REHub Theme Review 2026: Is It Still the Best Affiliate Theme?
REHub theme review: what you can build, how long setup really takes, the downsides, and who should choose a lighter theme instead.
REHub is the theme a large share of WordPress affiliate sites are built on. It is sold on ThemeForest by Sizam, has more than 38,000 sales there, and has been updated for years. It is also big: one theme that tries to be a review site, a price comparison site, a coupon community and a multi-vendor marketplace. This review is about whether that breadth helps or gets in your way.
Quick verdict
REHub is the right theme when the whole site is about helping people choose and buy: comparisons, rankings, deals. Its ready-made blocks for those jobs save real work. For a personal blog with a few affiliate links it is far more theme than you need, and a lighter theme will be faster and easier to manage.
Pros
- Purpose-built blocks: comparison tables, top lists, offer boxes, review boxes with scores, coupon blocks
- Covers several models in one theme: reviews, price comparison, deals and coupons, marketplaces
- Works with WooCommerce, including external/affiliate products
- Designed to work with Content Egg for pulling offers from affiliate networks
- Long update history from an established author
Cons
- A lot of options and several demo layouts to choose between: there is a learning curve
- Demos rely on bundled plugins, so a fresh install does not look like the demo until you set those up
- Too heavy for a simple blog
What you can build with it
Review and comparison sites
This is the core use. A review post gets a score box with criteria, pros and cons, and a button to the merchant. Several products go into a comparison table or a ranked top list, each row with its own affiliate button. These are the page parts you would otherwise assemble from separate plugins.
Price comparison
Paired with Content Egg, a product page can list the same item from several merchants with current prices. The theme’s author publishes a step-by-step guide to building an affiliate site this way. See our Content Egg review.
Deals and coupons
REHub has layouts for deal communities where visitors post and vote on offers, with coupon codes, expiry dates and “expired” styling. The author also documents how to build a cashback site with it.
Stores and marketplaces
With WooCommerce the theme can run a normal store, an affiliate store using external products, or a multi-vendor marketplace with one of the WooCommerce multi-vendor plugins.
Setup, honestly
- Decide the model first. The demos are different enough that switching later is a rebuild.
- Install the theme and the plugins the chosen demo needs.
- Import the demo on a staging site, not on a live one.
- Remove what you do not use. Unused modules and plugins cost speed.
- Test a real content page for speed, not the demo home page.
Give it a weekend. People who expect a ten-minute setup are the ones who leave unhappy reviews of large themes like this.
Pricing
REHub is sold on ThemeForest as a one-time purchase per site, with six months of author support included as standard for ThemeForest items. Check the ThemeForest listing for the current price.
On PureGPL, REHub is $4.99 as a single download, or included in a membership from $14 a month. The current file is version 19.9.9.8, and earlier builds stay available to customers who own it.
What a GPL copy does not include
Our copy is the author’s original file under the GPL, without a ThemeForest purchase code. That means no author support, and anything that asks for a purchase code, which can include demo import and bundled premium plugins, may not activate. Updates come from PureGPL. If you need the author’s support or one-click demo import, buy from ThemeForest.
Alternatives
- Mercury: narrower, built for review and top-list sites.
- Couponis: coupons only, and simpler for that.
- A general theme plus plugins: lighter, if affiliate content is only part of your site.
All compared in best affiliate marketing WordPress themes.
Frequently asked questions
Is REHub good for affiliate marketing?
Yes. It is one of the most widely used affiliate themes, and its comparison, top-list and offer blocks are made for it.
Does REHub need WooCommerce?
No. WooCommerce is needed only for store and marketplace setups.
Does REHub work with Amazon?
The theme displays products. To pull Amazon data you add a plugin such as Content Egg or AAWP and need an Amazon Associates account.
Is REHub fast?
It depends on what you switch on. A trimmed setup performs well; a full demo import with every bundled plugin active is heavy. Test your own pages.
Who makes REHub?
Sizam, who sells it on ThemeForest and publishes documentation and tutorials at wpsoul.com.
