AffiliateWP Direct Link Tracking 1.3.3

AffiliateWP Direct Link Tracking is a WordPress plugin that helps affiliates send visitors to your site without using a visible referral URL. Instead, the affiliate can enter and submit their domain in their Affiliate Area, and once approved, they can link directly to your pages.

This solves a common issue with affiliate programs: recognizable affiliate links can reduce clicks, hurt trust, and create missed conversions. Direct Link Tracking improves the visitor experience by keeping links clean and uncluttered while still crediting the correct affiliate.

Built to work with AffiliateWP in a WordPress admin workflow, it supports domain approval, global or per-affiliate enablement, notifications, and blacklist rules—helping you manage tracking with a streamlined setup.

Main Features

• Dedicated “Direct Links” screen — Adds an admin area in WordPress to view and manage all direct link tracking domains.
• Domain approval workflow — Blocks direct linking until an affiliate’s submitted domain is approved by the site administrator.
• Global or per-affiliate enablement — Turn Direct Link Tracking on across your program or control it for individual affiliates.
• Maximum domains control — Set how many domains an affiliate can register under global or per-affiliate rules.
• Domain status management — Approve, reject, delete, or deactivate domains from the central Direct Links admin screen.
• Affiliate domain management — Add, update, approve, reject, or remove affiliate domains directly in the WordPress admin.
• Email notifications — Notify the site admin for new submissions and inform affiliates when domains are approved or rejected.
• Blacklist domains — Prevent specific domains from being used and stop already-stored visits from being tracked.
• Cookie-based referral attribution — Stores affiliate ID in browser cookies after a click, then creates a referral when a conversion occurs.

Benefits

• More clicks, fewer drop-offs — Cleaner links reduce skepticism and encourage visitors to continue to your site.
• Higher conversions — Visitors reach your pages without affiliate link markers, improving the path to purchase or other conversion.
• Better affiliate motivation — Affiliates can earn commission more reliably when their traffic is attributed via approved domains.
• Improved SEO signals — Direct links avoid affiliate parameters, supporting more SEO-friendly URLs.
• Centralized admin control — Domain approval, status changes, and management are handled in one WordPress location.
• Safer tracking quality — Blacklists and approval rules help reduce unwanted domains and inaccurate attribution.

Who is it suitable for?

• WooCommerce stores running an AffiliateWP-powered affiliate program.
• WordPress sites managing partners, resellers, or referral campaigns.
• Agencies that oversee multiple affiliate accounts and need admin control.
• Blog networks and publishers promoting offers through affiliates.
• Affiliate-driven SaaS or digital product brands using WordPress.
• Content creators coordinating domain-based partner promotions.