Interswitch Webpay WooCommerce Payment Gateway
by Tunbosun Ayinla · eCommerce
Also makes 8 other plugins · 1.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
Interswitch Webpay WooCommerce Payment Gateway allows you to accept payment on your WooCommerce store via Interswitch Webpay payment gateway.
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Health
D 43/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
30+
≈31 estimated
Momentum
+31%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Swap “mastercard” for “webpay”. “mastercard” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “webpay” sits at #21 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
43 health vs 71 average across 9,824 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.3%
of downloads still active
At least 30 of 11.8K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,167 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.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35, well behind 7.1.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3216 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.9.35; the current branch is 7.1
3.0★ 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: Last updated 3216 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.
32
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
+0.2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| interswitch | #5 | #9 | 0 |
| webpay | #21 | #24 | 0 |
| mastercard your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| payment gateway your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| payment gateways your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| visa cards your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| woocommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
5 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “mastercard” for “webpay”. “mastercard” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “webpay” sits at #21 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 76 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #23,100 to #25,000, alongside the other plugins at 30+ 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
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
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
8.8y ago
latest release · v4.0.1 · 13 Jan 2018
12
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 “30+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 22 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 30.
Install history since 12 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Adesoji12.3y ago
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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 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Interswitch Webpay WooCommerce Payment Gateway allows you to accept payment on your WooCommerce store via I..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 6 questions in the FAQ.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 5 of 6 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("Installation Instructions").
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you have"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Twitter.
- ✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,889 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "payment gateways" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-12 20+ → 30+ up after 42 days in tier
- 2026-08-31 30+ → 20+ down after 190 days in tier
- 2026-02-22 40+ → 30+ down after 98 days in tier
- 2025-11-16 50+ → 40+ down after 267 days in tier
- 2025-02-22 60+ → 50+ down after 264 days in tier
- 2024-06-03 70+ → 60+ down after 150 days in tier
- 2024-01-05 80+ → 70+ down after 148 days in tier
- 2023-08-10 90+ → 80+ down after 63 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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Paystack WooCommerce Payment Gateway 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A - C Country Based Payments for WooCommerce 3K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C
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Viva Payments – Viva Wallet WooCommerce Payment Gateway 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Fake Pay For WooCommerce 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D -
TakBull For WooCommerce 200+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Payment Gateway for maib for WooCommerce 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
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