WordPress plugin comparison

Affiliate Area Shortcodes by AffiliateWP vs Column Shortcodes

Affiliate Area Shortcodes by AffiliateWP

by Syed Balkhi

2K+ installs4.0

Column Shortcodes

by Tobias Schutter

60K+ installs4.8

At a glance

Column Shortcodes has more active installs: 60K+, against 2K+ for Affiliate Area Shortcodes by AffiliateWP.
On a typical day, Column Shortcodes is downloaded about 82 times, Affiliate Area Shortcodes by AffiliateWP about 24.
Column Shortcodes is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 134 reviews, against 4.0 from 5 reviews.
Affiliate Area Shortcodes by AffiliateWP was updated more recently: Oct 27, 2026, against Oct 11, 2022 for Column Shortcodes.
Affiliate Area Shortcodes by AffiliateWP is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.0.18 for Column Shortcodes.
Column Shortcodes has been around longer: since 2012, against 2015 for Affiliate Area Shortcodes by AffiliateWP.

Column Shortcodes leads on 4 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Affiliate Area Shortcodes by AffiliateWP	Column Shortcodes
Popular rank	#4,694	#659
Active installs	2K+	60K+
Downloads, last 30 days	1.4K	2.1K
Rating	4.0(5)	4.8(134)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	7.1.4	6.0.18
Search multiplier	×0.63	×0.02
Last release	14 days ago	4 years ago
Requires PHP	7.4	–

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