GlobalPayments Gateway Provider for WooCommerce
by Global Payments · Payments
This extension allows WooCommerce to use the available Global Payments payment gateways. All card data is tokenized using the respective gateway' …
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Health
B 84/100
Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.8K estimated
Momentum
-12%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “global payments”, “global” and “provider” to your wp.org tags. You rank #5, #14 and #24 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
84 health vs 68 average across 1,690 Payments plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.6%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 62.6K 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.
This plugin shipped 34 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 12 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
3.0★ over 2 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 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.
36
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.7
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
16%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| globalpayments | #1 | #3 | 0 |
| global payments | #5 | #22 | 0 |
| global | #14 | #24 | down 4 |
| provider | #24 | #24 | 0 |
| uk payments | #13 | #24 | 0 |
| global plugins | #23 | #24 | down 5 |
| commerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| payments your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| woo your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| woocommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
43 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 6 listed. 37 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
- Add “global payments”, “global” and “provider” to your wp.org tags. You rank #5, #14 and #24 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,491 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 4.1K · 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.
34
releases in the last 12 months
12d ago
latest release · v1.23.3 · 22 Oct 2026
97
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 11 months 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 ↗- ★★★★★ forestqc691.6y ago
My website gone to a blank page, impossible to use the admin panel! Deactivated GP pluggin and it’s back to normal… Only trouble with GP! This topic was modified 1 year, 3 months ago by forestqc69.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ David Henry3.4y ago
This plugin is largely unsupported, pretty messy in implementation, has no language files and is of general poor quality. But it works, we switched to it when the HPP plugin stopped working so it got us out of a hole, it can Global Payments weeks to respond to a ticket, and even then it’s poor support. It also forces 3DS which is good. I sound like such a moanyhead! Top Tip! The support is much better if you go directly to api integrations, not the normal GP support, you’ll get an answer in 24 hours if not sooner 🙂 This topic was modified 3 years, 1 month ago by David Henry.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (1.23.3). Sites still on an older version should update.
- 2025-03-18 CVE-2025-22767 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.13.2 Patched in 1.13.3
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 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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
5 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 "This extension allows WooCommerce to use the available Global Payments payment gateways. All card data is 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 Mentions WooCommerce, PayPal.
- ✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,516 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 4 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-12-07 900+ → 1K+ up after 16 days in tier
- 2025-11-21 800+ → 900+ up after 49 days in tier
- 2025-10-03 700+ → 800+ up after 66 days in tier
- 2025-07-29 600+ → 700+ up after 371 days in tier
- 2024-07-23 500+ → 600+ up after 162 days in tier
- 2024-02-12 400+ → 500+ up after 305 days in tier
- 2023-04-13 300+ → 400+ 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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WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway 700K+ installs · 3.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Instamojo for WooCommerce 4K+ installs · 3.5★ · 2 shared tags D -
Mastercard Merchant Cloud 2K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Manually Approved Reviews for WooCommerce 600+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Razorpay for WooCommerce 100K+ installs · 3.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
Accept Stripe Payments 20K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B
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