AffiliateWP – Affiliate Area Tabs

48 Quality Score

Active Installs

16/30

With around 3,000 active installs it sits in a moderate niche, neither obscure nor widely adopted, and the listed use cases are broader than the install count suggests.

Update Freshness

11/25

The plugin was last updated on 20 May 2025 and is tested against WordPress 6.8.5, which is a positive sign, though the 56/25 maintenance score reflects the very small codebase and limited update history to draw on.

User Rating

3/15

A perfect 100 score is based on a single rating, which is statistically meaningless and should not be treated as a reliable signal of user satisfaction.

Support Health

8/15

There are zero support threads, so we have no evidence the developer responds to issues, and the 50/15 score assumes neutral support health rather than confirmed responsiveness.

WP Compatibility

11/15

It requires PHP 7.4 and WordPress 5.2 or higher, and is tested up to WordPress 6.8.5, which covers the vast majority of current installs.

Scores higher than 2% of indexed plugins

About

Add and reorder tabs in AffiliateWP's Affiliate Area

Active Installs 3k+

Rating ★★★★★ 5/5

Last Updated 2025-05-20 3:06am GMT

Requires WordPress 5.2+

Tested Up To 6.8.8

Requires PHP 7.4+

✓ No known vulnerabilities

What It Does

This plugin lets you add new tabs and rearrange the existing tabs inside the Affiliate Area dashboard provided by AffiliateWP. It hooks into AffiliateWP's tab system so site admins can show extra content (such as resources, custom reports, or marketing materials) alongside the default sections like Graphs, Referrals, and Payouts.

Who It's For

It is best for AffiliateWP-powered sites that want to tailor the affiliate dashboard experience, for example networks offering creatives, training, or tier-specific content to partners. Program managers running multi-vendor or influencer programs will get the most value by adding branded, role-specific tabs.

Who Should Skip It

If you are not running AffiliateWP, or you are happy with the default Affiliate Area tabs, this plugin adds no value. Sites with a small handful of affiliates and no custom dashboard needs can skip it entirely.

The Bottom Line

Affiliate Area Tabs does one specific job and appears to do it on a recent WordPress version, but the evidence is thin: a 100/100 rating from a single user, zero support threads, and a middling overall score of 51.37/100. It is worth trying if you run AffiliateWP and need custom dashboard tabs, but anyone who needs dependable support or a battle-tested solution should test it on a staging site first and have a fallback plan.

Pick this if you need accurate affiliate conversion tracking and reporting in GA4 or other analytics tools rather than UI changes to the dashboard.

Affiliate Area Shortcodes by AffiliateWP 65/100

Choose this if you would rather drop AffiliateWP content into standard WordPress pages and layouts instead of building new dashboard tabs.

AffiliateWP - Affiliate Product Rates 51/100

Use this when your main need is to assign per-product commission rates rather than customise the affiliate dashboard.

AffiliateWP - Leaderboard 49/100

Pick this if you want a public leaderboard to gamify referrals, which complements a custom-tabbed dashboard but solves a different problem.

AffiliateWP - Allowed Products 49/100

Use this if you need to restrict which WooCommerce products affiliates can promote, rather than customise the dashboard layout.