Paytalk Lipa Na Mpesa
by abiudeko · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 50+ installs across the portfolio →
Paytalk Lipa Na Mpesa is a woocommerce extension that allows store owners to receive payment via Mpesa Paybill/Till Number.
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Health
C 60/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
30+
≈38 estimated
Momentum
+47%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Update recency scores 51/100. Last updated 532 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.3%
of downloads still active
At least 30 of 11K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,785 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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: Update recency
Updated 532 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12; the current branch is 7.1
4.2★ over 5 reviews, 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 532 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.
35
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 25d
13%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 25d
-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| mpesa integration your tag | #2 | #1 | down 1 |
| lipa na mpesa your tag | #2 | #1 | down 1 |
| mpesa | #3 | #3 | up 1 |
| paybill your tag | #5 | #3 | 0 |
| m pesa stk push your tag | #5 | #1 | 0 |
| till number your tag | #23 | #19 | 0 |
| m pesa | #20 | #9 | down 2 |
8 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 7 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Already on top for “mpesa”. #3 without listing it. A tag would change little there; your slots are better spent on a search you don't yet win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,491 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 295 · 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.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
1.5y ago
latest release · v3.0.3 · 21 May 2025
19
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 3 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 40.
Install history since 22 Sep 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ ahtur6.2y ago
No Follow through; they are just there to take money; did not deliver!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ nesta777.2y ago
Awesome plugin for Mpesa,have really made eCommerce easy.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ brias7.2y ago
Have been using paytalk and thanks to the developer for making work easy for us. We developers don’t have to follow the long trail of procedures in integrating online services with local Mpesa. This is great work done
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ hurlinghamhospital7.2y ago
Using it in our clinic for checking m-pesa payments and the online checkout.
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
5 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 "Paytalk Lipa Na Mpesa is a woocommerce extension that allows store owners to receive payment via Mpesa Payb..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 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 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 702 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "M-Pesa STK Push" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-13 40+ → 30+ down after 144 days in tier
- 2026-03-22 50+ → 40+ down after 53 days in tier
- 2026-01-28 40+ → 50+ up after 22 days in tier
- 2026-01-06 50+ → 40+ down after 65 days in tier
- 2025-11-02 60+ → 50+ down after 39 days in tier
- 2025-09-24 70+ → 60+ down after 23 days in tier
- 2025-09-01 80+ → 70+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2025-08-24 60+ → 80+ up after 8 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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