Sandbox Payment Gateway for WooCommerce
by webmonk · eCommerce
Also makes 1 other plugin · 300+ installs across the portfolio →
Fake credit card and ACH/eCheck payment gateways for testing WooCommerce checkout flows.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
B 76/100
Few reviews
Active installs
300+
≈350 estimated
Momentum
+0%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Swap “demo” for “echeck”. “demo” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “echeck” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
76 health vs 71 average across 9,787 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.4%
of downloads still active
At least 300 of 5.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,168 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.
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: Rating quality
Updated 225 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12; the current branch is 7.1
5.0★ 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: 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.
30
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 24d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 24d
+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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sandbox your tag | #2 | #19 | 0 |
| echeck | #6 | #10 | 0 |
| wordpress sandbox | #3 | #23 | 0 |
| ach | #22 | #24 | down 3 |
| payment gateway testing | #24 | #23 | — |
| demo your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| payment gateways your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| testing your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| woocommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
7 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 5 listed. 2 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 “demo” for “echeck”. “demo” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “echeck” sits at #6 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 338 · peaks are release surges
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 1 Nov 2026.
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
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
1.1y ago
latest release · v1.0.4 · 9 Oct 2025
4
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 “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2.3 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 2 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you want"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce.
- ! Headings and lists 8 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,277 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "demo" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-07-29 400+ → 300+ down after 35 days in tier
- 2024-06-24 300+ → 400+ up after 209 days in tier
- 2023-11-28 200+ → 300+ up after 90 days in tier
- 2023-08-30 300+ → 200+ down after 160 days in tier
- 2023-03-23 200+ → 300+ up
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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Demo Reset – Robust Demo Website Automation — installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
Quick Playground 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
TryDemoWP — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags - C Country Based Payments for WooCommerce 3K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag C
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Events Made Easy 1K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Viva Payments – Viva Wallet WooCommerce Payment Gateway 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B
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