Finachub Mobile Money Checkout for WooCommerce (M-Pesa, Airtel, MTN)
by bnyamesa · eCommerce
Also makes 1 other plugin · 270+ installs across the portfolio →
Accept M-Pesa, Airtel Money, and MTN MoMo payments in WooCommerce with a secure, multi-country mobile money checkout.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈270 estimated
Momentum
+20%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Rating quality scores 51/100. Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
83 health vs 71 average across 9,842 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.9%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 5.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,177 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 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 86 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11; the current branch is 7.1
5.0★ over 1 review, weighted for review count to 4.1★ 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.
35
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
9%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| airtel | #1 | #3 | 0 |
| airtel money your tag | #1 | #3 | 0 |
| m pesa | #2 | #4 | 0 |
| mtn | #2 | #5 | 0 |
| mtn momo your tag | #2 | #5 | 0 |
| momo | #2 | #6 | up 1 |
| mobile money your tag | #5 | #18 | 0 |
| mtn money | #2 | #4 | 0 |
| mtn mobile money | #2 | #3 | 0 |
| mpesa your tag | #6 | #7 | 0 |
| money | #13 | #23 | down 1 |
| mobile money payments | #17 | #22 | down 1 |
| mobile checkout | #23 | #24 | 0 |
| woocommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
45 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 13 listed. 32 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Already on top for “airtel” and “momo”. #1 and #2 without listing them. A tag would change little there; your slots are better spent on a search you don't yet win.
Daily downloads
Since 23 Feb 2025 · 620 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 589 · 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.
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
3mo ago
latest release · v2.0.3 · 10 Aug 2026
10
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 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 68% of the way through.
Install history since 22 Feb 2025
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ vanessac2001.6y ago
Great plugin, very smooth and efficient. Has a dashboard on transactions for ease of monitoring and having actual info on actual transactions. It really does what it says it should do. This topic was modified 1 year, 4 months ago by vanessac200. This topic was modified 1 year, 3 months ago by vanessac200.
Read on wp.org ↗
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 "Accept M-Pesa, Airtel Money, and MTN MoMo payments in WooCommerce with a secure, multi-country mobile money..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 7 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 7 of 7 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 5 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,242 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "MPESA" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 300+ → 200+ down after 189 days in tier
- 2026-01-02 200+ → 300+ up after 109 days in tier
- 2025-09-15 100+ → 200+ up after 86 days in tier
- 2025-06-21 90+ → 100+ up after 20 days in tier
- 2025-06-01 80+ → 90+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2025-05-26 70+ → 80+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2025-05-21 60+ → 70+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2025-05-15 50+ → 60+ up after 11 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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Fosia Pay Lite – PawaPay Mobile Money for WooCommerce — installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags - J Jambopay WooCommerce Payment Gateway 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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Gateway Payougo Checkout 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
AlkaPay Payment Gateway with M-Pesa for WooCommerce 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags - E ElyonPay for WooCommerce — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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PayNexus Payment Gateway — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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