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WooCommerce is a native integration: the Partnero Affiliate & Referral Program Management plugin handles the whole chain for you — tracking visitors, linking customers to partners, and recording orders.
You do not add a tracking script to your theme or configure any webhooks. The plugin does both once it is connected.

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Step 1: Install the plugin

In WordPress, go to Plugins → Add new plugin, search for Partnero, then install and activate it. If you would rather upload it yourself, download the Partnero Affiliate & Referral Program Management zip, click Upload plugin on that same screen, choose the file, click Install Now, then Activate plugin.

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Step 2: Connect your program

A Partnero entry appears in the WordPress left-hand menu once the plugin is active.
  1. Open it. You will see a tab for Affiliate and one for Refer-a-Friend.
  2. Switch to the tab for the program type you are connecting.
  3. Paste your program API key and click Connect.
Your API key is in Partnero under Integration → API — see How to find my API key. After connecting, the Partnero menu in WordPress shows your main program metrics.

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Settings

Two options live in the plugin. Everything else about the program is configured in Partnero.

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What gets tracked

Partnero records orders from your referred customers as their status changes, and reverses the commission automatically if an order is deleted. Coupons created, edited or deleted in WooCommerce are kept in sync with Partnero so partner codes keep working.

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How orders are attributed

An order can reach the right partner two ways, and you do not have to choose between them:

Referral link

The visitor arrives through a partner’s link and the plugin links the customer it creates to that partner.

Partner coupon

The customer enters a partner’s coupon at checkout. Partnero matches the coupon used on the order back to the partner who owns it — no referral click needed.

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Coupons

Partner coupons are created in Partnero and synced to WooCommerce rather than built by hand. See WooCommerce coupons.

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Troubleshooting

Open the Partnero menu in WordPress and confirm the program still shows as connected. An API key that was rotated in Partnero stops the plugin from reporting anything.
The Affiliate and Refer-a-Friend tabs take separate keys. Pasting an affiliate program key into the Refer-a-Friend tab will not connect it — check you are on the right tab.
Check the NET or GROSS setting in the plugin. Commissions calculated on GROSS include tax and shipping, which is usually the difference people are seeing.
The coupon has to originate in Partnero and be assigned to that partner. A coupon created directly in WooCommerce and never linked in Partnero has nothing to attribute to.

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Next steps

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