WP SecureSubmit
by SecureSubmit · Payments
Also makes 2 other plugins · 620+ installs across the portfolio →
SecureSubmit allows merchants using Global Payments to take PCI-Friendly donations on their WordPress site.
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Health
C 66/100
Few reviews · Open vulnerability
Active installs
40+
≈42 estimated
Momentum
-3%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “buy now”, “donation” and “payment” 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.
66 health vs 68 average across 1,681 Payments plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.6%
of downloads still active
At least 40 of 6.6K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Payments plugin keeps 1.0%, across 1,044 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Payments plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 2 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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 285 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ 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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| globalpayments your tag | #4 | #5 | 0 |
| buy now your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| donation your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| payment your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| securesubmit. your tag | Not checked yet | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “buy now”, “donation” and “payment” 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 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 203 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #21,400 to #22,800, alongside the other plugins at 40+ 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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
2
releases in the last 12 months
10mo ago
latest release · v1.5.20 · 20 Jan 2026
14
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 “40+”. 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 over 40.
At the current install trend, crossing 50+ in roughly 226 days.
Install history since 20 Aug 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Ken Davenport4.0y ago
Your plugin uses create_function in the /securesubmit/SecureSubmit.php file which is deprecated as of PHP 7.2.0. This should be updated.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence2 open vulnerabilities affect the current version (1.5.20). 0 of 2 disclosed are patched.
- 2025-01-03 CVE-2024-56270 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affects <= 1.5.18 No patch available
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
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
2 of 8 pass · checked 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "SecureSubmit allows merchants using Global Payments to take PCI-Friendly donations on their WordPress 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 Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 800 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "globalpayments", "securesubmit." do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-17 30+ → 40+ up after 59 days in tier
- 2026-06-19 40+ → 30+ down after 20 days in tier
- 2026-05-30 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-29 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-28 30+ → 40+ up after 43 days in tier
- 2026-04-15 40+ → 30+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2026-04-08 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-07 40+ → 30+ down after 71 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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Paymattic – Secure, Simple Payment & Donation with Subscription Payments, Recurring Donations, Customer Management 3K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Global Payments SecureSubmit Gateway 500+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B -
Integrate Razorpay for Contact Form 7 500+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments 800K+ installs · 3.5★ · 1 shared tag B -
WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax) 500K+ installs · 2.3★ · 1 shared tag B -
GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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