PaySlate Invoicing and Payment Requests for WordPress with Stripe and Square
by PaySlate · Payments
WordPress billing that takes the payment. Send a bill, the client pays it by card through Stripe or Square. No WooCommerce needed.
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Health
A 85/100
Few reviews
Active installs
—
not reported yet
Momentum
-15%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “billing”, “invoice” and “invoicing” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
85 health vs 68 average across 1,681 Payments plugins
Details
- Version
- 26.10.05.19
- Last updated
- 26d ago
- Added
- 2026-07-30
- Requires WP
- 6.4
- Tested up to
- 7.1.4
- Requires PHP
- 7.4
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 26 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ 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.
31
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
0%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| billing your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| invoice your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| invoicing your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| square your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| stripe your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
14 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 14 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
- “billing”, “invoice” and “invoicing” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 30 Jul 2026 · 94 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 297 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #50,200 to #69,500, alongside the other plugins with fewer than 10 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
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.
Estimated active installs
wp.org publishes an install count once a plugin has enough of them. This one has none yet.
wp.org reports no install count for this plugin yet.
Install history since 15 Sep 2026
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
8 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 "WordPress billing that takes the payment. Send a bill, the client pays it by card through Stripe or Square...."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 18 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 18 of 18 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("if you have", "for freelancers", "built for").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Stripe, PayPal.
- ✓ Headings and lists 10 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,868 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
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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Sprout Invoices – Client Invoicing & Estimates 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A -
WP Forms + Sprout Invoices – Easy Invoice & Quote Submissions 300+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
Formidable Forms + Sprout Invoices – Easy Invoice & Estimate Submissions 200+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags B -
Vendus 200+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
Direct Invoices – Invoicing & Payment Requests for WordPress 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags A -
TOConline for WooCommerce 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
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