AffiliateFactoryWP
Documentation

Every screen, explained

From first install to your hundredth payout. Start at the top if you're new — or jump straight to the area you need.

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Run your program

Affiliates & applications

The application form, approval flow, custom fields, CAPTCHA, manual adds, and who on your team can manage the program.

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Referral tracking

How visits become referrals — first-party signed cookies, the referral window, consent gating, and privacy-safe IP handling.

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Creatives & short links

Upload banners and text links once — every partner gets copy-ready HTML with their own referral link inside. Plus pretty /go/name short links.

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Commissions

Percentage or flat rates, the maturity window, lead commissions from forms, and why every amount comes with a visible explanation.

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Recurring & lifetime commissions

Pay affiliates on every subscription renewal, and keep customers linked to the affiliate who referred them — rates, caps, and expiry are yours to set.

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Coupons & code attribution

Personal discount codes that credit their affiliate automatically — auto-generated at approval, tracked without cookies.

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Referrals & fraud review

The referral lifecycle from click to payable, and the explainable fraud review that holds suspicious referrals with written reasons.

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Payouts

Pay partners through your own PayPal or Stripe accounts — or record manual payments — with an immutable ledger behind every cent.

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The affiliate dashboard (partner portal)

What your partners see — live stats, links, codes, payout history — and how to brand it with sections, texts, and your accent color.

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Leaderboard & milestone bonuses

Friendly competition in the partner dashboard, and automatic one-time bonuses when affiliates hit referral milestones.

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Emails & notifications

Every email the plugin sends is editable HTML — welcome messages, referral notices, payout confirmations — in your voice.

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Platform

Account & billing

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