Amazon payment services
by Amazon Payment Services · Payments
Amazon payment services makes it really easy to start accepting online payments (credit & debit cards) in the Middle East.
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Health
D 46/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈190 estimated
Momentum
+75%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “amazon payment services”, “apple pay” and “installments” 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.
46 health vs 68 average across 1,680 Payments plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.2%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 8.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above 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.
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 2 reviews to 2023-12-20One reviewer hits a PHP error in the gateway class, another says the country list only covers a handful of Middle Eastern markets, so there's nothing to go on beyond those two complaints.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1051 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.4.14; the current branch is 6.8
3.5★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.08★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1051 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.
36
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
9%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| middle east payments | #14 | #24 | 0 |
| amazon payment services your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| apple pay your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| credit/ debit card your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| installments your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| visa checkout your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
11 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 10 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
- “amazon payment services”, “apple pay” and “installments” 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 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 550 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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.
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
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
2.9y ago
latest release · v2.3.7 · 15 Dec 2023
11
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 26 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 200.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Joe Nuts2.9y ago
Just this small issue Uncaught TypeError: Cannot access offset of type string on string in /var/www/vhosts/***/httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/amazon-payment-services/classes/class-wc-gateway-aps-super.php:561
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ lesliedeanbrown3.0y ago
UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, Kuwait, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Bahrain.No other countries available or supported it seems. 🤨😕🤔If you’re from another country, you can’t select it because it’s not on the list. This topic was modified 2 years, 8 months ago by lesliedeanbrown.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.4.2
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 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.
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
2 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Amazon payment services makes it really easy to start accepting online payments (credit & debit cards) in t..."
- ! 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 Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 3 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 432 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "Credit/ Debit card" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-05 200+ → 100+ down after 20 days in tier
- 2026-09-15 100+ → 200+ up after 60 days in tier
- 2026-07-17 200+ → 100+ down after 339 days in tier
- 2025-08-12 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-08-11 200+ → 300+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2025-08-07 300+ → 200+ down after 283 days in tier
- 2024-10-28 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-10-26 300+ → 400+ up after 8 days in tier
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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WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments 800K+ installs · 3.5★ · 1 shared tag B -
Payment Plugins for Stripe WooCommerce 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Payment Gateway for Redsys & WooCommerce Lite 20K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
FunnelKit Payment Gateway for Stripe WooCommerce 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Payment Gateway of Stripe for WooCommerce 7K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Viva.com | Smart Checkout for WooCommerce 7K+ installs · 3.3★ · 1 shared tag B
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