Description
Refernix – Referral Products for WooCommerce lets store owners run a simple product-based referral program without requiring a third-party referral service.
Customers get a Referral area inside WooCommerce My Account where they can:
- View their referral ID.
- Copy product-specific referral links.
- See total referrals.
- See Complete Earnings.
- See Pending Payment.
- View referral history and payment status.
- Add or update a UPI ID from Bank Details.
Store administrators can:
- Choose a fixed commission or percentage commission.
- Set the commission value.
- Set referral cookie duration.
- Configure the My Account referral endpoint.
- View pending referral payouts.
- See a referrer’s saved UPI ID.
- Approve pending COD/manual-payment referrals.
- Use the built-in Documentation page for setup and troubleshooting.
How It Works
- A customer opens My Account Referral.
- The customer copies a product referral link.
- A referred shopper opens the link and places an order.
- A referral record is created as Pending.
- Successful non-COD online payments are marked Paid automatically when WooCommerce confirms payment.
- COD/manual-payment referrals stay Pending until the administrator approves them.
- Approved commissions move into Complete Earnings.
The plugin records payout information but does not automatically transfer money through UPI or a bank.
Configuration
Commission
- Fixed Amount: for example, 50 means a 50-unit commission per referred product line.
- Percentage: for example, 5 means 5% of the referred product line total.
Payment Status
- Pending: referral commission is recorded but not yet approved for payout.
- Paid: commission is included in Complete Earnings.
- Refunded: the related order was refunded.
- Cancelled: the related order was cancelled or failed.
COD orders are intentionally not auto-approved.
Privacy
The plugin stores the referral ID generated for a user, the user’s UPI ID when they choose to provide it, and referral/order records needed to operate the referral program.
The plugin does not send this information to an external server.
WordPress personal data export and erasure tools are supported for the plugin’s stored referral data. Referral financial records may be anonymized rather than deleted when needed to preserve store accounting records.
Support
For support, use the plugin’s WordPress.org support forum after the plugin is approved and published.
Installation
- Install and activate WooCommerce.
- Upload the plugin ZIP from Plugins Add New Upload Plugin.
- Activate the plugin.
- Open WooCommerce Referral Settings.
- Choose Fixed Amount or Percentage and set the commission.
- Save the settings.
- Customers can use My Account Referral.
- Customers can add their UPI ID under My Account Bank Details.
If you change the referral endpoint slug, save Settings Permalinks once.
FAQ
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Does it work with Flatsome?
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Yes. The plugin uses WooCommerce My Account endpoints and standard WooCommerce hooks rather than theme-specific templates.
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Does it work with Elementor?
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Yes. The referral dashboard also provides a shortcode,
[refernix_referral_dashboard], for pages or layouts where a shortcode widget is available. -
Is COD automatically counted as paid?
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No. COD/manual-payment referrals remain Pending until the administrator approves them.
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Are online payments counted automatically?
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Yes, when WooCommerce confirms the payment for a non-COD gateway.
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Does the plugin make UPI payments automatically?
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No. It displays the saved UPI ID to the administrator. The actual payout is made manually through the administrator’s preferred payment method.
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What happens if an order is refunded or cancelled?
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The related referral record is updated to Refunded or Cancelled.
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Contributors & Developers
“Referral Products for WooCommerce By Javed” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.5.2
- Finalized WordPress.org review metadata and prefix audit cleanup.
1.5.1
- Added a safe migration for legacy plugin data and standardized plugin prefixes to prevent naming collisions.
1.5.0
- Rebranded the plugin to Refernix – Referral Products for WooCommerce.
- Updated the plugin slug and text domain.
1.4.8
- Restored the COD/manual-payment workflow: referrals stay Pending until the admin clicks Approve Payment.
- Added payment method visibility to the pending referral payout table.
1.4.7
- Restored and clarified the admin payment approval workflow.
- Added referral payment history with Pending and Payment Approved / Paid statuses.
1.4.6
- Packaging and WordPress.org metadata cleanup: plugin directory slug, text domain, version, and stable tag are now consistent.
1.4.4
- Cleaned Plugin Check annotations and SQL query handling.
- Fixed malformed inline PHPCS comments that could become part of SQL strings.
- Improved compatibility of the plugin source with WordPress.org review tooling.
1.4.0
- Added customer Bank Details page with UPI ID.
- Added UPI ID to the admin pending payout table.
- Added built-in Documentation page.
- Added WordPress personal data export and erasure support.
- Added clearer setup and payment-status guidance.
- Prepared the plugin metadata and documentation for WordPress.org distribution.