Braintree Payments For WordPress – Accept Payments WP
by Lukas · Payments
Accept Braintree payments on your website with well converting & mobile friendly payment forms. No code or shopping cart required.
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈17 estimated
Momentum
+100%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “braintree”, “credit cards” and “payments” 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.
45 health vs 68 average across 1,680 Payments plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.5%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 2.2K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Payments plugin keeps 1.0%, across 1,042 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Payments plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31, well behind 6.8.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 1 reviews to 2019-01-24The one review here is glowing, calling out an easy setup and a clean interface, with the reviewer planning to buy the pro version for recurring payments.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 2830 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.0.31; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2830 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| braintree your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| credit cards your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| payments your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| paypal your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| stripe your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “braintree”, “credit cards” and “payments” 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.
Daily downloads
Since 8 Oct 2022 · 1,484 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 76 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,100 to #45,000, alongside the other plugins at 10+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
7.8y ago
latest release · v1.2.1 · 31 Jan 2019
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history since 3 Jul 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ ginterin7.8y ago
If you are using or want to use Braintree as your payment gateway this is a really good plugin. Love the UI and how simple to set everything up is guys. I need to accept recurring payments so I will get the pro version too! Highly recommend!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
5 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Accept Braintree payments on your website with well converting & mobile friendly payment forms. No code or..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("ideal for"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Mailchimp, PayPal.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,932 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "stripe" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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PayPal Enterprise Payments (formerly Braintree) for WooCommerce 10K+ installs · 2.9★ · 3 shared tags B -
Contact Form 7 – PayPal & Stripe Add-on 7K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags B -
Payment forms, Buy now buttons, and Invoicing System | GetPaid 5K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A -
PeachPay — Payments & Express Checkout for WooCommerce (supports Stripe, PayPal, Square, Authorize.net, NMI) 300+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B -
Online Payments – Get Paid with PayPal, Square & Stripe 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags C -
WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ installs · 2.9★ · 2 shared tags B
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