WP Affiliate Manager) plans in full

Core plugin (WordPress.org): $0 a month. Free; unlimited affiliates, PayPal or manual payouts, coupon tracking for WooCommerce listed in readme
Premium add-ons (each, e.g. Affiliate Referral Bonus, WooCommerce Product Specific Commission, WooCommerce Revenue Sharing): price not published. $29.95 one-time per add-on, single site, includes 1 year of support and updates; up to 5 sites +$50-60, up to 10 sites +$90-120
Bundle: WooCommerce Coupons Tracking + Product Specific Commission: price not published. $59.95 one-time single site (listed full price $69.95)

Pricing source

Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Affiliates Manager (WP Affiliate Manager)

What Affiliates Manager (WP Affiliate Manager) offers

WordPress site owners selling through WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, membership plugins (MemberPress, Paid Memberships Pro, s2Member etc.) or Stripe/PayPal button plugins who want to run an in-house affiliate program on their own site.

WordPress affiliate plugin · G2 2.5 (1 reviews)

Why ViralPayouts is the better choice

Real two-level structure: recruiter earns an ongoing override per program, vs a one-time sign-up bonus add-on here
ViralPayouts pays affiliates for the brand via Whop; here the brand sends PayPal/manual payments itself
Public directory where partners discover and join programs with one account; this plugin has no marketplace
Server-to-server signed event API and Stripe Checkout webhook, not cookie-only tracking; works for brands not on WordPress

What Affiliates Manager (WP Affiliate Manager) users say

Paraphrased from public reviews. Follow each link to read the original.

Praise

Free and easy to set up; one user has paid influencers through it for years. wordpress.org
Responsive, helpful developer support even for a free plugin (fixed German-language bugs quickly). wordpress.org

Complaints

Tracking relies entirely on cookies, so referrals are lost when a buyer clears their browser (July 2023 review). wordpress.org
Developer declined for 3+ years to fix a script-loading bug on non-default languages (May 2023 review). wordpress.org
Poor interface and usability; registration form tied to US states/zip codes (2022 reviews). wordpress.org
Buggy emails: no login credentials sent, template tags not working (Nov 2021 review). wordpress.org

About Affiliates Manager (WP Affiliate Manager)

In their words:: "Affiliates Management Plugin for WordPress" (site tagline); WordPress.org title: "Affiliates Manager"
Company:: wp.insider (WordPress.org author; same author family as Simple Membership / WP eStore per the integrations listed)
Website:: wpaffiliatemanager.com

Try ViralPayouts on test money

Set your commission and recruiter override, see what each sale costs you, and run it on the test network before a real partner joins. No monthly fee.

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Sources for Affiliates Manager (WP Affiliate Manager) (8), checked 12 October 2026

Affiliates Manager (WP Affiliate Manager) is a trademark of its owner. ViralPayouts is not affiliated with Affiliates Manager (WP Affiliate Manager). Prices and features change: check wpaffiliatemanager.com before you decide. Spot something out of date? Tell us and we will fix it.