Hello,
I’m looking for a simple WordPress plugin for affiliate links management, and I can’t believe I still haven’t found one with my simple requirements after months of looking 🙁
Any suggestion?
Requirements:
* Manage a list of affiliate links (redirects) with title, description, featured image, URL, slug
* Possibility to use ACF to add: featured image if not natively in the plugin, a textarea “private notes”, and a URL field “Affiliate program URL”
* A Gutenberg/WP block to display the link as a product card, title+desc+image+button (“Product display”)
* Some monthly stats for the clicks on the link, nothing fancy
* 0 to 60$/year
* That’s it
Link example:
* Title: WordPress.com
* Description: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer ullamcorper mi eget varius fringilla.
* URL: https://www.wordpres.com/aff=123
* slug: wpcom (result: mysite.com/go/wpcom)
* Private notes: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer ullamcorper mi eget varius fringilla.
* Affiliate program URL: https://www.wordpress.com/affiliate-program/
Worst case scenario, I can create the “Product display” block myself if it’s missing (but I won’t custom code the stats feature)
*Not needed: automatically add affiliate links to the content, Amazon API or any API*
I tried dozens of plugins, this is the result of my research:
Pretty Links
[https://prettylinks.com](https://prettylinks.com)
Nice, but the Product Displays feature is only available in the 500$/year offer
I use around 20 plugins in this project, and this link management is the smallest feature of the project, 500$/year for a simple block is a no-go
ThirstyAffiliates
[https://thirstyaffiliates.com](https://thirstyaffiliates.com)
Nice, but the Product Display feature is only available in the 500$/year offer
Lasso
[https://getlasso.co/](https://getlasso.co/)
Free version old UI: perfect, can add custom fields with ACF, but no stats, and no product display block
New UI: cannot add custom fields
Pro version: pricing 290-750$/year
AzonPress
[https://azonpress.com](https://azonpress.com)
Great pricing 3$/month, but only for Amazon/eBay/Etsy, no custom links management
AnyTrack Affiliate Link Manager
[https://wordpress.org/plugins/anytrack-affiliate-link-manager/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/anytrack-affiliate-link-manager/)
This has no features at all?
Dr Affiliate
[https://wordpress.org/plugins/dr-affiliate/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dr-affiliate/)
10 installs, updated 10 months ago
URL Shortify
[https://wordpress.org/plugins/url-shortify/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/url-shortify/)
69$/year
No post type to add custom fields
Shopper – Affiliate Link Management
[https://www.shopper.com/wordpress-pricing](https://www.shopper.com/wordpress-pricing)
99$/year
Link management on their own website, cannot do anything (like adding custom fields)
Click Whale
[https://clickwhale.pro/](https://clickwhale.pro/)
Updated 1 week ago, 100% positive reviews, looks perfect …
But ClickWhale does not have a custom post type to use ACF
RankMath redirections
[https://rankmath.com/kb/manage-affiliate-links/](https://rankmath.com/kb/manage-affiliate-links/)
Could do the trick, but only basic redirections of RankMath, no stats
Slim SEO Link Manager
[https://wpslimseo.com/products/slim-seo-link-manager/](https://wpslimseo.com/products/slim-seo-link-manager/)
It seems it does not manage affiliate links, only internal links
Affiliate Links
[https://wordpress.org/plugins/affiliate-links/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/affiliate-links/)
[https://codecanyon.net/item/affiliate-links-wordpress-plugin-for-link-shortening-and-masking/16917669](https://codecanyon.net/item/affiliate-links-wordpress-plugin-for-link-shortening-and-masking/16917669)
Last Update 22 March 2021 on CodeCanyon, 5 months ago for the free one
Seems abandoned
Content Egg Pro
[https://wordpress.org/plugins/content-egg/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/content-egg/)
Many bad reviews, last update 9 months ago, no answer to support for 5 months
Tasty Links
[https://www.wptasty.com/tasty-links](https://www.wptasty.com/tasty-links)
No stats 🙁
Auto Affiliate Links
[https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-auto-affiliate-links/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-auto-affiliate-links/)
Specifically made to automatically add affiliate links everywhere – not what’s needed here
Better Links
[https://wordpress.org/plugins/betterlinks/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/betterlinks/)
[https://betterlinks.io/](https://betterlinks.io/)
No product display, not compatible with ACF (nice dev but slow to implement new features)
Easy Affiliate Links
[https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-affiliate-links/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-affiliate-links/)
Looks perfect, but no post type in ACF
Affiliate Butler
[https://wpruby.com/plugin/affiliate-butler-pro/](https://wpruby.com/plugin/affiliate-butler-pro/)
Obsolete, Latest Release 09.12.2022
Links don’t work, automatic insertion of links … not what I’m looking for
AffiliateWP, Indeed Ultimate Affiliate Pro
To manage my own affiliation program, not what’s needed here
Shorty
[https://www.shortywp.com](https://www.shortywp.com)
No update on their website since 2020
LinkClicky
[https://linkclicky.com](https://linkclicky.com)
Finally a plugin with a field where we can write the affiliation program URL!
It seems that it costs 2300$/year
Let’s Review
It’s a review block, not link management
AAWP
[https://getaawp.com](https://getaawp.com)
Only for Amazon, not to manage custom links
Am I looking for a UFO?
I worked on 500+ websites in 20 years, and according to my experience, the requirements here are not unreasonable
The goal is just to centralize affiliate links in one place, without having to maintain a duplicate Google Sheet list for the extra infos, and to be able to insert a card with title+image+desc+button anywhere in the website with a block
Thank you for your suggestions!
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