Alma – Pay in installments or later for WooCommerce
by Alma · eCommerce
This plugin adds a new payment method to WooCommerce, which allows you to offer monthly payments to your customer using Alma.
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Health
B 84/100
Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.8K estimated
Momentum
+30%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “e commerce” for “installments”. “e commerce” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “installments” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
84 health vs 71 average across 9,791 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.4%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 71.7K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,169 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other eCommerce plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 15 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Support resolution
Updated 21 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
3.7★ over 6 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Mark more forum threads resolved — the resolved ratio feeds the ranking.
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.
35
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
10%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.3
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| pay in installments | #2 | #7 | 0 |
| installments | #5 | #14 | down 2 |
| pay by installments | #3 | #9 | 0 |
| bnpl your tag | #16 | #13 | down 1 |
| pay later | #13 | #19 | down 1 |
| cm commerce | #13 | #18 | 0 |
| e commerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| ecommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| payments your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| woocommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
42 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 6 listed. 36 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “e commerce” for “installments”. “e commerce” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “installments” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “bnpl”. #16 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 5.1K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
15
releases in the last 12 months
21d ago
latest release · v6.8.0 · 13 Oct 2026
67
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3.6 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 80% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ alexandregagner6mo ago
Not working with new woocommerce cart …
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mkarena3.2y ago
Pourriez-vous, s’il vous plait, arrêter de tout changer (UX) à chaque màj. C’est la seule extension, où après une màj, il faut refaire tout le CSS, refaire les traductions et corriger les bugs manuellement.Insupportable !
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Planitron3.4y ago
Je n’ose plus faire les mises à jour, tant elles font planter mon site après chaque mises à jour de Woocommerce. Je suis en version 4.1.2 et je viens de tenter l’upgrade vers la 4.3.1 maintenant compatible avec WC 7.8.0.Une nouvelle fois c’est le black-out sur le site……Les plantages n’existaient pas avec la version 2.x.x qu’il fallait mettre à jour manuellement. Mis à jour : Après avoir contacté le support, l’erreur ne venait pas du plugin Alma mais d’un problème de configuration du fichier wp-config, la solution a été trouvé et le plugin fonctionne maintenant parfaitement. Un grand merci au support Alma qui a répondu et agit très vite. This topic was modified 3 years ago by Planitron. This topic was modified 3 years ago by Planitron.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Danilo Ulloa3.9y ago
Te hacen creer que porque otro negocio que se dedica a lo mismo que tu puede, tu también, y tienen la cara de responderte que el negocio no es seguro. Solo es seguro si le das el servicio a tus amigotes, por lo que se ve. Nada recomendado trabajar con esta gente. (El plugin a nivel técnico, funciona bien)
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Benkho4.4y ago
The module installs quickly and is very easy to set up. You just have to create an account on Alma’s website to use it
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gilles664.4y ago
Works perfectly!
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (6.8.0). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 6.4 Alma – Pay in installments or later for WooCommerce <= 5.2.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2023-12-07 CVE-2023-50369 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 5.2.0 Patched in 5.2.1
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 7 languages, 0 at 90% or more
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 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 "This plugin adds a new payment method to WooCommerce, which allows you to offer monthly payments to your cu..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, PayPal, Claude.
- ✓ Headings and lists 149 headings and 84 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 16,109 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("bnpl", "e-commerce", "ecommerce" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2023-04-15 900+ → 1K+ up after 42 days in tier
- 2023-03-04 800+ → 900+ up after 39 days in tier
- 2023-01-24 700+ → 800+ up after 34 days in tier
- 2022-12-21 600+ → 700+ up after 14 days in tier
- 2022-12-07 500+ → 600+ up after 15 days in tier
- 2022-11-22 400+ → 500+ up after 13 days in tier
- 2022-11-09 300+ → 400+ up after 29 days in tier
- 2022-10-11 200+ → 300+ up
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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GoDaddy Payments for WooCommerce 2K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ installs · 2.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Mollie Payments for WooCommerce 100K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy 40K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Klarna for WooCommerce 20K+ installs · 2.9★ · 2 shared tags B
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