Paguelofacil Checkout for Woocommerce

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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.

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13 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 11 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

Directory rank

Ranked about #10,100 to #11,100, alongside the other plugins at 300+ 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 21 Oct 2026.

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 74% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 15 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ mpweblab

   6mo ago

   Based in Panama, I am currently facing payment integration challenges for my online store. I therefore conducted some research and came across this plugin. Before implementing it in my WooCommerce store, I performed a code review. This plugin exhibits significant structural issues for production-grade WooCommerce usage. The integration is primarily based on an off-site payment flow using HTTP redirects and GET parameters, without any robust implementation of server-to-server validation (signed webhooks). Transaction confirmation appears to rely on the browser return URL, which is inherently unreliable by design and not aligned with modern payment gateway standards. No clear implementation of standard security mechanisms such as: HMAC signature verification of payloads Callback integrity validation Transaction idempotency handling Anti-replay attack protection is visible or documented within the WooCommerce payment flow. Furthermore, the absence of an explicit API key / secret key (API key pair model) within the plugin prevents any strong server-to-server authentication. This significantly limits the ability to cryptographically verify the origin and integrity of payment events. From a compliance perspective, this deviates from expected best practices for modern payment integrations aligned with PCI DSS principles (segmentation of trust boundaries, minimization of client-side trust, and backend-first validation). Practical consequences include: Frequent desynchronization between WooCommerce and the payment gateway (orders remaining “pending” despite successful payment) Reliance on the client browser for payment confirmation Increased attack surface through potential manipulation of return URLs / GET parameters Risk of replay or callback tampering in the absence of verifiable signatures Unstable user experience (post-payment redirect errors) Finally, the plugin appears to be poorly maintained, and support is effectively non-existent, significantly increasing operational risk in production environments. As it stands, this integration does not meet the security standards expected of a modern e-commerce payment gateway (HMAC-signed webhooks, server-side verification, PCI DSS-aligned architecture), and should not be used for production-critical online stores.mp-weblab This topic was modified 2 months, 3 weeks ago by mpweblab. Reason: Recommended security updates to the developpers

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2. ★★★★★ jsfarfan

   9mo ago

   This doesn’t work as it should with WooCommerce. First, this is more of a limitation than an error but.. forget about checking out in your website, this only works redirecting back and forward to process the payment. The real problems are the following: It seems like this plugin doesn’t get a lot of updates, which can be a security risk. I had a problem, even to it process payments with the redirecting, it shows an error page and doesn’t redirect back to the website as it should, so this can be very confusing for customers and even for us because on WooCommerce it shows as pending payment but in paguelofacil.com it does show up. So we have placed 2 tickets/messages some days ago, THEY DON’T REPLY ANYTHING… NO SUPPORT AT ALL. Careful if you want to risk using this plugin. This topic was modified 5 months, 4 weeks ago by jsfarfan.

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Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-08-07 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2025-08-06 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2025-08-05 400+ → 300+ down after 18 days in tier
4. 2025-07-18 500+ → 400+ down after 433 days in tier
5. 2024-05-11 400+ → 500+ up after 6 days in tier
6. 2024-05-05 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
7. 2024-05-04 400+ → 500+ up after 4 days in tier
8. 2024-04-30 500+ → 400+ down after 2 days in tier

Competes with

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Paguelofacil Checkout for Woocommerce: 300+ active installs, 1.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/paguelofacil