{"id":1470,"date":"2017-08-29T08:01:40","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T08:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/wordpress-affiliate\/?p=1470"},"modified":"2020-01-08T23:28:19","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T23:28:19","slug":"manually-approve-affiliates-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/wordpress-affiliate\/manually-approve-affiliates-site-1470","title":{"rendered":"How to Manually Approve Affiliates on Your Site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/wordpress-affiliate-platform-plugin-simple-affiliate-program-for-wordpress-blogsite-1474\">WP Affiliate plugin<\/a> has a feature that allows you to manually approve your members.<\/p>\n<h2>Step 1) Enable the Settings Option<\/h2>\n<p>Go to the settings menu of the affiliate plugin and enable the <strong>Manually Approve Affiliate Registration<\/strong>\u00a0option.<\/p>\n<p>Now, all the affiliate that signup will have an account status of &#8220;pending&#8221; so they cannot log into the affiliate portal.<\/p>\n<h2>Step 2) Update the Email Settings<\/h2>\n<p>Update the &#8220;Affiliate Signup Email&#8221; section to say something like the following in the email body (so the affiliates know that they need to wait for the admin to review the application):<\/p>\n<pre><em>Thank you for registering. We will review your application and notify you.<\/em><\/pre>\n<p>Feel free to customize the email according to the needs of your business.<\/p>\n<p>You can also enable the &#8220;<strong>Send Account Approval Notification<\/strong>&#8221; checkbox from the &#8220;Email Settings&#8221; menu.<\/p>\n<h2>Step 3) View the Affiliate Signups<\/h2>\n<p>Go to the <strong>Manage Affiliates<\/strong>\u00a0menu to see the newly joined affiliates. You can sort the affiliates listing by the <strong>Account Status<\/strong> column to see the pending ones easily.<\/p>\n<h2>Step 4) Review and Update Account Status<\/h2>\n<p>To approve an affiliate account, edit the affiliate record in question. Change the <strong>Account Status<\/strong> from pending to approved.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1471\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/wordpress-affiliate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/manually-approve-affiliate-account.png\" alt=\"manually-approve-affiliate-account\" width=\"440\" height=\"84\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/wordpress-affiliate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/manually-approve-affiliate-account.png 440w, https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/wordpress-affiliate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/manually-approve-affiliate-account-300x57.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Step 5) Save the Record<\/h2>\n<p>Save the affiliate record. Now this affiliate can log into his affiliate account.<\/p>\n<p>Optionally, you can check the <strong>Send Signup Email<\/strong>\u00a0checkbox before saving. This will send the post registration email to that affiliate. 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