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AffiliateWP

AffiliateWP - Affiliate Product Rates
by Syed Balkhi · 1,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: maintained, last release 27 Oct 2026, 2 releases in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.

91/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for AffiliateWP
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security100
Support70
Reputation70

How the score works

Quick answers

Is AffiliateWP still maintained?
Yes. Last release 27 Oct 2026, 2 releases in the last 24 months. 27 Oct 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns AffiliateWP, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer sumobi since Jan 2015. 3 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was AffiliateWP removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026. 3 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is AffiliateWP safe?
No known vulnerabilities on record. 3 Nov 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest AffiliateWP update safe to install?
No ownership change before 1.2.2. No one-star spike after it. 21 Oct 2026 · Release history

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
sumobi29 Jan 2015 to 27 Oct 2026, 11 commits
DrewAPicture19 Feb 2019 to 28 Jun 2021, 6 commits
paninapress23 Mar 2021 to 3 May 2023, 5 commits
dbeja28 Jun 2021 to 4 Nov 2021, 4 commits
tubiz6 Jun 2022 to 6 Jun 2022, 1 commits
aubreypwd8 May 2025 to 8 May 2025, 1 commits

6 committers recorded. No ownership change since 2015.

Maintenance

Last release
8 days ago
Releases, 24 months
2
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
7.4 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for AffiliateWP
Q1 20240
Q2 20240
Q3 20240
Q4 20240
Q1 20250
Q2 20251
Q3 20250
Q4 20250
Q1 20260
Q2 20260
Q3 20260
Q4 20261

Last release 27 Oct 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Reputation

Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 3.0.

Rating distribution
5 star1
4 star0
3 star0
2 star0
1 star1

Security record

No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.

Sources: Wordfence Intelligence, CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, readme changelogs.

Support

Support history appears after our first snapshots of the forum counts.

Momentum

1,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for AffiliateWP
4 May 202628
11 May 202645
18 May 202635
25 May 202657
1 Jun 202644
8 Jun 202634
15 Jun 202637
22 Jun 202628
29 Jun 202629
6 Jul 202639
13 Jul 202648
20 Jul 202645
27 Jul 202659
3 Aug 202676
10 Aug 202656
17 Aug 202664
24 Aug 202655
31 Aug 202645
7 Sep 202657
14 Sep 202665
21 Sep 202667
28 Sep 202667
5 Oct 202665
12 Oct 202664
19 Oct 2026863
26 Oct 2026563
2 Nov 202643

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 286% above the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

Same job, rated Healthy, higher Canary Score and at least 10,000 installs. Never sponsored.

No healthier plugin in the same category yet.

Facts

Version1.2.2
AuthorSyed Balkhi
Added29 Jan 2015
Last updated27 Oct 2026
Active installs1,000+
Requires WordPress5.2
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP7.4
CategoryE-commerce & Shopping
TagsAffiliateWP, Per Product, woocommerce, product rates, easy digital downloads

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Questions

Is AffiliateWP still maintained?

Yes. Last release 27 Oct 2026, 2 releases in the last 24 months.

Who owns AffiliateWP, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer sumobi since Jan 2015.

Was AffiliateWP removed from wordpress.org?

No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026.

Is AffiliateWP safe?

No known vulnerabilities on record.

Is the latest AffiliateWP update safe to install?

No ownership change before 1.2.2. No one-star spike after it.

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