The Best Plugins for Affiliate Websites in 2025
I am a minimalist when it comes to WordPress plugins.
Using dozens of plugins is not necessarily detrimental to your affiliate site’s performance as long as they’re well-coded. Yet, whenever I encounter a cool new plugin I always ask myself: do I really need this? Will this really impact my bottom line and if so, could accomplish the desired functionality without installing the plugin?
In this article I’m going to tell you exactly which ones they are and why I use them.
The plugins I use for my affiliate websites
Kadence Blocks
Kadence Blocks adds a ton of functionality to the WordPress editor, effectively turning it into a full-fledged page builder. With Kadence Blocks you’ll have no more need for a page builder plugin like Elementor, which means your site’s loading times will drastically improve. The best part? It’s completely free to use.
Kadence Blocks is so versatile that even lets you put together product comparisons like these without using a single line of code:
You can also use it to easily put together pro- and con boxes and other elements you’ll probably want to add to your affiliate website.
Kadence Blocks Pro
Kadence Blocks Pro is a paid extension to Kadence Blocks. It comes with some really cool Blocks to bring your affiliate site to the next level. For instance, modal screens, countdown timers and advanced sliders.
Kadence Simple Share
Kadence Simple Share is a plugin that comes with the Kadence Membership. It’s a nice little plugin that lets you add social media share buttons to your posts and pages. It’s much lighter than most social media plugins out there.
Post Duplicator
Post Duplicator lets you duplicate any post or page in one click. I use it alle the time and it speeds up my workflow tremendously.
Pretty Links
With Pretty Links you can easily shorten affiliate links and keep them all in one place. The cool thing is that, opposed to something like tinyurl.com, you get to use your own domain name whenever you shorten links and have full control over what comes after. So for instance, your affiliate link can look something likes this: yourdomain.com/go/name-product.
Rank Math SEO
Rank Math is my allround SEO plugin of choice. It helps me a lot with my on-page SEO, setting up meta descriptions and meta titles and with adding schema.
Rank Math SEO PRO
The paid version of Rank Math. Adds a few nifty features, such as adding multiple schema to your pages.
LiteSpeed Cache
If your hosting provider uses LiteSpeed, LiteSpeed Cache is a no-brainer. It is a free caching plugin which speeds up your website considerably.
WeCanTrack
WeCanTrack is an incredibly helpful platform which puts all of your affiliate sales in one handy dashboard. Besides that, it shows you exactly from which traffic sources (Google Search, PPC, Bing, DuckDuckGo) and pages your sales are coming.
After I started using it, I learned so much more about my affiliate business which allowed me to do more of the stuff that actually moved the needle, while it let me cut down on the not-so important stuff.
They have a handy WordPress plugin which lets you hook up your websites to their platform in just a couple of clicks.