SUMO Affiliates - WooCommerce Affiliate System

Please check our SUMO Affiliates Pro – WordPress Affiliate Plugin which is a much more comprehensive WordPress Plugin

SUMO Affiliates is a WooCommerce Affiliate System. Using this plugin, logged in users can apply and become Affiliates and promote the products in the site. Whenever a user purchases a product by using an Affiliate Link, the Affiliate associated with the link will earn commission for the purchase.

Features

Compatible With

SUMO Affiliates is Compatible with 1. SUMO WooCommerce Deposits and Payment Plans

How to Install SUMO Affiliates?

1. Download the latest version file (sumoaffiliates.zip) of SUMO Affiliates from Codecanyon. 2. Unzip sumoaffiliates.zip inside which you will find the Plugins files i.e. sumoaffiliates.zip. 3. Install the latest version of SUMO Affiliates i.e. sumoaffiliates.zip using WordPress Dashboard. 4. Activate the Plugin.

How to Upgrade to a newer version of SUMO Affiliates?

If you are using an older version and want to upgrade to the latest version of SUMO Affiliates then please do the following steps. 1. Deactivate and Delete the existing version of SUMO Affiliates in your site. 2. Download the latest version file (sumoaffiliates.zip) of SUMO Affiliates from Codecanyon. 3. Unzip sumoaffiliates.zip inside which you will find the Plugins files i.e. sumoaffiliates.zip. 4. Install the latest version of SUMO affiliates i.e. sumoaffiliates.zip using WordPress Dashboard. 5. Activate the Plugin. Please note you will not lose any settings values, data etc by following the above steps.

Support

Please check the documentation as we have lots of information there. The documentation file can be found inside the documentation folder which you will find when you unzip the downloaded zip file.

For support, feature request or any help, please register and open a support ticket on our site.

Updates

Version 6.5.0 on 25 March 2026
Tweak: Improved the Search Commissions option by adding search filters to the Commissions post table 
Tweak: Tested with WooCommerce v10.6.1 
Tweak: Tested with WordPress v6.9.4

Version 6.4.0 on 08 January 2026
New: Added an Affiliate ID column to the SUMO Affiliates post table 
Tweak: Tested with WordPress v6.9 
Tweak: Tested with WooCommerce v10.4.3 
Fix: Affiliate commission earned email notification content was displayed incorrectly

Version 6.3.0 on 31 October 2025
Tweak: Prefix added for WooCommerce JS Libraries based on WooCommerce 10.3.0 
Tweak: Tested with WordPress v6.8.3 
Tweak: Tested with WooCommerce v10.3.3

Version 6.2.0 on 19 May 2025
Tweak: Code improvements made in affiliate link on dashboard(frontend) 
Tweak: Tested with WordPress v6.8.1 
Tweak: Tested with WooCommerce v9.8.5 
Fix: Product restrictions not working for affiliate commission 
Fix: Affiliate signup toggle is not working properly on my account page 
Fix: Payment options are not displaying properly in affiliate signup on my account page

Version 6.1.0 on 22 January 2025
Tweak: Improvement in URL generator button on Affiliate dashboard 
Tweak: Improvement made in Affiliate settings layout display on Edit Product page 
Tweak: Improvements made in Visits record(Backend) 
Tweak: Code Improvements 
Fix: Choose Affiliate dropdown not working properly on Reports 
Fix: Visits Converted icons not displaying properly(Conflict with Filter & Grids plugin) 
Tweak: Tested with WordPress v6.7.1 & WooCommerce v9.5.1

Version 6.0 on 21 February 2024
Tweak: Improvement made in Affiliate referral for awarding commission
Tweak: Tested with WordPress 6.4.3 & WooCommerce 8.5.2
Fix: Fatal error thrown in Affiliate Dashboard(frontend)

Version 5.9.0 on 11 January 2024
Tweak: Improvement made in Manual Affiliate Link Rule Creation 
Tweak: Tested with WordPress 6.4.2 & WooCommerce 8.4.0

Version 5.8.0 on 12 October 2023
Tweak: Improvement made in displaying menu icons in Affiliate Dashboard 
Tweak: Tested with WordPress 6.3.1 and WooCommerce v8.1.1

Version 5.7.0 on 04 August 2023
Tweak: Compatible with High-Performance Order Storage 
Tweak: Tested with WordPress 6.2.2 and WooCommerce v7.9.0

Version 5.6 on 04 May 2023
Tweak: Improvement made in Affiliate dashboard menu display for mobile view
Tweak: Tested up to WordPress 6.2.0 and WooCommerce 7.6.1
Fix: Email shortcodes not working properly

Version 5.5 on 11 August 2022
Tweak: Improvements made in displaying creatives in Affiliate dashboard 
Tweak: Tested upto WordPress v6.0.1 and WooCommerce v6.7.0

Version 5.4 on 26 April 2022
Fix: Affiliate Coupon not working properly
Tweak: Tested with WordPress v5.9.3 and WooCommerce v6.4.1

Version 5.3 on 06 August 2021
Tweak: Code improvements

Version 5.2 on 09 June 2021
Fix: Fatal error thrown in Reports on admin backend

Version 5.1 on 11 February 2021
Fix: Affiliates commission not awarded when using the WooCommerce Coupon

Version 5.0 on 04 August 2020
New: Added option to customize the default Referral URL
Tweak: Improvements made in Affiliates user name on Export CSV
Fix: Error thrown on Error log

Version 4.9 on 26 July 2020
Fix: Export does not work properly 
Fix: Error in console

Version 4.8 on 02 April 2020
Fix: Visits and Statistics not display properly on the Affiliate dashboard

Version 4.7 on 22 January 2020
New: Added Export CSV option in SUMO Affiliates(Admin Backend)

Version 4.6 on 01 January 2020
Tweak: Added Affiliates filter option for Affiliate Lifetime linking(Lifetime Affiliate commission) 
Fix: Js error is thrown in Creatives(Conflict with the Premium SEO pack - WordPress Plugin)

Version 4.5 on 12 November 2019
Fix: Search option not work properly in Commission page on admin side(backend)

Version 4.4 on 13 September 2019
New: Added email notification to admin for Affiliates application form submission
Tweak: API is given to check the user is affiliate or not

Version 4.3 on 12 July 2019
Fix: Affiliate commission not awarded to the affiliates(conflict with direct referrals option)
Fix: Payment method is not displaying properly in the edit affiliate page

Version 4.2 on 05 June 2019
New: Added email option to send Affiliates about the updates of the site
Fix: Blank Screen display in the Affiliate Section of Admin Dashboard due to memory exhausted.
Fix: Decimal Display issue in Affiliate Commission info entry

Version 4.1 on 29 January 2019
New: Compatibility with Profile builder plugin

Version 4.0 on 03 December 2018
Fix Parents Affiliate not set properly in MLM
Fix: Number of Direct Referrals not works properly

Version 3.9 on 17 November 2018
Fix: Affiliate Commissions earning not works for Selected Products 
Fix: Translation for po file

Version 3.8 on 27 October 2018
New: Added Leaderboard option to list the Affiliates Rank
Tweak: Affiliate Application Form Display conflict improvements with Visual Composer

Version 3.7 on 18 October 2018
 Fix: Statistics records not displayed in Affiliates dashboard 
Fix: Multi-Level Affiliate Marketing not works properly based on Manual Affiliate Linking

Version 3.6 on 13 September 2018
Fix: Incorrect Total Visits displays when using an Affiliate link

Version 3.5 on 17 August 2018
Tweak: Commission based on Product is defined on product URL 
Fix: Product search improvements in Affiliates Commission product filter

Version 3.4 on 08 August 2018
Fix: Unable to become an Affiliate using WooCommerce Registration when selecting particular payment method

Version 3.3 on 03 August 2018
New: Affiliate Commission Payout Request via Email to Admin 
Tweak: Affiliate Form Fields can be customized

Version 3.2 on 18 July 2018
Fix: Product Filter search issue in admin settings

Version 3.1 on 03 July 2018
New: POT file added for Translations

Version 3.0 on 10 June 2018
New: Option added to Calculate the Affiliate Commission when WooCommerce Coupon Discount is applied

Version 2.9 on 01 June 2018
New: GDPR compliance WordPress compatibility for Data Access, Data Erasure and Privacy Policy update

Version 2.8 on 18 May 2018
Fix: Affiliate's Commission calculation issue when purchasing multiple products

Version 2.7 on 19 April 2018
Fix: Affiliate's Earned Commission value displayed wrongly in Email Notification

Version 2.6 on 07 March 2018
Tweak: Affiliate's Payment Details Display in Exported CSV file
Tweak: Improvements regarding select2
Fix: Commission not calculated when Commission approved Automatically
Fix: Blank Page display while purchasing the Membership plan
Fix: Conflict with Barrel Theme

Version 2.5 on 17 February 2018
New: Payment Method selection display in Affiliate Dashboard
New: Added option to Show/Hide Website URL on front end form
Fix: Redirect Issue when update the Payment details in dashboard and then Submit 
Fix: Visit conversion issue for Product Purchase when Commission approved Automatically
Fix: Can't place the order after applying the coupon when using WooCommerce version 3.0 and older versions

Version 2.4 on 22 January 2018
Fix : Visit to conversion for Product Purchase

Version 2.3 on 15 January 2018
New: Referral Code Feature for Affiliate Promotion

Version 2.2 on 09 November 2017
New: APIs added for compatibility

Version 2.1 on 13 October 2017
New: Option provided to become an Affiliate while registering on the site
Fix: Post/Page can't be saved correctly when using Optimizepress

Version 2.0 on 18 September 2017
New: Search option added for Manual Affiliate
New: Referral Link generation using Affiliate Name
Tweak: Customizable SUMO Affiliates Payment Method label added in the Messages settings
Fix: Enhancement in the search options of the settings

Version 1.9 on 22 August 2017
New: Automatic/Manual Approval option for Affiliate Approval
New: Automatic/Manual Approval option for Affiliate Commission
Tweak: Graphical display(experimental) option (when registered through Affiliate link)
Tweak: Parent Affiliate Selection option added for Manual Affiliate linking
Fix: User Search option in the Manual Affiliate Add option doesn't work
Fix: Removed commission revoke function(commission once inserted, it will be removed only by manual)
Fix: Multiple commission for same affiliate on same order
Fix: Commission Calculated when order status become Processing even it is not set in the plugin settings
Fix: Email doesn't send when commission is approved
Fix Email not sent when action performs by edit affiliate

Version 1.8 on 19 May 2017
Tweak: Changed the settings display priority
Tweak: Affiliate Form message ready is translate ready
Tweak: PO files updated

Version 1.7 on 10 May 2017
New: PHP 7.x Compatibility

Version 1.6 on 25 April 2017
New: WooCommerce 3.0 compatibility

Version 1.5 on 05 April 2017
New: Option to award Affiliate Commissions for Renewal Orders of SUMO Subscriptions 

Version 1.4 on 22 February 2017
New: Custom CSS added for Frontend CSS Customization
New: Option added to Display PayPal email id or Custom Payment details or both in Affiliate Application form
Fix: Undefined index warning fixed in refer a Friend Form

Version 1.3 on 17 January 2017
New: Refer a Friend form feature
Tweak: Affiliate Commission calculated based on Product quantity

Version 1.2 on 13 November 2016
New: Credit last referral option to Manual Linking (when a customer is linked with Multiple Affiliates)
Tweak: Credit Last referral can be enabled only when lifetime linking is disabled

Version 1.1.1 on 09 November 2016
Tweak: Affiliate Commission can be set with decimal values

Version 1.1 on 18 October 2016
New: Banners can added by Site Admin
Fix: WooCommerce Activated check improvement

Version 1.0 on 12 October 2016
- Initial Release