Affiliate Window Banners
Affiliate Window Banners uses the V3 api to pull in products from the Affiliate Window marketplace. The products are then displayed in the sidebar widgets. Obviously you need to have an affiliate account with Affiliate…
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Affiliate Window Banners shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 12 years ago, and scores 23/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (10+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 12 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 3.9 (latest is 7.1)
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Daily downloads
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Rankings
Where Affiliate Window Banners stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| affiliate window | >100 |
| affiliates | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
About Affiliate Window Banners
From the official readme · v2.3Description
Affiliate Window Banners uses the V3 api to pull in products from the Affiliate Window marketplace. The products are then displayed in the sidebar widgets.
Obviously you need to have an affiliate account with Affiliate window for this to work. Once you have an account then you can go to the api credentials in your account settings to sign up for a V3 api password.
There are some server pre-requisites: WordPress 3.0, php 5.3, SOAP. – Note the requirement for SOAP on your server.
Demo can be seen at my experimental development sites: http://homemediaplayers.co.uk.
This version of Affiliate Window Banners only have the sidebar option. A more powerful version which allows for shortcodes can be found at wp.ypraise.com
Installation
Manual install: Unzip the file into your WordPress plugin-directory. Activate the plugin in wp-admin.
Install through WordPress admin: Go to Plugins > Add New. Search for “Affiliate Window Banners”. Locate the plugin in the search results. Click “Install now”. Click “Activate”.
Go to the settings page and add your Affiliate windows id number and the V3 password. In your Affiliate Window api credentials page you will see a number of option – you want the V3 password only.
You can then set the default site wide keywords that will be used if you do not set one for each post or page. This plugin will only work with wordpress pages and posts. It is not yet custom post enabled.
You can also set the number of products to display in your side bar and also the nmber of characters to display as the description. Obviously the description can only display if there is enough characters available in the api feed.
When you add new posts or pages or edit existing ones you will see a new meta-box in the edit page to allow you to set keywords for individual pages and posts. This will over-write the default keyword option for that page.
Changelog
Finally found the issue with the plugin failing to work on wordpress. There was a badly coded path. I've done a quick fix and a more stable fix will be done later.
2.2
- Checked compatibility in WordPress 3.9 and added another div tag for the text.
2.2
- improved the tag fitlering operators which offers better opportunities in the future for and is just a more professional coding appearance.
2.1
- for some reason the classes folder did not upload yesterday so the plugin does not work. Hopefully this time all the files will upload.
2.0
- There is now an option to set the sidebar to use the post tag as a keyword for searching Affiliate Window. This option is still in development as I am having issues with passing values from a multi-dimensional array to the api. As such at the moment the plugin will only use 1 (normally the first) tag from the post. It still allows for a better relevancy for each post though than a general default keyword in settings. If there is not post tag then it will use the default keyword.
1.2
- Finally found the issue with the plugin failing to work on wordpress. There was a badly coded path. I’ve done a quick fix and a more stable fix will be done later.
1.0
- Say hello to Affiliate Windows Banners.
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Affiliate Window Banners: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 16, 2026
Is Affiliate Window Banners free?
Yes. Affiliate Window Banners is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Affiliate Window Banners safe to use in 2026?
Affiliate Window Banners shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 12 years ago, and scores 23/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Affiliate Window Banners?
Affiliate Window Banners is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 3,625 times since it launched in December 2012. It was downloaded 44 times in the last 30 days.
Does Affiliate Window Banners work with WordPress 7.1?
Affiliate Window Banners is officially tested up to WordPress 3.9.40, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Affiliate Window Banners last updated?
The latest version, 2.3, was released on April 24, 2014 (12 years ago).
Who makes Affiliate Window Banners?
Affiliate Window Banners is developed and maintained by kevin heath.
What are the best alternatives to Affiliate Window Banners?
The most popular alternatives to Affiliate Window Banners are Awin Publisher MasterTag (1K+ installs), Awin (1K+ installs) and Awin Data Feed (100+ installs).
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