Cardinity Payment Gateway for WooCommerce
by Cardinity.com · Payments
Also makes 1 other plugin · 210+ installs across the portfolio →
Add Cardinity checkout form to your WooCommerce site and start accepting payments.
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Health
B 82/100
no flags
Active installs
200+
≈250 estimated
Momentum
+6%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “payment gateway” 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.
82 health vs 68 average across 1,692 Payments plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.2%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 17.2K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Payments plugin keeps 1.0%, across 1,043 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.
This plugin shipped 4 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 23 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
3.8★ over 10 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.0★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
39
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
24%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
-0.5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| cardinity your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| cardinity checkout your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| payment gateway mastercard | #22 | #16 | down 2 |
| payment gateway your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| payments your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| woocommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
22 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 19 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “payment gateway” 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 5 Oct 2022 · 1,492 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 677 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ 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 1 Nov 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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
4
releases in the last 12 months
23d ago
latest release · v3.4.3 · 12 Oct 2026
48
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 57% 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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Apr 2018
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ kiprastar6.3y ago
Great service, cheap, easy to use. I recommend.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Luna6.6y ago
Thank you very to cardinity to be my gaterwaay with excellent service.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ fernando57988.6y ago
The plugin works just fine and is very easy to integrate. Their services in general are great. Personally, I don’t have any complaints.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ tstbrice8.6y ago
As mentioned in another review below stay well clear of this company. Wasted 3 months of my time and alot of money. Search for an alternative of which there is alot – response times are very long, not very clear and rarely amount to much help. This topic was modified 8 years, 4 months ago by tstbrice.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ aThemeArt Translations8.9y ago
Looking for some more plugins with Easy Digital Downloads !
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Algoritmika9.1y ago
Plugin works fine. When I had an issue with PHP version below 5.5 – they fixed it in new release.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Exorgistis9.1y ago
The will never payout your payments to your bank accounts answering with multiple excuses and not ever giving dates of any payments.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Usernamas9.2y ago
Straightforward and really easy to configure. It uses default WooCommerce checkout form, so I didn’t even need to make any changes in my website theme.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (3.4.3). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 5.3 Cardinity Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 3.2.6 - 3.4.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Order Status Manipulation ↗2026-10-13 CVE-2026-103324 Client-Side Enforcement of Server-Side Security Affects 3.2.6 - 3.4.1 Patched in 3.4.2
- Patched Medium · 6.1 Cardinity Payment Gateway for WooCommerce <= 3.0.6 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗2021-10-04 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.0.6 Patched in 3.0.7
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.
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
6 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Add Cardinity checkout form to your WooCommerce site and start accepting payments."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 5 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 5 read like questions a user would type.
- ! 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.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,181 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-03 300+ → 200+ down after 232 days in tier
- 2025-09-13 400+ → 300+ down after 535 days in tier
- 2024-03-27 500+ → 400+ down after 141 days in tier
- 2023-11-07 400+ → 500+ up after 21 days in tier
- 2023-10-17 500+ → 400+ down after 36 days in tier
- 2023-09-11 400+ → 500+ up after 26 days in tier
- 2023-08-16 500+ → 400+ down after 31 days in tier
- 2023-07-16 400+ → 500+ up after 54 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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PhonePe Payment Solutions 10K+ installs · 3.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
SumUp Payment Gateway For WooCommerce 10K+ installs · 2.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Montonio for WooCommerce 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Instamojo for WooCommerce 4K+ installs · 3.5★ · 2 shared tags D -
myPOS Checkout 4K+ installs · 3.5★ · 2 shared tags B -
imoje 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
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