RelyWP: 2025 Year in Review

Our 2025 was packed with major releases, entirely new plugins, and a massive list of feature requests checked off our list.

Here is a comprehensive look at what we accomplished in 2025.

???? NEW: Simple Points and Rewards

The biggest news of the year was the launch of our brand-new plugin, Simple Points and Rewards for WooCommerce, in late 2025.

We built this plugin to offer a lightweight, “no-bloat” loyalty program that just works. Since its release in October, we’ve pushed out rapid updates to make it a strong competitor in the market.

• Launch (October 2025): We introduced the first version with core features like earning points for signups, orders, and referrals, along with a dedicated “Rewards” dashboard for customers.
• New Reward Types: In version 1.3.0, we added the highly requested “Points Discount on Checkout” feature, allowing customers to redeem points directly for an instant cart discount.
• Pro Features: We added a variety of new features to the PRO version including Inactivity Expiry (to encourage spending), Social Sharing rewards, Points for Reviews, and Birthday bonuses.
• Gamification (v1.6.0): Just before the year ended, we added Daily Login Bonuses and Streak Bonuses to keep your customers coming back every day.
• Seamless Migration: We added migration tools to help you switch easily from YITH, WPLoyalty, MyRewards, and other major points plugins.

There plugin is already doing much better than we expected, with over 30+ active installs and two 5 star reviews so far, with very little marketing done on our end so far.

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Our affiliate solution continued to mature in 2025 with a large variety of updates, and also reached 10 years old!

• New Affiliate Portal (v6.0.0): We introduced a modern, branded, full-screen affiliate portal for a more professional user experience.
• Signup Page Generator (v6.1.0): Earlier in the year, we released the “Signup Promo Page Generator”, helping you instantly create a landing page to recruit new affiliates.
• Terms Generator (v6.3.0): We also released the “Terms Generator”, to help you generate you affiliate programs terms and conditions page.
• Floating Affiliate Widget (v6.4.0): In July, we launched the Floating Affiliate Widget. This powerful tool allows you to display a floating dashboard on your site, giving affiliates instant access to their stats and referral links without needing to visit a separate portal page.
• Wise Payouts (v6.5.0): We added a brand new “Wise Payouts” payout method to easily pay affiliates via bank transfer.
• User Management (v6.7.0): We introduced the “View Affiliate” page for a better affiliate user performance overview.
• Admin Redesign (v7.1.0): We overhauled the admin experience with new filters, sorting options, and drag-and-drop dashboard reordering.
• Data Exports: Pro users gained the ability to Export Orders and Payouts to CSV, and we added a bulk “Update Unpaid Commission” tool to streamline payouts.

????️ Simple Cloudflare Turnstile

The Simple Cloudflare Turnstile plugin saw consistent development and improvements throughout 2025, and also reached 100,000 active installs! The plugin now also gains around 5800+ new active installs per month.

• Failsafe Mode: Released in late December, this crucial feature ensures your forms stay accessible even if Cloudflare experiences downtime, falling back to a “safe” state or reCAPTCHA.
• Developer Tools: You can now define your Site/Secret keys directly in wp-config.php for better security. We also added an Export/Import tool for settings.
• New Integrations: We added support for Kadence Forms, MailPoet, Jetpack Forms, WP User Manager, and the standard wp_login_form() function.
• Performance: We added a Resource Hint (Preconnect) option and “Load Scripts Globally” for Elementor to improve loading times and caching compatibility.

⚖️ Tax Exemption for WooCommerce

2025 was a year of major feature expansion for our Tax Exemption plugin, particularly with the release of version 2.0 in June.

• Version 2.0 Overhaul: We introduced a dedicated “Exempt Orders” admin page for better record-keeping and added the ability to display the exemption checkbox directly on the Cart Page, along with several other improvements.
• Stripe Tax Integration: A compatibility update brought full support for Stripe Tax, ensuring exemptions are handled correctly.
• Flux Checkout Support: In October (v2.2.0), we added full integration with Flux Checkout.
• Geographic Restrictions: We added powerful geographic restrictions (v2.3.0), allowing you to limit tax exemption eligibility to specific Cities or States, and refined the “Selected Countries Only” logic.

???? reCAPTCHA for WooCommerce

For the reCAPTCHA for WooCommerce plugin, we focused on stability and payments compatibility. This plugin also reached 40,000+ active installs at the end of 2025.

• Express Payment Fixes (v1.4.7): We improved compatibility with “Express” payment methods (like Apple Pay/Google Pay) to ensure reCAPTCHA doesn’t block valid fast-checkout attempts.
• Login & Register Flows: We refined how the plugin handles XMLRPC and REST API requests (v1.4.6), preventing unnecessary blocks during login and registration processes.
• Block Checkout: Improvements for WooCommerce Block-based checkout ensured compatibility with the latest themes.

Thank you for a fantastic 2025!

Your feedback and feature requests drive every update we make.

We have even more planned for 2026, so keep an eye on your changelogs and have a happy new year ahead!