GoDaddy Payments for WooCommerce
by GoDaddy · eCommerce
Also makes 4 other plugins · 303.4K+ installs across the portfolio →
A payment gateway plugin that enables your U.S. or Canadian business to accept credit card payments directly on your WooCommerce site.
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Health
B 74/100
Few reviews
Active installs
2K+
≈2.2K estimated
Momentum
+10%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “checkout”, “credit card” and “e commerce” for “card payments”, “credit card payments” and “accept credit card payments”. “checkout” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “card payments” sits at #18 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “credit card” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “credit card payments” sits at #18 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “e commerce” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “accept credit card payments” sits at #23 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
74 health vs 71 average across 9,783 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.9%
of downloads still active
At least 2K of 50.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,159 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 1 release 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 280 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
4.3★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
2 of 2 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
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.
57
Momentum
Holding steady
+1.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
55%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
+1.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| godaddy | #1 | #4 | 0 |
| payments your tag | #21 | #22 | 0 |
| card payments | #18 | #19 | up 4 |
| credit card payments | #18 | #19 | up 3 |
| accept credit card payments | #23 | #20 | down 1 |
| canada | #24 | #22 | — |
| pci | #23 | #20 | down 3 |
| easy payments | #21 | #22 | up 1 |
| checkout your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| credit card your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| e commerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| ecommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
36 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 8 listed. 28 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 “checkout”, “credit card” and “e commerce” for “card payments”, “credit card payments” and “accept credit card payments”. “checkout” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “card payments” sits at #18 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “credit card” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “credit card payments” sits at #18 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “e commerce” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “accept credit card payments” sits at #23 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 3K · 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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
9mo ago
latest release · v1.7.7 · 26 Jan 2026
28
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 96% 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 “2K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 7 months ago and the previous band took 3.6 years to cross, so the real count is still just over 2K.
Install history since 1 Jul 2021
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 2026.01.26 Misc – Switch to the new collectjs urls for godaddy payments 2026.01.26
- — Version 2025.07.23 Fix – Checkout blocks warning was appearing unexpectedly when editing a block checkout page Fix – “Translations loaded too early” error Misc – Update the SV Framework to v5.15.12 2025.07.23
- — Version 2024.05.06 Tweak – Only fail orders with a postal code AVS mismatch 2024.05.06
- — Version 2024.04.03 Tweak – Pass Collect.js nonce to payment transactions when not using a saved payment method Misc – Update references to the latest processing commission fees 2024.04.03
- — Version 2024.03.04 Fix – Allow overriding the place order button text also when using the checkout block Misc – Improve the plugin compatibility with PHP 8.2+ 2024.03.04
- — Version 2024.02.14 Fix – Ensure the changes from the previous release are also included in the block checkout Fix – Add sanity checks in the Pay in Person gateway to prevent errors at checkout Fix – Display the correct titles in the plugin 2024.02.14
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 3 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.
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
6 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "A payment gateway plugin that enables your U.S. or Canadian business to accept credit card payments directl..."
- ✓ 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 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,239 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "e-commerce", "ecommerce" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-03-24 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1331 days in tier
- 2022-08-01 2K+ → 1K+ down after 92 days in tier
- 2022-05-01 1K+ → 2K+ up after 181 days in tier
- 2021-11-01 800+ → 1K+ up after 31 days in tier
- 2021-10-01 700+ → 800+ up after 30 days in tier
- 2021-09-01 600+ → 700+ up after 31 days in tier
- 2021-08-01 400+ → 600+ up after 31 days in tier
- 2021-07-01 200+ → 400+ up after 30 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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WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ installs · 2.9★ · 3 shared tags B -
Mollie Payments for WooCommerce 100K+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B -
Amazon Pay for WooCommerce 10K+ installs · 2.9★ · 3 shared tags B -
Kustom Checkout for WooCommerce 10K+ installs · 3.7★ · 3 shared tags B -
FluentCart A New Era of eCommerce – Faster, Lighter, and Simpler 9K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A -
Contact Form 7 – PayPal & Stripe Add-on 7K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags B
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