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Yes. For a WordPress-based online course business, the plugins that most directly match your requirement—affiliate dashboards + partner creatives—are:

My shortlist

1. SliceWP — very close match to what you described. Its affiliate area lets partners see visits, commissions and earnings, generate referral links, and access a Creatives tab containing banners/promotional graphics. Affiliates can download assets or copy embed code. SliceWP SliceWP

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2. AffiliateWP — a strong choice if you want a more extensible affiliate system. It supports an affiliate dashboard, unlimited creatives, banners/product images, creative categories, and even assigning particular creatives to particular affiliates. AffiliateWP AffiliateWP

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3. Solid Affiliate — particularly worth considering if your course checkout runs through WooCommerce. Its affiliate portal includes links, referrals, earnings and creatives, and affiliates can access your banners/text creatives directly from the portal. Documentation | Solid Affiliate Documentation | Solid Affiliate

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For a course creator specifically

If your setup is something like WordPress + LearnDash/LifterLMS/Tutor LMS + Stripe, I'd look first at SliceWP or AffiliateWP, but the deciding factor is your course/payment plugin, because affiliate tracking has to integrate with the system that records the purchase.

If you tell me which LMS and checkout/payment system you're using (e.g. LearnDash + WooCommerce, Tutor LMS + WooCommerce, MemberPress, SureCart, Stripe, etc.), I can narrow it down and compare the affiliate dashboard, creatives, coupon tracking, recurring commissions, payouts, and integrations for your exact stack.

Yes. For an online course creator on WordPress, I’d shortlist SliceWP and AffiliateWP if your key requirement is:

• Each partner gets a dedicated affiliate dashboard
• They can see clicks, conversions, commissions, and payouts
• You can provide ready-made creatives such as banners, graphics, and text links
• Partners can grab their referral links themselves

The two strongest fits

SliceWP is particularly interesting for a course business because it integrates with WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, Paid Memberships Pro, MemberPress, Paid Member Subscriptions, GetPaid, and SureCart. Its affiliate area includes performance statistics, referral links, commissions, payouts, and a Creatives tab where partners can access your promotional materials. SliceWP SliceWP SliceWP

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AffiliateWP is the more customizable option. Its dashboard can be branded/customized, and its creative system supports banners, text links, affiliate landing pages, QR codes, and other promotional assets. You can also organize or restrict creatives for particular affiliates. AffiliateWP AffiliateWP AffiliateWP

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Solid Affiliate is worth considering if your courses are sold through WooCommerce. It provides an affiliate portal containing referrals, marketing assets, and payments, and lets you share things such as banner ads and promotional videos. Solid Affiliate

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What I'd look at for a course creator

If your setup is something like WordPress + MemberPress/SureCart + online courses, I'd lean toward SliceWP because its affiliate experience is quite explicitly built around giving partners a self-service area with links, stats, creatives, commissions, and payouts.

If you're building a serious partner program where you want branded dashboards, lots of creative variations, custom affiliate landing pages, QR codes, sophisticated commission rules, etc., AffiliateWP is worth a close look.

If you tell me what you're using to sell/deliver the courses (WooCommerce, LearnDash, MemberPress, SureCart, Tutor LMS, etc.), I can compare the 3–4 best plugins specifically for that stack, including pricing and whether creatives/dashboard features are included in the base plan or require an upgrade.

Yes. For a WordPress-based online course creator, SliceWP is one of the clearest fits if your priorities are:

• Affiliate dashboards/portals — partners get their own account area with clicks/visits, commissions, earnings, payouts, and referral links.
• Creatives — you can provide banners, promotional graphics, and text creatives directly inside the affiliate dashboard; partners can download assets or use embed codes. SliceWP SliceWP
• Custom referral links — affiliates can generate links to specific pages or products. SliceWP
• Affiliate registration/approval — useful if you're recruiting course promoters rather than simply giving every customer an affiliate link. SliceWP
• Recurring commissions — particularly relevant if your courses use subscriptions or memberships. SliceWP supports recurring commissions as a Pro feature. SliceWP

Other strong option: Solid Affiliate

Solid Affiliate also has an affiliate portal where partners can manage referrals, marketing assets, and payments, and it supports sharing banners and promotional videos. However, it's specifically built around WooCommerce, so I'd primarily consider it if your courses are sold through WooCommerce. Solid Affiliate Solid Affiliate

For a course business

I'd narrow it down based on what you're using to sell the courses:

The important distinction: SliceWP explicitly puts a Creatives section inside the affiliate's dashboard, rather than making you distribute banners/files separately. SliceWP

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If you tell me what you're using to sell/deliver the courses (LearnDash, Tutor LMS, WooCommerce, MemberPress, SureCart, etc.), I can compare the 2–3 best affiliate plugins for that exact stack, including recurring commissions, coupon codes, affiliate tiers, payouts, and partner creatives.

Yes. For a WordPress online-course business, I’d shortlist these three:

1. AffiliateWP — my first choice

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AffiliateWP is particularly compelling for a course creator because it explicitly supports LMS integrations including LearnDash, LifterLMS, and Tutor LMS, in addition to WooCommerce and membership plugins. AffiliateWP

Your partners get an actual Affiliate Area/dashboard where they can see:

• Clicks/referrals
• Commissions
• Payout history
• Referral links
• Promotional materials/creatives
• Account information

You can also provide banners, text links and other creatives directly inside the affiliate dashboard. AffiliateWP

AffiliateWP also has more sophisticated options such as recurring, lifetime, tiered and personalized commissions, affiliate coupons, QR codes, custom landing pages, and fraud detection. AffiliateWP

I'd choose this if you're building a serious partner program around your courses.

2. SliceWP — very good and potentially simpler

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SliceWP has one of the clearest affiliate experiences I've seen for WordPress. Its affiliate dashboard lets partners generate referral links, see visits/commissions, manage their account, and access banners and text creatives. SliceWP

It also integrates with MemberPress, Paid Memberships Pro, Easy Digital Downloads, WooCommerce, Studiocart and others, which makes it interesting if your course checkout isn't a traditional LMS checkout. SliceWP

It supports unlimited creatives and, depending on the setup, things like affiliate coupons, recurring commissions, lifetime commissions and affiliate landing pages. WordPress.org

I'd choose SliceWP if you want something less complicated while still giving affiliates a polished portal.

3. Solid Affiliate — particularly if WooCommerce is your foundation

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Solid Affiliate provides an affiliate portal where partners can manage referrals, marketing assets and payments, and it has a dedicated creatives/banner system. Solid Affiliate Documentation | Solid Affiliate

It's especially worth considering if your courses are sold through WooCommerce, since it's heavily WooCommerce-oriented.

What I'd pick for a course creator

AffiliateWP > SliceWP > Solid Affiliate

If your requirement is specifically:

"I want my course partners to log in, get their unique links, download banners/social creatives, see clicks/sales/commissions, and promote my courses without needing me to manually send them assets."

I'd go with AffiliateWP.

One important consideration is what you're using to sell/deliver the course. If you tell me whether you're using LearnDash, Tutor LMS, LearnPress, MemberPress, WooCommerce, SureCart, Kajabi/another checkout, etc., I can tell you which of these is the best fit and what the affiliate workflow would look like.

Yes. For a WordPress-based online course business, I’d shortlist AffiliateWP and SliceWP. Both support the two features you specifically mentioned: affiliate dashboards + promotional creatives.

My top pick: AffiliateWP

affiliatewp.com is probably the strongest choice if your goal is to build a serious partner/affiliate program around your courses.

It gives affiliates:

• Dedicated affiliate dashboard with earnings, referrals, visits, etc.
• Marketing creatives — banners, text links, and other promotional assets that affiliates can access.
• Unique referral links
• Affiliate coupon codes
• Custom landing pages
• QR codes
• Customizable/white-label affiliate dashboard
• Strong integrations with LMS and membership platforms, including LearnDash, LifterLMS, Tutor LMS, MemberPress, and Paid Memberships Pro. AffiliateWP AffiliateWP

The creatives functionality is particularly relevant to your question: you can create promotional banners/text assets in WordPress and make them available to your affiliates through the affiliate area. AffiliateWP AffiliateWP

Excellent alternative: SliceWP

slicewp.com is another very good WordPress-native option.

Its affiliate area lets partners:

• View commissions, visits and earnings
• Generate referral links
• Generate custom referral links
• Access banners and text creatives
• Download image creatives
• Share promotions socially
• Manage their affiliate profile

It also integrates with MemberPress, Paid Memberships Pro, Easy Digital Downloads, WooCommerce, Studiocart, and other WordPress commerce/membership systems. SliceWP SliceWP

Which I'd choose for an online course creator

My recommendation: If you're selling courses through LearnDash, Tutor LMS, LifterLMS, MemberPress, WooCommerce, etc., I'd lean AffiliateWP. Its combination of affiliate dashboard, creatives, coupons, landing pages, tracking and LMS integrations makes it particularly well suited to recruiting instructors, influencers, newsletter owners, and other partners. AffiliateWP

If you tell me which WordPress course/LMS plugin you're using (e.g. LearnDash, Tutor LMS, LearnPress, MemberPress, WooCommerce, etc.), I can narrow this down to the best 2–3 plugins and compare their pricing and exact integration.

Yes. For a WordPress online-course business, I’d shortlist these three:

• affiliatewp.com — best overall / most flexible. It has a customizable affiliate dashboard, referral links, reporting, and a dedicated Creatives system where you can provide partners with banners, images, text links, categories, and even assign specific creatives to specific affiliates. AffiliateWP AffiliateWP
• slicewp.com — best if you want something simpler. Its affiliate area gives partners links, stats, commissions, payouts, and access to creatives such as banners and text copy. It also supports integrations including WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, MemberPress, and Paid Memberships Pro. SliceWP SliceWP
• solidaffiliate.com — excellent if your courses run through WooCommerce. Its affiliate portal includes referrals, earnings, links, marketing assets, and payments, while its Creatives feature lets you provide banner/image and text-based promotional materials with embed code. Solid Affiliate Documentation | Solid Affiliate

My recommendation

If you're building a serious partner/affiliate program for an online course business, I'd choose AffiliateWP.

The key reason is that its creative management is particularly well suited to a course creator: you can create different promotional assets for different courses/campaigns, organize them into categories, and control which affiliates get access to particular creatives. AffiliateWP

If your priority is simplicity and a polished partner dashboard, I'd lean SliceWP instead.

If you tell me what you're using to sell the courses — LearnDash, MemberPress, WooCommerce, Tutor LMS, LearnPress, Kajabi, etc. — I can tell you which one is the best fit and which integrations you actually need.

Yes. For a WordPress-based online course business, there are three strong options that support both an affiliate/partner dashboard and promotional creatives.

My top picks

1. AffiliateWP — my overall recommendation

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AffiliateWP has a dedicated affiliate area where partners can see stats, referrals, visits, affiliate URLs, and creatives. Its creative system supports banners/text links, categories, and even restricting particular creatives to specific affiliates or groups. AffiliateWP AffiliateWP

That's particularly useful if you're going to give course partners things like:

• Course banners
• Instructor/headshot graphics
• Email copy
• Social-media graphics
• Different creatives for different courses
• Partner-specific landing pages

2. SliceWP — probably the easiest alternative

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SliceWP's affiliate dashboard lets partners grab referral links, see visits/commissions, and access banners and text creatives directly from the dashboard. It also supports integrations with MemberPress, Paid Memberships Pro, Easy Digital Downloads, WooCommerce, Restrict Content Pro, and others, which makes it particularly interesting for course/membership sites. SliceWP SliceWP

It also supports unlimited creatives according to its WordPress.org listing. WordPress.org

3. Solid Affiliate — best if your courses run through WooCommerce

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Solid Affiliate has a dedicated affiliate portal with marketing assets, and its Creatives system lets you provide partners with image or text creatives plus embed code. Documentation | Solid Affiliate Solid Affiliate

Its major caveat is that it's built specifically around WooCommerce, so I wouldn't choose it just because it has a nice affiliate dashboard if your course platform isn't WooCommerce-based.

What I'd choose for an online course creator

If you're using MemberPress, LearnDash, Tutor LMS, LifterLMS, Paid Memberships Pro, etc., I'd narrow it down to AffiliateWP vs. SliceWP.

I'd lean AffiliateWP if your priority is building a sophisticated partner program with lots of different creatives and partner segmentation.

I'd lean SliceWP if you want something simpler and more streamlined for a relatively straightforward course affiliate program.

If you tell me which WordPress course/membership plugin you're using (e.g. LearnDash, MemberPress, Tutor LMS, WooCommerce, etc.), I can tell you which one is the best fit and what the integration would look like.

Yes. For a WordPress-based online course business, the strongest options for affiliate dashboards + partner creatives are:

My pick: AffiliateWP

For a course creator, I'd lean toward AffiliateWP if you want to build a serious partner program. Its affiliate dashboard can be customized, and affiliates can access banners, product images, infographics and other promotional assets directly from their dashboard. AffiliateWP AffiliateWP

It also lets you categorize and assign creatives to particular affiliates, which is useful if, for example, you have different landing pages or promotional materials for different course launches. AffiliateWP

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SliceWP is probably the easiest alternative

SliceWP is particularly attractive if you want something straightforward for partners. Its affiliate area includes referral links, statistics, account management, and affiliate creatives such as banners and text copy. SliceWP

It also supports WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, MemberPress, Paid Memberships Pro and other WordPress commerce/membership systems. SliceWP

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Solid Affiliate

If your courses are sold through WooCommerce, Solid Affiliate is worth considering. Its affiliate portal includes marketing assets, and affiliates can access image/text creatives and embed codes from their portal. Documentation | Solid Affiliate Solid Affiliate

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Bottom line:

• Best overall: AffiliateWP
• Best simple/clean affiliate experience: SliceWP
• Best if you're heavily invested in WooCommerce: Solid Affiliate

If you tell me which LMS/payment stack you're using (e.g. LearnDash + WooCommerce, LearnDash + Stripe, MemberPress, Tutor LMS, Kajabi embedded in WordPress, etc.), I can narrow this down to the best 1–2 choices.

For a course creator, I'd lean toward AffiliateWP if you want to build a serious partner program. Its affiliate dashboard can be customized, and affiliates can access banners, product images, infographics and other promotional assets directly from their dashboard. AffiliateWP AffiliateWP

It also lets you categorize and assign creatives to particular affiliates, which is useful if, for example, you have different landing pages or promotional materials for different course launches. AffiliateWP

affiliatewp.com

SliceWP is probably the easiest alternative

SliceWP is particularly attractive if you want something straightforward for partners. Its affiliate area includes referral links, statistics, account management, and affiliate creatives such as banners and text copy. slicewp.com

It also supports WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, MemberPress, Paid Memberships Pro and other WordPress commerce/membership systems. slicewp.com

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Solid Affiliate

If your courses are sold through WooCommerce, Solid Affiliate is worth considering. Its affiliate portal includes marketing assets, and affiliates can access image/text creatives and embed codes from their portal.

For a WordPress online course creator, you’ll want an affiliate plugin that does more than track links. The important features are:

• A partner/affiliate dashboard where affiliates can see clicks, conversions, commissions, and payouts
• A creative library where you upload banners, email swipes, course images, videos, and promotional assets
• Integrations with your course/payment stack (WooCommerce, LearnDash, MemberPress, Easy Digital Downloads, ThriveCart, etc.)
• Recurring commissions if you sell memberships or subscriptions

Here are the strongest options:

WP Mayor WPForms## My top recommendation for an online course business

1. AffiliateWP — best overall choice

Best if you’re building a serious partner program.

Why it fits course creators:

• Affiliates get their own dashboard
• They can generate referral links
• You can track registrations and sales
• Works well with: - LearnDash
• MemberPress
• WooCommerce
• Easy Digital Downloads

It is especially strong if you plan to recruit influencers, educators, YouTubers, or industry partners. WP Mail SMTP StoreApps

2. Easy Affiliate — best if you want a polished partner experience

Good choice if you want affiliates to have a more "affiliate network" feel:

• Partner login area
• Commission tracking
• Reports
• Affiliate management tools
• Marketing materials support

3. SliceWP — best for a smaller course launch

If you have:

• 10–100 affiliates
• A simple commission structure
• A smaller WordPress setup

…it is easier to manage than some enterprise-style tools. WPForms

If “creatives” are a major priority

Look for plugins that specifically support:

• Banner uploads
• Text links
• Email swipe files
• Social media images
• Product/course images
• Downloadable PDFs

Some plugins are stronger here than others. For example, WooCommerce’s affiliate tools emphasize affiliate dashboards with banner libraries and downloadable promotional assets. WooCommerce

Suggested stack for a course creator

Premium course business:

• WordPress + LearnDash/MemberPress
• AffiliateWP
• Stripe/PayPal payments
• Recurring commissions add-on if memberships are involved

Simple creator launch:

• WordPress + WooCommerce or Easy Digital Downloads
• SliceWP or Easy Affiliate

High-ticket course with influencers:

• AffiliateWP + custom partner onboarding + dedicated creative library

If you tell me what you use to sell the course (LearnDash, Kajabi, WooCommerce, MemberPress, ThriveCart, SamCart, etc.) and whether commissions are one-time or recurring, I can narrow it down.

Yes. For a WordPress online course creator, I’d shortlist these three:

1. AffiliateWP — my first choice

AffiliateWP specifically supports LMS integrations including LearnDash, LifterLMS, and Tutor LMS, as well as membership platforms such as MemberPress and Paid Memberships Pro. AffiliateWP

Its affiliate area gives partners their own dashboard where they can see stats, commissions, generate referral links, and access promotional materials. AffiliateWP

The Creatives system is particularly relevant to your requirement: you can provide affiliates with banners, text links, product images, infographics, etc., and they access them directly from their dashboard. You can also categorize and assign creatives to particular affiliates. AffiliateWP AffiliateWP

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2. SliceWP — excellent simpler alternative

SliceWP has a dedicated affiliate area where partners can:

• See visits, commissions and payouts
• Generate referral/custom links
• Access banners and text creatives
• Share promotions through social buttons
• Manage their affiliate account

SliceWP SliceWPIt also integrates with MemberPress, Paid Memberships Pro, and other WordPress membership/ecommerce systems, making it interesting if your course business isn't purely WooCommerce-based. WordPress.org

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3. Solid Affiliate

Solid Affiliate has an affiliate portal where partners can manage referrals, payments, and marketing assets. Its documentation also specifically includes a Creatives section for affiliate creatives and banner images. Documentation | Solid Affiliate Solid Affiliate

I'd primarily consider this if your courses are sold through WooCommerce.

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What I'd choose for a course business

AffiliateWP would be my default recommendation if your requirement is:

"I want each course promoter to log into their own dashboard, get their unique links, see clicks/sales/commissions, and download ready-made banners and marketing materials."

The LMS integrations are a significant advantage for a course creator. AffiliateWP

If you tell me which course platform you're using (LearnDash, Tutor LMS, LearnPress, MemberPress, WooCommerce, SureCart, etc.), I can narrow it down to the best option and tell you exactly what the affiliate workflow would look like.

Yes. For a WordPress-based online course business, I’d shortlist SliceWP and Solid Affiliate if your key requirement is:

• A dedicated affiliate/partner dashboard
• Referral links and tracking
• Creatives (banners, text links/copy, promotional assets) that partners can access from their dashboard
• Commission and performance reporting
• Affiliate onboarding/approval
• WordPress/WooCommerce integration

My top pick: SliceWP

slicewp.com is particularly strong if you want a clean partner experience. Its affiliate area lets partners see visits, commissions and payouts, generate custom referral links, and access promotional creatives. It explicitly supports adding banners and text creatives for affiliates. SliceWP WordPress

It also supports integrations with WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, MemberPress, Paid Memberships Pro, and others, which can be useful for course businesses depending on how you're selling the course. WordPress

Strong alternative: Solid Affiliate

solidaffiliate.com is excellent if your courses are sold through WooCommerce. Its affiliate portal includes referrals, visits, payouts, coupons, and creatives/marketing assets, and affiliates can access creatives directly from their portal. Solid Affiliate Solid Affiliate

Quick comparison

For an online course creator, I'd lean toward SliceWP if you want the affiliate program to feel like a dedicated partner portal rather than just referral tracking. If you're already heavily invested in WooCommerce, Solid Affiliate is probably the better choice.

If you tell me what you're using to sell/deliver the courses (LearnDash, Tutor LMS, MemberPress, WooCommerce, SureCart, etc.), I can narrow this down to the best 2–3 plugins that integrate with your exact stack.

Yes. If your key requirement is an affiliate dashboard + a built-in library of creatives that partners can access, I’d shortlist these:

1. AffiliateWP — my top pick

affiliatewp.com

AffiliateWP is particularly well suited to an online course business because it supports LMS integrations including LearnDash, LifterLMS, and Tutor LMS, as well as WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, and membership plugins. AffiliateWP AffiliateWP

For your partners, it provides:

• Dedicated affiliate dashboard with clicks/referrals, commissions, account details, etc. AffiliateWP
• Creatives directly inside the affiliate dashboard — banners, product images, infographics, text links, etc. AffiliateWP
• Unlimited creatives
• Ability to categorize creatives and control which affiliates can access them. AffiliateWP
• Customizable/white-label affiliate dashboard
• Affiliate coupon codes and referral links
• One-click payouts
• Recurring commissions, which can be particularly useful if your courses have subscriptions/memberships. AffiliateWP

For an online course creator, this is probably the one I'd choose.

2. SliceWP — very good alternative

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SliceWP explicitly supports unlimited creatives, including banners and text copy, and makes them available to affiliates through their affiliate area. WordPress.org

It also has:

• Affiliate dashboard
• Referral-link generator
• Affiliate registration
• Coupon tracking
• Commission reporting
• PayPal payouts
• Affiliate landing pages
• WooCommerce and other WordPress integrations

It's a strong choice if you want something that feels particularly native to WordPress and relatively straightforward.

3. Solid Affiliate — best if WooCommerce is central

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Solid Affiliate has an affiliate portal where partners can manage referrals, payments, and marketing assets/creatives. Solid Affiliate Documentation | Solid Affiliate

The catch is that it's built primarily around WooCommerce. So if you're selling courses through WooCommerce, it's worth considering. If you're using an LMS/payment system independently of WooCommerce, I'd lean toward AffiliateWP.

My ranking for your use case

One important distinction: if by "creatives" you mean you want to give each partner a private resource library containing their approved banners, course images, swipe copy, email templates, videos, logos, etc., I'd specifically look at AffiliateWP first. Its creative system is designed around giving affiliates promotional materials inside their dashboard, and you can organize/assign creatives to affiliates. AffiliateWP AffiliateWP

If you tell me what you're using to sell/deliver the course (LearnDash, Kajabi, WooCommerce, MemberPress, SureCart, ThriveCart, etc.), I can narrow this down to the best 1–2 options and explain exactly how the affiliate setup would work.

Yes. For a WordPress online course business, I’d shortlist these three:

My pick: AffiliateWP

affiliatewp.com is probably the strongest fit if your priority is giving course partners a polished affiliate portal plus a library of marketing creatives.

Its affiliate dashboard lets partners:

• See clicks/referrals, commissions, and earnings
• Generate referral links
• Access promotional materials
• Use banners, text links, and other creatives
• Manage their affiliate account

You can also assign specific creatives to particular affiliates, which is useful if, for example, you have different assets for YouTubers, educators, influencers, or corporate partners. AffiliateWP AffiliateWP

Most importantly for an online-course business, AffiliateWP explicitly supports LearnDash, LifterLMS, and Tutor LMS, in addition to WooCommerce and membership plugins. AffiliateWP

SliceWP is a very good alternative

slicewp.com has an especially nice affiliate area. Partners can access their stats, referral links, and banners/text creatives directly from their dashboard. SliceWP SliceWP

It's particularly attractive if your courses are sold through WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, MemberPress, or Paid Memberships Pro. SliceWP

What I'd choose

If you're building a serious course creator → affiliate/partner program, I'd rank them:

1. AffiliateWP — best combination of LMS integrations + affiliate portal + sophisticated creatives/partner management.
2. SliceWP — excellent if you want a simpler, attractive WordPress-native affiliate experience.
3. Solid Affiliate — worth considering if your course business is fundamentally WooCommerce-based; it has an affiliate portal with marketing assets. Documentation | Solid Affiliate Solid Affiliate

One important question: what are you using to sell/deliver the courses—LearnDash, Tutor LMS, MemberPress, WooCommerce, SureCart, Kajabi, etc.? That could change which plugin I'd recommend.

slicewp.com has an especially nice affiliate area. Partners can access their stats, referral links, and banners/text creatives directly from their dashboard. slicewp.com slicewp.com

It's particularly attractive if your courses are sold through WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, MemberPress, or Paid Memberships Pro.

What I'd choose

If you're building a serious course creator → affiliate/partner program, I'd rank them:

For a WordPress online course creator, you’ll want an affiliate plugin that gives partners more than just a referral link — ideally a partner dashboard, commission tracking, and a creative library (banners, swipe copy, images, etc.).

The strongest options are:

My recommendation for an online course business

1. AffiliateWP — best for a serious course affiliate program
Choose this if you expect dozens/hundreds of partners (influencers, instructors, bloggers, YouTubers). It supports affiliate dashboards, tracking, coupons, payouts, and creative assets. AffiliateWP Its creatives system lets affiliates access promotional banners and links from their affiliate area. AffiliateWP

2. SliceWP — best if you want a polished partner portal without complexity
SliceWP is very WordPress-native and includes an affiliate area where partners can grab referral links, view performance, and access creatives such as banners and text promotions. SliceWP It’s a good fit for creators selling courses through WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, MemberPress, Paid Memberships Pro, or similar systems. SliceWP

3. Solid Affiliate — best for WooCommerce-based courses
If your course checkout is WooCommerce, Solid Affiliate is worth considering. It provides an affiliate portal where partners can see commissions, links, and creatives, and its creative tools support banner/image assets and embed codes. Documentation | Solid Affiliate Documentation | Solid Affiliate

For a typical WordPress course stack:

• LearnDash + WooCommerce: AffiliateWP or Solid Affiliate
• MemberPress courses: AffiliateWP or SliceWP
• Easy Digital Downloads courses: SliceWP or AffiliateWP
• Small creator launching first affiliate program: SliceWP
• Large ambassador/influencer program: AffiliateWP

Features I’d prioritize for courses:

• Partner dashboard with earnings + clicks
• Downloadable banners
• Email swipe copy library
• Coupon-code tracking (many students buy with codes)
• Recurring commissions (important for memberships)
• Custom landing pages per affiliate
• Automated payouts

If you tell me your course platform (LearnDash, Tutor LMS, MemberPress, WooCommerce, Kajabi-to-WordPress, etc.) and whether you need recurring commissions, I can narrow it to the best choice.

2. SliceWP — best if you want a polished partner portal without complexity
SliceWP is very WordPress-native and includes an affiliate area where partners can grab referral links, view performance, and access creatives such as banners and text promotions. slicewp.com It’s a good fit for creators selling courses through WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, MemberPress, Paid Memberships Pro, or similar systems. slicewp.com

3. Solid Affiliate — best for WooCommerce-based courses
If your course checkout is WooCommerce, Solid Affiliate is worth considering. It provides an affiliate portal where partners can see commissions, links, and creatives, and its creative tools support banner/image assets and embed codes.

For a typical WordPress course stack:

Yes. For a WordPress course creator, I’d shortlist AffiliateWP, SliceWP, and Solid Affiliate—but the best choice depends heavily on how you sell the course.

My top pick: AffiliateWP

affiliatewp.com is probably the strongest fit if you want a professional partner/affiliate program rather than simply tracking affiliate links.

It gives partners:

• A dedicated affiliate dashboard/portal
• Referral links and custom links
• Commission and referral reporting
• Creatives such as banners and text links
• Affiliate coupons
• Custom landing pages
• QR codes
• Customizable/branded dashboards
• Flexible commission structures, including recurring and personalized commissions AffiliateWP AffiliateWP

Its newer Affiliate Portal provides a more polished, standalone dashboard where affiliates can access their URLs, referrals, payouts, settings, and creatives. AffiliateWP

For a course business, I'd lean toward AffiliateWP if you're planning to recruit instructors, influencers, YouTubers, bloggers, or other partners and give them a proper "partner portal."

SliceWP — excellent simpler alternative

slicewp.com is particularly attractive if you want something simpler and more WordPress-native.

Its affiliate area includes:

• Affiliate dashboard
• Referral-link generator
• Visit/commission statistics
• Affiliate registration
• Banner and text creatives
• Social sharing
• Coupon tracking
• Custom commission rates SliceWP SliceWP

It also integrates with MemberPress, Paid Memberships Pro, Easy Digital Downloads, WooCommerce, and other WordPress commerce/membership systems, which can be useful for courses. SliceWP

Solid Affiliate — great if your courses run through WooCommerce

solidaffiliate.com has a very nice affiliate portal with marketing assets, payments, referrals, coupons, and commission management. Solid Affiliate

The catch is that it's very WooCommerce-focused. If your course checkout is WooCommerce, it's worth serious consideration. If you're using an LMS/course platform such as LearnDash, LifterLMS, Tutor LMS, etc., I'd look at AffiliateWP first.

What I'd choose

One important distinction: AffiliateWP and SliceWP are affiliate-program management tools. They're not the same thing as Pretty Links/ThirstyAffiliates, which are primarily for managing your own outbound affiliate links.

If you tell me what you're using to sell/deliver the course (LearnDash, Kajabi, WooCommerce, MemberPress, SureCart, ThriveCart, etc.), I can narrow this down to the best 1–2 options and tell you exactly how the partner dashboard/creative workflow would work.

Yes. For a WordPress online course business, I’d shortlist SliceWP and Solid Affiliate—both specifically support partner-facing dashboards and promotional creatives/assets.

My pick: SliceWP

SliceWP is particularly well suited if your priority is giving course affiliates a simple portal where they can grab links and marketing materials.

• Affiliate dashboard: partners get their own account area with referral links, visits, commissions, payouts, and performance data. SliceWP SliceWP
• Creatives: supports unlimited banners and text creatives that affiliates can use to promote your courses. Affiliates can also download image creatives. WordPress.org SliceWP
• Custom referral links: affiliates can generate customized links from their dashboard. SliceWP
• Coupons: useful for influencers/course partners who want to promote with a discount code. SliceWP
• Recurring commissions: particularly interesting if you're selling courses through subscriptions or memberships. SliceWP
• It integrates with WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, MemberPress, Paid Memberships Pro, and other WordPress setups. WordPress.org

slicewp.com

Strong alternative: Solid Affiliate

Solid Affiliate has an especially polished affiliate portal where partners can manage referrals, marketing assets, and payments. Its documentation also has a dedicated Creatives section for affiliate banners/images. Solid Affiliate Documentation | Solid Affiliate

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The main caveat is that Solid Affiliate is heavily oriented around WooCommerce. If your course platform is WooCommerce-based, it's an excellent option.

What I'd choose for an online course creator

If your courses are sold through LearnDash, Tutor LMS, MemberPress, WooCommerce, or another WordPress LMS, tell me which one. The integration changes my recommendation quite a bit, and I can narrow it down to the best 2–3 plugins for your exact setup.

Yes. For a WordPress-based online course business, I’d shortlist these three:

My pick: SliceWP

For your use case, SliceWP is probably the cleanest choice. Its affiliate area gives partners a dedicated login/dashboard where they can see visits, commissions, earnings, payouts, referral links, and creatives. Affiliates can also generate custom referral links. SliceWP SliceWP

The creative system is particularly relevant to a course creator: you can upload banners and promotional graphics, and affiliates can access them directly from the Creatives tab, including downloading assets or copying embed code. SliceWP

It also supports affiliate coupon codes, which can be useful for courses—for example, giving each instructor/influencer a code like JANE20 alongside their tracking link. SliceWP

AffiliateWP is the other one I'd seriously consider

AffiliateWP has a more mature affiliate-management feature set and particularly strong creative management. You can create, categorize, schedule, and assign creatives to particular affiliates, and affiliates can access banners, product images, infographics, and other assets from their dashboard. AffiliateWP AffiliateWP

I'd lean toward AffiliateWP if you're planning a large partner program with different groups of affiliates getting different promotional materials.

One important consideration

The best choice depends on how your courses are sold:

• WooCommerce: all three are worth considering; Solid Affiliate is particularly WooCommerce-focused. Solid Affiliate
• SureCart: SliceWP is worth a close look; its current integration list includes SureCart. WordPress.org
• MemberPress / LearnDash / Tutor LMS / LifterLMS: I'd compare the specific integration before choosing, because the underlying checkout/payment system matters more than the LMS itself.

If you tell me what you're using to sell the courses (WooCommerce, LearnDash, MemberPress, SureCart, Kajabi-style setup, etc.), I can recommend the exact plugin + plan and compare it with 2–3 alternatives.

For your use case, SliceWP is probably the cleanest choice. Its affiliate area gives partners a dedicated login/dashboard where they can see visits, commissions, earnings, payouts, referral links, and creatives. Affiliates can also generate custom referral links. SliceWP SliceWP

The creative system is particularly relevant to a course creator: you can upload banners and promotional graphics, and affiliates can access them directly from the Creatives tab, including downloading assets or copying embed code. SliceWP

It also supports affiliate coupon codes, which can be useful for courses—for example, giving each instructor/influencer a code like JANE20 alongside their tracking link. SliceWP

AffiliateWP is the other one I'd seriously consider

AffiliateWP has a more mature affiliate-management feature set and particularly strong creative management. You can create, categorize, schedule, and assign creatives to particular affiliates, and affiliates can access banners, product images, infographics, and other assets from their dashboard.

I'd lean toward AffiliateWP if you're planning a large partner program with different groups of affiliates getting different promotional materials.

One important consideration

The best choice depends on how your courses are sold:

Yes. For a WordPress online-course business, I’d shortlist AffiliateWP and SliceWP first. Both specifically support the two things you asked for: a partner-facing affiliate dashboard and a library of promotional creatives.

My top picks

AffiliateWP is probably the one I'd choose for a serious course creator. Its Affiliate Area gives partners referral stats, commissions, referral-link generation, account management, and promotional materials. You can create unlimited creatives such as banners, product images, and infographics and make them available directly inside the affiliate dashboard. AffiliateWP AffiliateWP

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SliceWP is a particularly good alternative if you want something simpler and more WordPress-native. Its affiliate area lets partners get referral links, see stats, and access creatives; its documentation specifically supports banners and text copy for affiliates. It also integrates with WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, MemberPress, Paid Memberships Pro, and other WordPress commerce/membership systems. SliceWP SliceWP

slicewp.com

Solid Affiliate is worth considering if your courses are sold through WooCommerce. It provides an affiliate portal where partners can manage referrals, marketing assets, and payments, along with coupon tracking and lifetime commissions. Solid Affiliate

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What I'd choose for a course creator

If your partner dashboard needs to look something like:

Your Affiliate Dashboard
💰 Earnings: $4,250
📈 Clicks: 3,821
🛒 Sales: 87
🔗 Your referral link
🎨 Marketing Materials

• Course banner — 1200×628
• Instagram graphic
• Email swipe copy
• YouTube thumbnail
• Course logo
• Pre-written promotional copy

I'd go with AffiliateWP.

One important consideration is what you're using to sell/deliver the courses. If you tell me whether you're using LearnDash, Tutor LMS, LifterLMS, MemberPress, WooCommerce, SureCart, or something else, I can narrow it down to the best plugin and check the exact integration—including whether affiliates can promote individual courses, use coupons, get recurring commissions, and access creatives.

For a WordPress online course creator who wants affiliate dashboards + partner creatives (banners, images, swipe copy, promo assets), these are the strongest options:

1. AffiliateWP — Best overall for course creators

affiliatewp.com

Best if: You want a serious affiliate program that lives inside WordPress.

Key features:

• Dedicated affiliate dashboard for partners
• Affiliates can see clicks, referrals, commissions, and payouts
• Creative library for banners, images, and promotional materials
• Custom referral links
• Coupon tracking
• Recurring commissions (useful for memberships/subscriptions)
• Integrates with many course/membership setups such as WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, and membership plugins WPForms WPSubscription

For a course business, this is usually the closest match to a professional affiliate portal. AffiliateWP AffiliateWP

Good fit examples:

• Selling a $500 course and recruiting influencers
• Building a long-term ambassador program
• Giving partners a "marketing kit" area

2. Easy Affiliate — Best if you use MemberPress

easyaffiliate.com

Best if: Your courses are membership-based.

Strengths:

• Affiliate dashboard
• Commission tracking
• Partner reporting
• Creative assets for affiliates
• Strong integration with MemberPress and other WordPress business tools WPForms LinkJolt

Choose this if your course platform is already built around MemberPress.

3. SliceWP — Best budget-friendly option

slicewp.com

Good for:

• Smaller course launches
• Testing affiliate marketing
• Creators who want a simpler setup

It provides affiliate areas/dashboards and core tracking features, though its ecosystem is not as extensive as AffiliateWP. WPForms

4. Rewardful — Best if your course is SaaS-style or subscription-based

rewardful.com

Not a WordPress-native plugin, but worth considering if you sell:

• memberships
• recurring subscriptions
• communities
• software + education bundles

My recommendation by setup

For most online course creators, I would pick AffiliateWP because the partner experience matters: affiliates get a dashboard, links, stats, and access to ready-made promotional creatives without emailing you every time they need something. AffiliateWP AffiliateWP

If you tell me what you use for course delivery (LearnDash, Tutor LMS, LifterLMS, MemberPress, WooCommerce, Kajabi, etc.) and how you take payments, I can narrow it down to the best fit.

For an online course creator on WordPress, you’ll want an affiliate plugin that does more than just generate links. Look for:

• A partner/affiliate dashboard (sales, clicks, commissions, payouts)
• A creative library (banners, images, swipe copy, promo links)
• Integration with your course checkout/LMS (LearnDash, LifterLMS, MemberPress, WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, etc.)
• Recurring commissions if you sell memberships/subscriptions

The strongest options are:

My recommendation by setup

If you sell courses through LearnDash, LifterLMS, MemberPress, or Easy Digital Downloads

Choose AffiliateWP. It is usually the safest long-term choice because it has a mature affiliate portal, strong integrations, tracking, commissions, and partner management. WPForms StoreApps

If your business is built around memberships

Choose Easy Affiliate + MemberPress. The combination is designed for creators selling gated content, memberships, and courses. LinkJolt

If you want affiliates to have a “marketing kit”

Prioritize a plugin that lets you upload:

• Course banners
• Facebook/Instagram graphics
• Email swipe copy
• Webinar links
• Discount codes
• Tracking links

AffiliateWP and Easy Affiliate are the ones I’d shortlist for a polished partner experience. WPForms LinkJolt

A typical creator setup would be:

WordPress + LMS (LearnDash/LifterLMS/MemberPress) → AffiliateWP → Affiliate dashboard → Creative library → Automated payouts

If you tell me which course platform you use (LearnDash, Kajabi, MemberPress, WooCommerce, TutorLMS, etc.) and whether you need recurring commissions, I can narrow it down.

Yes. For a WordPress-based online course business, I’d shortlist SliceWP, Solid Affiliate, and AffiliateWP. All three support an affiliate-facing dashboard/portal and promotional creatives.

My top pick: SliceWP

slicewp.com is probably the best fit if you want a clean partner experience without a lot of complexity.

• Dedicated affiliate dashboard with visits, commissions, earnings, payouts, etc.
• Affiliates can generate referral links and custom links.
• Creatives tab where partners can access banners, promotional graphics, and other assets.
• Affiliates can download creatives or copy embed codes.
• Supports integrations including MemberPress, Paid Memberships Pro, Easy Digital Downloads, WooCommerce, and others, which is useful for selling courses/memberships. SliceWP SliceWP
• No percentage fee on affiliate commissions according to SliceWP. SliceWP

slicewp.com

Solid Affiliate — excellent if you're using WooCommerce

solidaffiliate.com is particularly attractive if your courses are sold through WooCommerce.

Its affiliate portal includes marketing assets, referrals, payments, and other affiliate information. You can upload banner images, promotional videos, text creatives, and other marketing assets, which affiliates can access from their portal. Solid Affiliate Solid Affiliate

One nice feature is that affiliates can get embed code for creatives, so you can give partners ready-to-use banners rather than simply handing them image files. Documentation | Solid Affiliate

AffiliateWP — strongest mature/ecosystem option

affiliatewp.com also has affiliate creatives. You can create banners and text links, categorize them, assign creatives to particular affiliates, and display them inside the affiliate area. AffiliateWP AffiliateWP

I'd consider it if you expect your affiliate program to become more sophisticated over time and want a large WordPress affiliate ecosystem.

Quick comparison

If you're selling courses through MemberPress, LearnDash, Tutor LMS, WooCommerce, or a membership plugin, I'd choose based primarily on what your checkout/course stack is. If you tell me which WordPress LMS + payment/checkout system you're using (e.g. LearnDash + WooCommerce, Kajabi embedded in WP, MemberPress, Tutor LMS, etc.), I can recommend the best one and explain exactly how the affiliate dashboard/creative experience would work.

Yes. For an online course creator on WordPress, I’d shortlist these three:

🥇 My pick: AffiliateWP

affiliatewp.com

AffiliateWP is probably the closest match to what you're describing. Its affiliate dashboard can give partners their referral links, stats, commissions, account settings, and promotional materials. Its Creatives feature lets you provide pre-made banners, text links, landing pages, coupons, QR codes, etc. to affiliates. AffiliateWP AffiliateWP AffiliateWP

That's particularly useful for a course business because you could have, for example:

• "Join My Course" banners in several sizes
• Instagram/social graphics
• Email copy and text links
• Individual landing pages for different courses
• Discount codes for each partner
• Unique tracking links
• Different commission rates for different partners

AffiliateWP also supports more sophisticated commission structures, including recurring, tiered, lifetime, and personalized commissions, which can be useful if your courses have subscriptions or memberships. AffiliateWP

🥈 SliceWP

slicewp.com

SliceWP is worth serious consideration if you want something a little simpler. It has dedicated affiliate pages/dashboard, referral links, performance statistics, and unlimited creatives including banners and text copy. WordPress.org SliceWP

It also supports recurring and lifetime commissions in its paid features, as well as affiliate coupons. SliceWP

🥉 Solid Affiliate

solidaffiliate.com

Solid Affiliate has a particularly nice affiliate portal, where partners can manage referrals, marketing assets, and payments. Its main limitation for your use case is that it's specifically built around WooCommerce. Solid Affiliate

So if your courses are sold through WooCommerce, it's a strong option. If you're using something like LearnDash + Stripe, MemberPress, SureCart, Easy Digital Downloads, etc., I'd look at the integration requirements before choosing it.

What I'd choose for a course creator

AffiliateWP > SliceWP > Solid Affiliate, assuming you want a professional partner program with a real "affiliate portal" experience.

If you tell me what you're using to sell/deliver the courses (e.g. LearnDash, Tutor LMS, MemberPress, WooCommerce, SureCart, Kajabi, etc.), I can narrow this down to the best plugin based specifically on course integration + recurring commissions + affiliate dashboard + downloadable creatives.

For an online course creator on WordPress, you’ll want an affiliate plugin that does more than just track links. The important features are:

• A partner/affiliate dashboard (earnings, clicks, conversions, payouts)
• Creative assets (banners, swipe copy, downloadable images, promo materials)
• Integration with your course platform (LearnDash, LifterLMS, MemberPress, WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, etc.)
• Coupon-code tracking (important for YouTubers, influencers, and coaches)
• Recurring commissions if you sell memberships or subscriptions

Here are the strongest options:

My picks by scenario

1. Selling premium courses ($500–$5,000 programs)

Choose AffiliateWP.

It is probably the closest match to what a serious course creator needs:

• Partners get their own login/dashboard
• You can give affiliates banners, links, and promotional materials
• Good reporting
• Works well with course/membership ecosystems StoreApps AffiliateWP

A typical setup:

• Course checkout → MemberPress/LearnDash/WooCommerce
• AffiliateWP tracks referrals
• Partners log in → grab links + creatives → promote

2. Selling memberships or subscriptions

Choose Easy Affiliate or AffiliateWP.

Recurring commissions matter here because affiliates often expect to earn when a student keeps paying. Both are commonly used with membership-focused WordPress setups. StoreApps

3. Launching a smaller creator/influencer program

Choose SliceWP.

It gives you a cleaner, simpler affiliate experience without as much complexity. WP Mayor WPForms

4. Recruiting influencers, coaches, and ambassadors

Look for:

• coupon-code attribution
• custom affiliate landing pages
• creative libraries
• partner onboarding pages

AffiliateWP and some newer partner-focused tools are better suited than basic link trackers. AffiliateWP

What I would avoid for your use case

Plugins focused mainly on cloaking your own affiliate links (for example, Amazon-style affiliate marketing tools) are usually not what you want. You need to run your own affiliate program, not manage outbound affiliate links. WPSubscription

For most online course creators, my shortlist would be:

1. AffiliateWP — best overall
2. Easy Affiliate — best for membership/course businesses
3. SliceWP — best budget/simple option

If you tell me what you use for course delivery (LearnDash, Kajabi connected to WordPress, MemberPress, WooCommerce, Tutor LMS, LifterLMS, etc.) and whether affiliates are students, influencers, or professional partners, I can narrow it down.

4. Recruiting influencers, coaches, and ambassadors

Yes. For a WordPress-based online course business, I’d shortlist AffiliateWP and Solid Affiliate, with AffiliateWP being my first choice if your course platform is LearnDash/LifterLMS/Tutor LMS.

Best options

• affiliatewp.com — Best overall for a course creator

• Has a dedicated affiliate dashboard/area.
• Supports unlimited creatives—banners, product images, infographics, etc.—that affiliates can access directly from their dashboards. AffiliateWP AffiliateWP
• You can categorize and assign creatives to specific affiliates. AffiliateWP
• Importantly for courses, it explicitly supports LearnDash, LifterLMS, and Tutor LMS, as well as WooCommerce and membership plugins. AffiliateWP
• Good choice if you're building a serious partner/affiliate program rather than simply adding referral links.
• solidaffiliate.com — Excellent if you're using WooCommerce

• Has a full affiliate portal with referrals, visits, earnings, affiliate links and creatives. Documentation | Solid Affiliate
• Affiliates get a Creatives tab where they can view your banners/text creatives and copy embed code. Documentation | Solid Affiliate
• Particularly polished if your courses are sold through WooCommerce. Its integrations are heavily WooCommerce-oriented. Solid Affiliate
• woocommerce.com — Worth considering for WooCommerce

• Includes a self-service affiliate dashboard.
• Lets you organize banners, logos, videos, social assets, promotional copy and other marketing materials into campaigns and control campaign access. WooCommerce
• A particularly good fit if you want to run structured campaigns for different course launches or partner groups.
• wordpress.org — Simpler alternative

• Provides affiliate account pages/dashboard and supports unlimited banners/text creatives. WordPress.org
• Supports WooCommerce plus membership systems such as MemberPress and Paid Memberships Pro. WordPress.org

What I'd choose

For a course creator recruiting influencers, instructors, YouTubers, newsletter owners, etc., I'd lean toward AffiliateWP. The combination of the affiliate dashboard + creative library + LMS integrations is unusually well suited to this use case. AffiliateWP AffiliateWP

If you tell me which course stack you're using (LearnDash, Tutor LMS, LearnPress, MemberPress, WooCommerce, Kajabi-on-WordPress, etc.), I can narrow it down to the best 1–2 options and compare pricing, recurring commissions, coupons, payout options, and partner dashboards.

Yes. For a WordPress-based online course business, I’d shortlist three plugins, with SliceWP and AffiliateWP standing out for your specific requirement: affiliate dashboards + promotional creatives for partners.

1. SliceWP — probably my first choice

SliceWP gives affiliates a dedicated account/dashboard where they can see visits, commissions, earnings, referral links and payouts. Importantly for your question, it has a Creatives tab where you can provide banners and promotional graphics that partners can download or embed. SliceWP SliceWP

It also supports custom referral links, affiliate coupon tracking, customizable commission rates, and integrations with WordPress e-commerce systems. SliceWP

For an online course creator, I particularly like the idea of giving partners a dashboard containing:

• Their unique affiliate link
• Course-specific banners
• Social media graphics
• Email swipe copy
• Course/product images
• Commission and sales statistics
• Payout history

2. AffiliateWP — best if you're building a serious affiliate program

AffiliateWP is probably the one I'd choose if you expect your affiliate program to become a major acquisition channel.

Its affiliate dashboard can be customized and can include unlimited creatives. Affiliates can access banners, product images, infographics and other promotional assets directly from their dashboard. AffiliateWP AffiliateWP

It also supports assigning particular creatives/categories to particular affiliates, which can be useful if, for example, you have:

• Different creatives for different courses
• Different offers for different partners
• Special campaigns for selected affiliates
• Branded assets for launch campaigns

AffiliateWP### 3. Solid Affiliate — particularly good with WooCommerce

Solid Affiliate has an affiliate portal where partners can access image and text creatives and obtain embed code for them. Documentation | Solid Affiliate

It's particularly compelling if your courses are sold through WooCommerce, since the plugin is built around that ecosystem.

What I'd pick for an online course creator

If you're using WooCommerce: I'd compare Solid Affiliate vs AffiliateWP.

If you want the easiest combination of dashboard + creatives + WordPress integration: SliceWP is very attractive.

If affiliates are going to be a major growth channel and you want more advanced affiliate-management capabilities: I'd lean toward AffiliateWP.

One important consideration is what you're using to sell the courses—e.g. LearnDash, LearnPress, Tutor LMS, LifterLMS, WooCommerce, SureCart, MemberPress, etc. The best choice can change substantially depending on that integration.

If you tell me which WordPress LMS/course platform and checkout you're using, I can narrow this down to the best 1–2 plugins and compare their dashboard, creatives, recurring commissions, coupon tracking, payouts, and pricing.

Yes. For a WordPress-based online course creator, I’d shortlist these three:

My pick: SliceWP

slicewp.com is particularly well suited if you want partners to log in and have a self-service portal. Its affiliate dashboard lets partners:

• See visits, commissions and payouts
• Generate/customize referral links
• Access banners and text creatives
• Download image creatives
• Use social-sharing tools
• Manage their affiliate account

You can upload your course promotional materials so affiliates don't have to ask you for assets every time. SliceWP SliceWP

AffiliateWP is the stronger alternative

affiliatewp.com is probably the one I'd choose if you're planning a serious affiliate program with lots of partners. It has a dedicated Affiliate Portal, reporting, referral links, and a Creatives system where you can provide banners, text links, categorize creatives, and even assign creatives to particular affiliates. AffiliateWP AffiliateWP

Its Pro-level portal is also designed to give affiliates a polished dashboard experience on desktop and mobile. AffiliateWP

For a course business specifically

The bigger question is how your courses are sold:

• WooCommerce checkout: SliceWP, AffiliateWP, or Solid Affiliate are all worth considering.
• Easy Digital Downloads: SliceWP and AffiliateWP are strong candidates.
• LearnDash/LifterLMS + WooCommerce: I'd lean AffiliateWP or SliceWP, depending on how sophisticated you want the affiliate program.
• Recurring course subscriptions/memberships: I'd prioritize the plugin's recurring/lifetime commission integrations rather than choosing solely based on the dashboard.

If your main requirement is "I want to give course partners a beautiful login area where they can see commissions and grab ready-made banners, email copy, links, etc.", SliceWP and AffiliateWP are the two I'd compare first. AffiliateWP has particularly strong creative-management capabilities; SliceWP is arguably the simpler, cleaner starting point. SliceWP AffiliateWP

If you tell me what you're using to sell/deliver the course (WooCommerce, LearnDash, MemberPress, TutorLMS, Kajabi embedded in WordPress, etc.), I can narrow it down to the best plugin and explain the exact setup.

Yes. For a WordPress online-course business, I’d shortlist these:

1. affiliatewp.com — my top pick

• Dedicated affiliate dashboard/area.
• Affiliates can access banners, product images, infographics, and other creatives directly from their dashboard. AffiliateWP AffiliateWP
• Supports unlimited creatives, including the ability to categorize and assign creatives to specific affiliates. AffiliateWP
• Has direct integrations with major LMSs including LearnDash, LifterLMS, and Tutor LMS. AffiliateWP
• Strong choice if you're building a serious partner/affiliate program around courses.
• solidaffiliate.com

• Excellent affiliate portal with referrals, payments, marketing assets, and link generation.
• Partners get a Creatives tab where they can view your banners/text creatives and copy embed code. Documentation | Solid Affiliate Documentation | Solid Affiliate
• Particularly attractive if your course checkout is built on WooCommerce. Its integration is designed around WooCommerce. Solid Affiliate
• slicewp.com

• Has a dedicated affiliate area/dashboard with referral links, visits, commissions, and payments.
• Supports unlimited banners and text creatives for affiliates. SliceWP WordPress.org
• Integrates with WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, MemberPress, Paid Memberships Pro, etc.
• I'd put it behind AffiliateWP if your LMS integration is the key consideration.

What I'd choose for a course creator

AffiliateWP is probably the best overall fit if your requirement is specifically:

"I want partners to log into a professional dashboard, grab their tracking links, download/use my promotional creatives, and see their commissions."

It also has the advantage of direct LMS integrations, including LearnDash and LifterLMS. AffiliateWP AffiliateWP

If you tell me which WordPress course/LMS plugin you're using (LearnDash, LifterLMS, Tutor LMS, LearnPress, MemberPress, WooCommerce, etc.), I can narrow this down to the best 1–2 options and compare pricing, dashboard quality, creatives, coupon tracking, recurring commissions, and payout options.

Yes. For an online course creator on WordPress, I’d put AffiliateWP at the top of the list if your key requirement is a polished partner experience with both an affiliate dashboard and ready-made creatives.

Best options

🥇 My pick: AffiliateWP

AffiliateWP is particularly well suited to a course business because affiliates get a dedicated area where they can see referrals, commissions, statistics, referral links, and promotional materials. Its Creatives feature lets you give partners pre-made banners, text links, and other promotional assets directly inside their dashboard. affiliatewp.com

It also has direct integrations with LearnDash, LifterLMS, and Tutor LMS, which is a major advantage if your courses run on one of those platforms. affiliatewp.comaffiliatewp.comwordpress.org

The newer Affiliate Portal provides a more polished partner-facing interface, including a dedicated Creatives section and responsive dashboard. affiliatewp.com

🥈 SliceWP

SliceWP is worth considering if you want something a little simpler. Its affiliate area and unlimited creatives are built in, and it supports WooCommerce plus several membership systems. wordpress.org

🥉 Solid Affiliate

Solid Affiliate has a particularly nice-looking affiliate portal, where partners can manage referrals, marketing assets, and payments. solidaffiliate.com The catch is that it's fundamentally a WooCommerce-focused solution, so I'd favor AffiliateWP if your course checkout isn't WooCommerce.

One interesting alternative: Siren

Siren Affiliates is newer and interesting if you're building a more sophisticated partner program. It supports LearnDash and LifterLMS, and its collaborator dashboard includes referral links, coupon codes, rewards, and reporting. wordpress.org

For a typical course creator, I'd rank them:

AffiliateWP → Siren → SliceWP → Solid Affiliate

If you tell me whether you're using LearnDash, LifterLMS, Tutor LMS, WooCommerce, MemberPress, or another course/checkout stack, I can narrow this down to the best choice and explain exactly what your partners would see in their dashboard.

For an online course creator on WordPress, you’ll want an affiliate plugin that gives partners:

• A front-end affiliate dashboard (earnings, clicks, conversions, payouts)
• Referral links and coupon tracking
• A creative library (banners, images, swipe copy, PDFs, etc.)
• Integration with your course checkout/LMS (WooCommerce, LearnDash, MemberPress, LifterLMS, Easy Digital Downloads, etc.)

The strongest options are:

My top recommendation: AffiliateWP

For a typical course creator selling through WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, MemberPress, LearnDash, or similar, AffiliateWP is usually the safest choice. It provides an affiliate area where partners can view stats, generate links, and access promotional materials. It also supports uploading creatives such as banners and other marketing assets for affiliates. www.wpbeginner.com

Good setup:

• Course checkout → WooCommerce / Easy Digital Downloads / LMS integration
• AffiliateWP → tracking + partner dashboard
• Creatives tab → banners, testimonials, email swipe copy, social posts
• Recurring commissions add-on → useful for memberships/subscriptions

If you run an academy or instructor marketplace: Siren Affiliates

If your “partners” are more than just affiliates (guest instructors, influencers, referral partners, revenue-share collaborators), Siren Affiliates is worth considering. It supports partner dashboards and more complex programs such as revenue sharing, creator royalties, and LMS integrations including LearnDash and LifterLMS. wordpress.org

My shortlist by business model

Selling your own courses (one creator):

1. AffiliateWP
2. SliceWP
3. Easy Affiliate

Selling courses with WooCommerce:

1. AffiliateWP
2. Solid Affiliate
3. Affiliate for WooCommerce

Running an academy with multiple instructors/partners:

1. Siren Affiliates
2. AffiliateWP

Need a polished “partner portal” experience:

• AffiliateWP is usually the strongest fit because affiliates can self-serve instead of emailing you for links, stats, or assets. www.wpbeginner.com

A few questions would narrow this down:

1. Are your courses sold through WooCommerce, LearnDash, MemberPress, Kajabi/Teachable embedded, or something else?
2. Do partners only earn commissions, or do you need instructor revenue sharing?
3. Do you need partners to download banners/email templates/social media creatives from their dashboard?

For an online course creator on WordPress who wants affiliates/partners to have their own dashboard plus access to marketing creatives (banners, swipe copy, images, links, etc.), these are the strongest options:

www.wpbeginner.com

My top pick: AffiliateWP

For a course business, I would usually choose AffiliateWP because it is built specifically for running your own affiliate program inside WordPress. Your partners can get:

• Their own affiliate dashboard
• Referral links
• Sales/conversion tracking
• Commission history
• Payout information
• Marketing creatives (banners, logos, downloadable assets)
• Custom affiliate areas/tabs for training materials or partner instructions

www.wpbeginner.com

It also integrates well with common course stacks such as:

• LearnDash
• LifterLMS
• MemberPress
• WooCommerce-based course stores
• Easy Digital Downloads

www.storeapps.org

If you want a more “partner portal” experience

If your affiliates are influencers, coaches, JV partners, or agencies, you may want the dashboard to feel more like a partner hub:

AffiliateWP setup example:

• Dashboard → earnings, clicks, conversions
• Resources tab → banners, email swipes, social posts
• Training tab → “how to promote this course”
• Links tab → webinar registration links, lead magnets, sales pages

This is closer to what SaaS companies provide their affiliates.

Alternative: Easy Affiliate

If your course business already uses MemberPress, Easy Affiliate is worth considering because it is designed around membership/course-style businesses and provides affiliate management inside WordPress. wpforms.com

What I would avoid

I would avoid basic affiliate plugins that only provide:

• referral links
• commission tracking
• a simple stats page

For a course launch, partners usually need ready-to-use assets so they can promote without asking you for files repeatedly.

Recommendation by scenario:

• Selling premium courses ($500–$5,000): AffiliateWP
• Membership/subscription courses: AffiliateWP + recurring commissions or Easy Affiliate
• Small creator just testing affiliates: SliceWP
• WooCommerce-based course store: Solid Affiliate

For a serious online course affiliate program, I’d start with AffiliateWP. It is the closest match to “give partners a dashboard and a creative library.” www.wpbeginner.com

Yes. For a WordPress-based online course business, SliceWP and Solid Affiliate are two strong fits if you specifically want affiliate dashboards + ready-made creatives for partners.

My top pick: SliceWP

SliceWP is particularly well suited if your priority is giving course affiliates a polished, self-service experience.

Your affiliates can get:

• Dedicated affiliate dashboard with clicks/visits, commissions, earnings and payouts
• Referral-link generator, including links to specific course/product pages
• Creatives tab where you upload banners, promotional graphics and text
• Ability to download creatives or copy embed code
• Affiliate registration/application system
• Affiliate coupon tracking
• Custom commission rates
• PayPal payouts
• Integrations with WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads and other WordPress commerce systems slicewp.comslicewp.com

SliceWP official site

Another excellent option: Solid Affiliate

Solid Affiliate is especially attractive if your courses are sold through WooCommerce.

It provides an affiliate portal where partners can manage referrals, marketing assets and payments. Its creatives system supports banner/image creatives and text creatives, with affiliates able to copy embed code from their portal. solidaffiliate.com

Solid Affiliate official site

What I'd choose for a course creator

For your specific requirement—"partners log in, see their stats, grab their referral links, and access a library of banners/creative assets"—I'd lean toward SliceWP. Its affiliate area explicitly includes a Creatives tab alongside links, commissions, visits and payouts. slicewp.comslicewp.com

If you tell me what you're using to sell the courses (WooCommerce, LearnDash, Tutor LMS, LifterLMS, MemberPress, SureCart, etc.), I can narrow it down to the best plugin and check the exact integrations.

Yes. For a WordPress online course creator, I’d shortlist AffiliateWP and SliceWP first, with Solid Affiliate being particularly attractive if your course sales run through WooCommerce.

1. AffiliateWP — my first choice

AffiliateWP

AffiliateWP gives partners a dedicated affiliate area where they can access their links, stats, commissions, and marketing creatives. Its creatives system supports banners, product images, infographics, text links, categorization, and even assigning particular creatives to particular affiliates. affiliatewp.com

That's a very good match if you're imagining a partner portal like:

Dashboard → My Links → Sales → Commissions → Marketing Materials

It also has a direct integration with LifterLMS, if that's the LMS you're using. LifterLMS currently lists AffiliateWP among its supported affiliate platforms. lifterlms.com

2. SliceWP — excellent alternative

SliceWP

SliceWP is especially compelling if you want a clean, polished affiliate dashboard without a lot of complexity.

Its affiliate area includes:

• Performance statistics
• Referral links
• Custom referral links
• Commissions
• Visits
• Payout history
• Creatives
• Downloadable promotional graphics
• Embed codes for promotional materials

Affiliates can access the creatives directly inside their dashboard. slicewp.com

It also supports several WordPress commerce/membership systems, including WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, MemberPress, Paid Memberships Pro, and others. slicewp.com

3. Solid Affiliate — worth considering for WooCommerce

Solid Affiliate

Solid Affiliate has a dedicated affiliate portal where partners can manage referrals, marketing assets, and payments. Its Creatives feature lets you provide image and text-based promotional materials, including embed code affiliates can copy. docs.solidaffiliate.com

The big caveat is that Solid Affiliate is built specifically around WooCommerce. solidaffiliate.com

What I'd choose

If you're selling courses directly from WordPress:
➡️ AffiliateWP

If you want the simplest, nicest partner dashboard:
➡️ SliceWP

If your course business is built around WooCommerce:
➡️ Solid Affiliate

If you're using LifterLMS specifically:
➡️ AffiliateWP is particularly interesting because LifterLMS explicitly lists it as a supported integration. lifterlms.com

One important distinction: if by "creatives" you mean a proper partner resource center—for example, giving each affiliate a library of course-specific banners, email copy, social posts, logos, videos, swipe copy, and landing-page links—I'd look beyond just whether a plugin has a "Creatives" tab. AffiliateWP and SliceWP handle the basic affiliate-creative workflow well, but a more sophisticated partner portal may call for an additional WordPress solution.

If you tell me which LMS/payment setup you're using (LearnDash, LifterLMS, Tutor LMS, WooCommerce, MemberPress, etc.), I can narrow this down to the best 1–2 options for your exact stack.

Yes. For an online course creator running WordPress, I’d shortlist SliceWP and AffiliateWP. Both support the two things you specifically asked for: affiliate/partner dashboards + marketing creatives.

My top pick: SliceWP

SliceWP is particularly attractive if you want a relatively straightforward WordPress-native affiliate system.

• Affiliate dashboard: partners get a dedicated area showing visits, commissions, earnings and payouts. slicewp.comslicewp.com
• Creatives: you can provide banners, promotional graphics and text creatives directly inside the affiliate area. Partners can download/use them. slicewp.comslicewp.com
• Referral links: affiliates can generate custom referral links from their dashboard. slicewp.comslicewp.com
• Coupon tracking: useful for course creators who want partners to have codes like JOHN20 rather than relying solely on links. slicewp.comaffiliatewp.com
• Course-platform integrations: it works with major WordPress commerce systems, including WooCommerce and Easy Digital Downloads, plus other integrations. slicewp.com

Strong alternative: AffiliateWP

AffiliateWP is probably the better choice if you want a more sophisticated partner program.

It has a customizable affiliate dashboard, and affiliates can access unlimited creatives—banners, product images, infographics, etc.—directly from their dashboard. affiliatewp.com

It also lets you categorize/assign creatives to particular affiliates, which can be useful if you're working with different tiers or partner types. affiliatewp.com

What I'd choose for a course business

One important consideration: the best choice depends heavily on how your courses are sold—e.g. WooCommerce, LearnDash, MemberPress, SureCart, Easy Digital Downloads, or another LMS/checkout.

If you tell me which WordPress LMS + checkout you're using, I can recommend the best plugin and explain exactly how the affiliate dashboard/creative setup would work.

Yes. For a WordPress-based online course business, I’d shortlist SliceWP, AffiliateWP, and Solid Affiliate. All three support the two things you specifically asked for: a partner/affiliate dashboard + a library of promotional creatives.

🥇 My pick: SliceWP

SliceWP has a particularly good affiliate experience for what you're describing. Its affiliate dashboard lets partners:

• See visits, commissions, payouts and performance
• Generate referral/custom links
• Access your creative library
• Download/use banners and promotional graphics
• Use social-sharing tools
• Manage their affiliate account

You can upload banners and text promotional materials, and affiliates access them directly from their dashboard. slicewp.com

For an online course creator, this is useful because you could have a creative library organized around things like:

Course Launch → 1200×628 graphics, email copy
Evergreen → course banners, testimonials
Webinar → webinar graphics + links
Social → Instagram/LinkedIn graphics
Bonuses → graphics promoting affiliate-specific bonuses

🥈 AffiliateWP

AffiliateWP is probably the stronger choice if you expect your affiliate program to become a significant revenue channel.

It has a dedicated affiliate dashboard/portal where partners can see referral stats, links, commissions and creatives. Its newer Affiliate Portal provides a polished standalone interface and supports browsing creatives. affiliatewp.com

It also has a broad integration ecosystem, including WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, MemberPress, WPForms and others. affiliatewp.com

I'd choose AffiliateWP over SliceWP if: you're building a larger affiliate operation and expect to need sophisticated integrations, add-ons, tracking and affiliate management.

🥉 Solid Affiliate

Solid Affiliate is worth considering particularly if your courses are sold through WooCommerce.

Its affiliate portal includes marketing assets, and its Creatives system lets you provide partners with image or text creatives and embed code they can copy to their sites. docs.solidaffiliate.com

What I'd use for a course business

If your setup is something like:

WordPress → course platform → checkout → affiliate partners

I'd lean:

SliceWP → simplest/cleanest partner experience
AffiliateWP → best if you're building a serious affiliate program
Solid Affiliate → excellent if WooCommerce is at the center of the checkout

One important consideration is what you're using to sell/deliver the courses (LearnDash, LifterLMS, Tutor LMS, MemberPress, WooCommerce, SureCart, etc.). The best choice changes considerably based on that integration.

If you tell me which WordPress course/LMS + checkout you're using, I can compare the 2–3 best plugins specifically for that stack, including recurring commissions, coupon tracking, affiliate-specific landing pages, creatives, payouts, and pricing.

For a WordPress online course creator, you’ll want more than basic referral tracking. Look for:

• a partner/affiliate dashboard (earnings, clicks, conversions, payouts)
• a creative library (banners, swipe copy, images, links)
• integrations with your course checkout/LMS (WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, LearnDash, LifterLMS, etc.)
• coupon-code tracking (important for influencers)

The strongest options are:

My recommendation by course setup

1. Selling courses with LearnDash / LifterLMS

• Choose AffiliateWP if you want the most polished affiliate experience.
• Choose Siren Affiliates if you want affiliates, instructors, ambassadors, and revenue-sharing partners in one system. wordpress.org

2. Selling courses through WooCommerce

• AffiliateWP + WooCommerce integration is a common premium setup.
• WC Affiliate is worth considering if you want something more WooCommerce-native. wordpress.org

3. Running an influencer/creator ambassador program
Prioritize:

• coupon tracking
• custom landing pages
• downloadable creative packs
• partner onboarding pages

AffiliateWP is usually the closest match because the creative library and affiliate dashboard are built specifically around helping partners promote products. www.wpbeginner.comaffiliatewp.com

A typical course creator affiliate kit would include:

• 10–20 banner sizes
• email swipe copy
• social captions
• YouTube description templates
• course screenshots
• testimonials
• unique coupon codes

If you tell me your stack (LearnDash, LifterLMS, Kajabi/WP hybrid, WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, ThriveCart, etc.) and whether affiliates are students, influencers, or professional partners, I can narrow it down.

Yes. For a WordPress online-course creator, I’d shortlist these three:

My pick: SliceWP

SliceWP is particularly well suited if your course is sold through WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, MemberPress, Paid Memberships Pro, or another supported WordPress commerce/membership system. It gives affiliates a dedicated dashboard where they can see visits, commissions, payments, generate referral links, and access your promotional creatives. slicewp.com

The creatives feature is exactly what you're describing: you can upload banners and text promotional materials, and partners can access them directly from their affiliate dashboard. slicewp.com

AffiliateWP

AffiliateWP is another strong choice. It supports an affiliate area and a dedicated Creatives system for banners and text links. You can even display approved creatives on an affiliate-only page using its creatives shortcode. affiliatewp.com

I'd lean toward AffiliateWP if you expect the affiliate program to become fairly sophisticated and want a large ecosystem of integrations/extensions.

Solid Affiliate

Solid Affiliate has a polished affiliate portal where partners can manage referrals, marketing assets, and payments. solidaffiliate.com The major caveat is that it's designed specifically around WooCommerce. solidaffiliate.com

For an online-course business, my ranking would be:

1. 🥇 SliceWP — best combination of affiliate dashboard + creatives + WordPress course/membership integrations.
2. 🥈 AffiliateWP — best if you want a more extensive affiliate ecosystem.
3. 🥉 Solid Affiliate — excellent if your courses run through WooCommerce.

If you tell me what you're using to sell/deliver the courses (LearnDash, LearnPress, Tutor LMS, MemberPress, WooCommerce, SureCart, etc.), I can narrow this down to the best 1–2 plugins and tell you exactly how the affiliate/partner experience would work.

Yes. For a WordPress-based online course business, I’d shortlist these three:

🥇 My pick: AffiliateWP

AffiliateWP is probably the strongest choice if your goal is to recruit course affiliates, influencers, coaches, newsletter owners, and other partners.

Its affiliate area/portal lets partners:

• See clicks, referrals, commissions, and payouts
• Generate/copy their affiliate links
• Access creative assets
• Get onboarding information and promotional guidance
• Use a branded/customized dashboard
• Access unlimited affiliate creatives affiliatewp.com

That last part is particularly relevant for a course creator: you can give affiliates things like course banners, social graphics, email copy, testimonials, logos, swipe copy, and promotional images rather than simply giving them a tracking link.

🥈 Solid Affiliate

Solid Affiliate is worth considering if you're selling your courses through WooCommerce. It has a built-in affiliate portal where partners can manage referrals, marketing assets, and payments, and it supports sharing creatives. solidaffiliate.com

I'd favor it if simplicity and a nice partner-facing interface matter more than having the broadest ecosystem of integrations.

🥉 SliceWP

SliceWP is another good WordPress-native option. Its affiliate system includes dashboards, referral/commission tracking, and unlimited creatives including banners and text copy. slicewp.com

For an online course creator, I'd rank them:

AffiliateWP → Solid Affiliate → SliceWP

One important caveat: the course platform/payment stack matters. If you're using LearnDash, MemberPress, Tutor LMS, WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, Stripe, etc., the best choice can change substantially based on how the course purchase is processed.

If you tell me what you're using to sell/deliver the course (e.g. LearnDash + WooCommerce, MemberPress, Kajabi embedded in WordPress, etc.), I can tell you which one I'd actually install and why.

Yes. For a WordPress-based online course business, I’d shortlist three plugins if you specifically want both an affiliate dashboard/portal and a library of marketing creatives your partners can access.

1. SliceWP — my first choice

SliceWP official site

SliceWP is particularly well matched to your requirements. Its affiliate area lets partners view stats, generate referral links, and access creatives, including banners and text creatives, directly from their dashboard. slicewp.comslicewp.com

It also integrates with MemberPress, Paid Memberships Pro, Easy Digital Downloads, WooCommerce, and other WordPress commerce/membership systems, which is useful for selling courses. slicewp.comslicewp.com

I'd choose this if: you want a relatively straightforward WordPress-native affiliate system where partners log in and get everything they need to promote your courses.

2. Solid Affiliate — excellent if you're using WooCommerce

Solid Affiliate official site

Solid Affiliate has a dedicated affiliate portal where partners can manage referrals, marketing assets, and payments. It explicitly supports sharing creatives. solidaffiliate.com

Its big advantage is a polished, integrated experience, particularly for WooCommerce-based course businesses.

I'd choose this if: your courses are sold through WooCommerce and you want the affiliate experience to feel polished without assembling lots of add-ons.

3. AffiliateWP — very mature and flexible

AffiliateWP official site

AffiliateWP also supports affiliate creatives. You can create banners/text links in the WordPress admin and expose them to logged-in affiliates through its affiliate area. affiliatewp.com

I'd choose this if: you expect your affiliate program to become fairly sophisticated and want a mature ecosystem with lots of integrations/extensions.

My recommendation for an online-course creator

If your setup is something like:

WordPress → course/membership plugin → affiliates promote courses → affiliates need links + banners + swipe copy + commission dashboard

I'd start with SliceWP.

One important distinction: if by "creatives" you mean a full affiliate resource center—for example, downloadable banners, email swipe copy, social posts, product images, videos, PDFs, etc.—then the question becomes less about which plugin merely supports "creatives" and more about how customizable its affiliate portal is.

If you tell me which course platform you're using (LearnDash, Tutor LMS, LearnPress, MemberPress, WooCommerce, etc.), I can narrow this down to the best 1–2 options and check the current pricing and exact integration.

Yes. For a WordPress-based online course business, AffiliateWP is probably the strongest fit if your priority is giving partners both a professional affiliate dashboard and ready-to-use marketing creatives.

Best options

AffiliateWP specifically lets you create promotional creatives and expose them to affiliates through their affiliate area. Its [affiliate_creatives] feature can display approved banners/text links so partners can copy links or download promotional assets. affiliatewp.comaffiliatewp.com

It also has a customizable affiliate dashboard where partners can see their performance and manage their affiliate activity. affiliatewp.com

AffiliateWP official site

For an online course creator, I'd choose AffiliateWP if you want:

• Partner dashboard with clicks, referrals, commissions, earnings
• Creative library — course banners, images, text links, etc.
• Unique affiliate links
• Coupon-code tracking
• Different commission rates
• Automated/one-click payouts
• Integration with MemberPress, WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, and other WordPress systems commonly used to sell courses. affiliatewp.comaffiliatewp.com

SliceWP is worth considering if you want something simpler and more lightweight. It has a dedicated affiliate area where affiliates can grab links and see visits/commissions, and it supports integrations including MemberPress and Paid Memberships Pro. slicewp.com

SliceWP official site

Bottom line: If your vision is “I recruit instructors/influencers/partners, give each one a dashboard, and let them grab professionally prepared course banners and links,” I'd put AffiliateWP at #1.

If you tell me what you're using to sell the courses (LearnDash, Tutor LMS, MemberPress, WooCommerce, Kajabi, etc.), I can narrow it down to the best plugin and explain exactly how the affiliate + creative workflow would work.

For a WordPress online course creator, the best affiliate plugin depends mostly on what you use to sell the course (LearnDash, Tutor LMS, MemberPress, WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, SureCart, etc.). If your priority is affiliate dashboards + partner creatives (banners, swipe copy, links), these are the strongest options:

AffiliateWP is probably the safest choice if you are building a long-term affiliate program. It lets affiliates access their dashboard, referral links, stats, and promotional creatives such as banners and text links. affiliatewp.com It also integrates with many WordPress selling systems, including membership and eCommerce plugins. affiliatewp.com

SliceWP is a strong alternative if you want something simpler. Its affiliate area lets partners view commissions, generate referral links, see performance, and access creatives like banners and text promotions. slicewp.com

Solid Affiliate is worth considering if you want a more modern-looking partner portal and straightforward affiliate management. It includes an affiliate portal where partners can manage referrals, marketing assets, and payments. solidaffiliate.com

My picks by course setup:

• Selling premium courses ($500–$5,000+) with many influencers/partners: AffiliateWP
• Selling courses through WooCommerce: Solid Affiliate or AffiliateWP
• Using MemberPress / Paid Memberships Pro / Easy Digital Downloads: AffiliateWP or SliceWP
• Want affiliates to have a simple “login → grab links/banners → see earnings” experience: SliceWP

For an online course creator, I’d also look for these features:

• recurring commissions (if you have memberships)
• coupon-code tracking (many creators prefer this over links)
• downloadable media kits for affiliates
• email notifications when commissions happen
• affiliate approval workflow
• custom landing pages per partner

If you tell me your course platform (LearnDash, Tutor LMS, MemberPress, WooCommerce, Kajabi-to-WordPress, etc.), I can narrow it to the best fit.

Yes. For a WordPress-based online course business, I’d shortlist these:

My pick: SliceWP

SliceWP specifically provides an affiliate area where partners can see clicks/visits, commissions, payouts, generate referral links, and access affiliate creatives such as banners and text links. slicewp.com

For a course creator, that could look like:

Partner dashboard

• Affiliate/referral link
• Clicks and conversions
• Commission earned
• Payout history
• Marketing materials / creatives
  • Course banners
  • Course thumbnails
  • Social-media graphics
  • Pre-written promotional copy
  • Text links

AffiliateWP is the other strong choice

AffiliateWP has a particularly explicit Creatives feature: affiliates can access banners, product images, infographics and other promotional assets directly from their dashboard, with no stated limit on the number of creatives. affiliatewp.com

So if your priority is "I want to give partners a polished portal containing everything they need to promote my courses", I'd lean:

1. SliceWP — best balance of simplicity + affiliate portal + creatives
2. AffiliateWP — best if you want a more extensive affiliate-management system

One important consideration is what you're using to sell the courses (WooCommerce, LearnDash, MemberPress, SureCart, Easy Digital Downloads, etc.). That can change which plugin I'd recommend.

If you tell me your course stack (e.g. WordPress + LearnDash + WooCommerce), I can narrow it down to the best 2–3 options and compare dashboard, creatives, coupon tracking, recurring commissions, payouts, and pricing.

If you're selling online courses on WordPress and want affiliates to have a professional dashboard with marketing creatives (banners, email swipes, social posts, etc.), there are a few standout options.

Here's how they compare:

1. AffiliateWP (My top recommendation)

Best overall if you're building a serious course business.

Affiliate dashboard includes:

• Referral statistics
• Earnings
• Conversion rates
• Payout history
• Referral URLs
• QR codes
• Coupon tracking
• Performance reports

Creatives section

Affiliates can access:

• Banner ads
• Images
• Email templates
• Swipe copy
• Logos
• Social media graphics
• Promotional text
• Custom campaign assets

You can organize creatives into categories and add new ones anytime.

Integrates with:

• WooCommerce
• LearnDash
• LifterLMS
• Easy Digital Downloads
• MemberPress
• Restrict Content Pro

Excellent if your courses are sold through WooCommerce or a major LMS.

2. Solid Affiliate

Very polished experience.

Dashboard includes:

• Sales
• Clicks
• Commissions
• Referral links
• Coupon codes
• Assets

Creatives include:

• Banners
• Images
• Videos
• Email copy
• Downloadable assets

Very user-friendly for affiliates.

3. SliceWP

A more affordable option.

Features:

• Nice affiliate portal
• Banner library
• Referral links
• Affiliate coupons
• Commission tracking

Great if you're starting out.

4. Ultimate Affiliate Pro

Has nearly every feature imaginable:

• Multiple commission tiers
• MLM/network marketing options
• Lifetime commissions
• Performance bonuses
• Creatives
• Affiliate dashboard
• Social sharing tools

It offers extensive functionality, though the interface can feel more complex than some alternatives.

What your affiliates will see

A typical affiliate dashboard can include:

Dashboard
├── Earnings
├── Referrals
├── Visits
├── Conversion Rate
├── Referral Links
├── QR Code
├── Coupons
├── Creatives
│     ├── Banner 300x250
│     ├── Banner 728x90
│     ├── Instagram Image
│     ├── Facebook Image
│     ├── Email Swipe #1
│     ├── Email Swipe #2
│     ├── Product Photos
│     └── Logos
├── Payment History
└── Support

This gives affiliates everything they need in one place.

My recommendation for an online course business

If you're using:

• LearnDash + WooCommerce → AffiliateWP is a strong fit.
• WooCommerce only → AffiliateWP or Solid Affiliate.
• MemberPress → Easy Affiliate or AffiliateWP.
• A tighter budget → SliceWP.

For a professional affiliate program where partners can log in, grab branded assets, copy email templates, and monitor their performance, AffiliateWP generally provides the most complete solution for course creators.

If you're also planning to build a partner portal (with onboarding, training videos, launch calendars, and downloadable assets in addition to affiliate tracking), I can suggest a setup that combines an affiliate plugin with a membership or portal plugin for a more polished experience.

If you're selling online courses on WordPress and want affiliates to have a partner dashboard plus access to marketing creatives (banners, swipe copy, logos, videos, links), there are several strong options.

Here's how they compare:

1. AffiliateWP (my top recommendation)

Best if you're selling courses through WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, MemberPress, LearnDash, Tutor LMS, or LifterLMS.

Partner dashboard includes:

• Referral statistics
• Earnings
• Conversion rates
• Payout history
• Referral URLs
• Coupon tracking
• QR codes (optional)

Creatives section includes:

• Banner ads
• Images
• Email swipe copy
• Social media copy
• Videos
• Custom promotional assets
• Downloadable files

Other advantages:

• One-click affiliate registration
• Automatic commission tracking
• Lifetime commissions
• Recurring commissions
• Multi-tier affiliates (add-on)
• Stripe/PayPal payouts

This is one of the most polished affiliate experiences available for WordPress.

2. SliceWP

A newer plugin with a clean interface.

Affiliates get:

• Dashboard
• Referral links
• Statistics
• Earnings
• Creative assets
• Coupon codes

Good integrations with:

• WooCommerce
• LearnDash
• MemberPress
• Paid Memberships Pro

Often easier to configure than larger plugins.

3. Solid Affiliate

Designed primarily for WooCommerce.

Features include:

• Attractive affiliate portal
• Marketing creatives
• Coupon attribution
• Leaderboards
• Automated payouts
• Referral links
• Email notifications

A strong choice if WooCommerce powers your course sales.

4. Ultimate Affiliate Pro

Includes:

• Affiliate dashboard
• Creatives library
• Landing pages
• Social sharing
• Multi-level marketing (optional)
• Performance bonuses

It offers a very broad feature set, though the interface is less polished than AffiliateWP.

What affiliates typically see

A well-designed partner portal usually includes:

• Personalized referral link
• Coupon codes
• Banner downloads
• Product images
• Brand logos
• Email templates
• Social media posts
• Video creatives
• Monthly earnings
• Click statistics
• Conversion reports
• Payment history

AffiliateWP, SliceWP, and Solid Affiliate all support most of these capabilities.

For an online course business

If your stack is:

• LearnDash + WooCommerce: AffiliateWP or Solid Affiliate
• Tutor LMS + WooCommerce: AffiliateWP or SliceWP
• LifterLMS: AffiliateWP
• MemberPress: AffiliateWP or Easy Affiliate

My recommendation

For a professional course business with plans to scale, I'd rank them:

1. AffiliateWP — best overall balance of dashboard quality, integrations, and creative management.
2. Solid Affiliate — excellent if WooCommerce is at the center of your business.
3. SliceWP — modern interface and simpler setup with solid core features.

If you're also planning to recruit influencers, coaches, or educators as partners, AffiliateWP provides one of the strongest self-service affiliate experiences, including a polished dashboard and an organized creatives library that reduces manual support.

If you're selling online courses on WordPress and want affiliates to have a professional partner portal (dashboard, links, banners, swipe copy, payouts, etc.), these are the strongest options:

1. AffiliateWP (My top recommendation)

Excellent if you're serious about growing affiliates.

Partners get:

• Personalized dashboard
• Referral statistics
• Earnings reports
• Unique referral links
• Coupon tracking
• Creative library:
  • banners
  • logos
  • email swipe copy
  • social graphics
  • videos (uploadable)
• Payout history
• Stripe and PayPal payout integrations (depending on setup)

It integrates well with major LMS plugins like:

• LearnDash
• Tutor LMS
• LifterLMS
• WooCommerce

2. Solid Affiliate

One of the nicest affiliate dashboards available.

Features include:

• Affiliate portal
• Marketing creatives
• Coupons
• Leaderboards
• Referral URLs
• QR codes
• Lifetime commissions
• One-click payouts
• Excellent WooCommerce integration

Many course creators prefer it because it's easier to configure than AffiliateWP.

3. SliceWP

Great value.

Affiliates receive:

• Dashboard
• Referral links
• Earnings
• Visits
• Creative assets
• Coupon attribution
• Commission tracking

The interface is clean and less overwhelming.

4. Ultimate Affiliate Pro

Very feature-rich.

Includes:

• Multiple dashboard layouts
• Creative library
• Email templates
• Social share tools
• MLM/network options
• Performance bonuses
• Ranks
• Gamification

It's powerful but has a steeper learning curve.

Creatives you can provide

The best affiliate plugins let you upload marketing assets such as:

• Website banners
• Logos
• Product mockups
• Social media images
• Instagram stories
• Email swipe copy
• Blog post templates
• Video ads
• PDF brochures
• Brand guidelines

Affiliates can download these from their dashboard instead of requesting them individually.

If you're selling courses

A common stack is:

• WordPress
• WooCommerce or an LMS checkout
• LearnDash (or another LMS)
• AffiliateWP or Solid Affiliate

This combination provides affiliates with a dedicated dashboard, downloadable creative assets, referral links, commission tracking, and automated payouts while integrating smoothly with most WordPress course platforms.

For most course businesses:

• Choose AffiliateWP if you expect to scale a large affiliate program and want extensive integrations and flexibility.
• Choose Solid Affiliate if you want a polished experience with a simpler setup and strong WooCommerce integration.

If you're selling online courses on WordPress and want affiliates to have a professional partner portal with their own dashboard, links, coupons, and downloadable marketing assets (creatives), there are a few standout plugins.

Here's how they compare:

1. AffiliateWP (My top recommendation)

Best if you're building a serious course business.

Partners get:

• Personal affiliate dashboard
• Referral statistics
• Earnings reports
• Conversion tracking
• Unique referral links
• Coupon attribution
• Downloadable banners/images
• Marketing creatives
• Custom landing pages (with add-ons)

Works especially well with:

• LearnDash
• LifterLMS
• WooCommerce
• Easy Digital Downloads
• MemberPress

Pros:

• Very polished
• Reliable tracking
• Excellent documentation
• Large ecosystem of add-ons

Cons:

• Premium pricing

2. SliceWP

One of the nicest interfaces.

Affiliate dashboard includes:

• Clicks
• Referrals
• Earnings
• Referral links
• Creatives section
• Payout history

Pros:

• Easier to learn
• Modern UI
• Good value
• GDPR-friendly

Great if you don't need dozens of advanced features.

3. Solid Affiliate

If all course purchases go through WooCommerce, this is a fantastic option.

Includes:

• Affiliate portal
• Coupons
• Creatives
• Leaderboards
• Payout management
• Email notifications
• Fraud prevention

Very beginner friendly.

4. Ultimate Affiliate Pro

Offers almost every feature imaginable:

• Multi-level commissions
• Social sharing
• QR codes
• Creatives
• Bonuses
• Performance rewards
• Affiliate ranks

Pros:

• Tons of features
• Lower upfront cost

Cons:

• Interface isn't as polished
• Can be overwhelming

Creatives Support

If by "creatives" you mean downloadable marketing materials, these plugins support them:

• ✅ Banner ads
• ✅ Images
• ✅ Logos
• ✅ Email copy
• ✅ Social graphics
• ✅ Swipe copy
• ✅ Product images
• ✅ Landing page URLs
• ✅ Promo videos (as downloadable files or links)

Affiliates can log in and download everything from their dashboard.

Ideal Setup for a Course Creator

A strong stack might look like this:

• WordPress
• WooCommerce (for checkout)
• LearnDash or Tutor LMS (course delivery)
• AffiliateWP (affiliate management)
• FluentCRM (email marketing)
• WP Simple Pay or Stripe (payments, if applicable)

This gives affiliates:

• A branded dashboard
• Referral links
• Coupons
• Downloadable creatives
• Real-time commission tracking
• Payout history

Recommendation

If you're building a long-term affiliate program for online courses:

• AffiliateWP is the best overall choice for features, integrations, and stability.
• SliceWP is the best value if you want a clean, modern affiliate experience without as many advanced features.
• Solid Affiliate is an excellent choice if your entire sales process runs through WooCommerce.

If you're also planning to recruit a large number of partners (such as creators, coaches, or influencers), AffiliateWP generally provides the most scalable ecosystem for growing and managing the program over time.

If you're selling online courses on WordPress and want affiliates to have a professional dashboard (stats, links, payouts, and downloadable banners/creatives), these are the strongest options:

1. AffiliateWP (Top Recommendation)

This is generally considered the premium standard for WordPress.

Affiliate dashboard includes:

• Referral statistics
• Earnings
• Conversion rates
• Referral URLs
• Coupon tracking
• Payout history
• Affiliate profile management

Creatives:

• Banner ads
• Logos
• Images
• Text links
• Promotional assets
• Downloadable marketing materials

Works particularly well with:

• LearnDash
• LifterLMS
• WooCommerce
• Easy Digital Downloads
• MemberPress

Ideal if you're building a serious affiliate program.

2. Solid Affiliate

A newer competitor with a polished interface.

Partners get:

• Modern affiliate portal
• Referral links
• Performance graphs
• Payout tracking
• Marketing assets
• Creatives library
• Coupon attribution

Especially strong if your courses are sold through WooCommerce.

3. SliceWP

A good balance of features and price.

Dashboard includes:

• Earnings
• Visits
• Referrals
• Conversion tracking
• Creatives
• Referral links
• QR codes
• Coupon support

Many users find it easier to configure than AffiliateWP.

Creatives You Can Provide

The better plugins let you upload items such as:

• Website banners
• Facebook ad images
• Instagram story graphics
• Square social images
• Logos
• Email swipe copy
• Text ads
• Product screenshots
• Videos
• Brand guidelines
• PDF marketing kits

Affiliates can download these directly from their dashboard.

If You're Selling Courses

A common stack is:

• LearnDash or Tutor LMS
• WooCommerce for checkout (optional depending on setup)
• AffiliateWP for affiliates
• Stripe for payments

This combination is widely used and scales well.

My Recommendation by Budget

• Best overall: AffiliateWP
• Best value: SliceWP
• Best modern interface: Solid Affiliate
• Most features: Ultimate Affiliate Pro

If you're expecting to recruit dozens or hundreds of affiliates, AffiliateWP is usually the safest long-term choice because of its mature integrations, strong reporting, and robust affiliate portal with creatives.

If you can share:

• which LMS you're using (LearnDash, Tutor LMS, LifterLMS, MemberPress Courses, etc.),
• whether you sell through WooCommerce or another checkout system, and
• whether you want multi-level referrals or recurring commissions,

I can narrow it down to the plugin that best fits your setup.