Title: AffiliateWP – Sign Up Bonus Author: Syed Balkhi Published: November 4, 2014 Last modified: May 8, 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/affiliatewp-sign-up-bonus/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=1019796) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/affiliatewp-sign-up-bonus_ed6d62.svg) # AffiliateWP – Sign Up Bonus By [Syed Balkhi](https://profiles.wordpress.org/smub/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/affiliatewp-sign-up-bonus.1.3.1.zip) * [Details](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/affiliatewp-sign-up-bonus/#description) * [Reviews](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/affiliatewp-sign-up-bonus/#reviews) * [Installation](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/affiliatewp-sign-up-bonus/#installation) * [Development](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/affiliatewp-sign-up-bonus/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/affiliatewp-sign-up-bonus/) ## Description > This plugin requires [AffiliateWP](https://affiliatewp.com/) in order to function. Offering a sign up bonus is a great way to entice more affiliates to register on your site. In turn these affiliates will go on to promote your products and services, making you more sales. **How it works** When an affiliate registers through the AffiliateWP registration form, or you manually add an affiliate from within the admin, a sign up bonus will be awarded (amount set from within the settings). This bonus is created in the form of a referral with a description of “Sign Up Bonus”, which can be viewed from the AffiliateWP → Referrals screen in the admin. The affiliate will see this on the “Unpaid Earnings” and “Referrals” sections of their affiliate dashboard. When “Require approval” is enabled from AffiliateWP’s settings, the affiliate will not receive the sign up bonus until their application is approved. Likewise, if you manually add an affiliate from within the admin, the sign up bonus is not created until they are approved. AffiliateWP includes the ability to manually add an affiliate (from the admin) with an affiliate status. If the “pending” status is chosen, the sign up bonus will not be created until the affiliate has been approved. When adding a new affiliate from the admin area, you’ll see 2 additional fields: Sign Up Bonus – Allows you to enable or disable the sign up bonus on a per-affiliate basis Sign Up Bonus Amount – Allows you to set the sign up bonus on a per-affiliate basis, overriding the global sign up bonus setting. Note: It would be a good idea to include information in your affiliate terms and conditions about a minimum payout amount, or you’ll have affiliates joining and requesting a payout straight away. **What is AffiliateWP?** [AffiliateWP](https://affiliatewp.com/) provides a complete affiliate management system for your WordPress website that seamlessly integrates with all major WordPress e-commerce and membership platforms. It aims to provide everything you need in a simple, clean, easy to use system that you will love to use. ## Screenshots [[ [[ ## Installation 1. Unpack the entire contents of this plugin zip file into your `wp-content/plugins/` folder locally 2. Upload to your site 3. Navigate to `wp-admin/plugins.php` on your site (your WP Admin plugin page) 4. Activate this plugin OR you can just install it with WordPress by going to Plugins >> Add New >> and type this plugin’s name Finally, go to AffiliateWP → Settings → Integrations and enter the amount that an Affiliate should receive when they register ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “AffiliateWP – Sign Up Bonus” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Syed Balkhi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/smub/) * [ Andrew Munro / AffiliateWP ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sumobi/) * [ Aubrey Portwood ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aubreypwd/) “AffiliateWP – Sign Up Bonus” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/affiliatewp-sign-up-bonus/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “AffiliateWP – Sign Up Bonus” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/affiliatewp-sign-up-bonus) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/affiliatewp-sign-up-bonus/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/affiliatewp-sign-up-bonus/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/affiliatewp-sign-up-bonus/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/affiliatewp-sign-up-bonus/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.3.1 * Fix: Improved handling of sign-up bonuses for both admin and frontend registrations to ensure bonuses are correctly awarded. #### 1.3.0 * New: Requires WordPress 5.2 minimum #### 1.2.0 * New: Enforce minimum dependency requirements checking * New: Requires PHP 5.6 minimum * New: Requires WordPress 5.0 minimum * New: Requires AffiliateWP 2.6 minimum #### 1.1.0 * Fix: Fixed a bug where referrals were not created due to changes in AffiliateWP v1.7 * New: While adding a new affiliate from the admin you can now choose whether or not they will receive a sign up bonus. * New: While adding a new affiliate from the admin you can now override the global sign up bonus amount and award them a custom amount. * New: Added activation script #### 1.0.1 * Fix: Prevented multiple referrals from being created when the affiliate was deactivated and/or activated again from the admin #### 1.0.0 * Initial release ## Meta * Version **1.3.1** * Last updated **1 year ago** * Active installations **300+** * WordPress version ** 5.2 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.8.11** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Languages * [Dutch](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/affiliatewp-sign-up-bonus/) and [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/affiliatewp-sign-up-bonus/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/affiliatewp-sign-up-bonus) * Tag * [AffiliateWP](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/affiliatewp/) * [Advanced View](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/affiliatewp-sign-up-bonus/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/affiliatewp-sign-up-bonus/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/affiliatewp-sign-up-bonus/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Syed Balkhi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/smub/) * [ Andrew Munro / AffiliateWP ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sumobi/) * [ Aubrey Portwood ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aubreypwd/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/affiliatewp-sign-up-bonus/)