AffiliateWP – Force Pending Referrals

AffiliateWP – Force Pending Referrals is a lightweight WordPress add-on that gives you full control over affiliate commissions by setting every new referral to Pending status automatically. This allows administrators to review each referral before approving payouts.

After activation, the add-on requires no additional configuration. AffiliateWP automatically marks all new referrals as pending instead of finalizing them immediately. Therefore, you can manually verify each referral to ensure accuracy and legitimacy before commissions count toward affiliate earnings.

You can review pending referrals directly from AffiliateWP → Referrals inside the WordPress dashboard. From there, you can approve, reject, edit, or delete referrals based on your evaluation. Until approval, pending referrals remain invisible to affiliates and do not affect reports, statistics, or payouts.

This workflow helps prevent fraud, incorrect tracking, and premature commission payments. As a result, businesses maintain better financial control and ensure affiliates receive rewards only for valid conversions.

Because the add-on integrates directly with AffiliateWP’s referral system, it works with all supported eCommerce and membership integrations without extra setup. Overall, Force Pending Referrals improves affiliate program quality by adding a manual approval layer to every referral.

Key Features

• Automatically set all referrals to Pending status

• Manually approve or reject referrals before payouts

• Prevent fraudulent or incorrect commissions

• Keep pending referrals hidden from affiliates until approval

• Maintain accurate reports and earnings totals

• Review referrals from the AffiliateWP dashboard

• No configuration required after activation

• Improve payout control and compliance

• Works with all AffiliateWP integrations

• Lightweight and easy to use

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