Plugin audit
Payex Payment Gateway for Woocommerce
Payex Payment Gateway for Woocommerce has urgent issues capping its growth.
Active installs
300+
Rating
3.0★
wp.org · 2 reviews
Downloads / 30d
131
Momentum
+26% low volume
30d vs the 30d before
Against 1869 tracked Payments plugins: health 54 vs 68 average .
Where it ranks in wp.org search
Main keywords, best position first
- #15 fpx
Tags still to break into the top 24: online banking, payex, payment.
What to fix first
- 1
Patch and release an advisory before anything else.
Open security vulnerability. A known unpatched vulnerability is recorded against this plugin.
- 2
Ship an update
Last release was 633 days ago. wp.org lowers a listing's search weight once it goes about 180 days without a release.
- 3
Set "Tested up to" to WordPress 7.1
No "Tested up to" declared, treated as a major version behind. Matching the current branch keeps its full search weight.
- 4
#15 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- 5
“online banking”, “payex” and “payment” aren't earning a slot
You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
- 6
Ask happy users for a review
A short in-plugin prompt after a success moment is the usual way. Reviews give the listing a rating people trust at install time.
Ranking signals
Listing score 55/100
- Update recency Holding it back
Updated 633 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
- WP compatibility Holding it back
No "Tested up to" declared, treated as a major version behind
- Rating quality Neutral
2 reviews so far, too few to judge quality
- Listing tuning Strong
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
What we found
Open security vulnerability
CriticalA known unpatched vulnerability is recorded against this plugin.
What to do: Patch and release an advisory before anything else.
Update cadence is slipping
Needs workLast updated 21 months ago. Freshness is one of the strongest directory-ranking signals.
What to do: Get back on a visible release cadence, even minor releases.
Review volume is thin
OpportunityOnly 2 ratings. A handful of reviews makes your star average fragile and weakens trust at install time.
What to do: Run a structured in-plugin review prompt and a review campaign.
Small download base. 131 downloads in 30 days, so a +26% move is a few installs rather than a trend.
Light support activity. Few recent support threads, so there is no backlog to report.
Downloads, last 2 years
From our own archive, not wp.org's current-week figure.
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