Showcase Payment Options (icons)
by KNEET · Payments
Also makes 6 other plugins · 1K+ installs across the portfolio →
The Showcase Payment Options (icons) plugin enables you to easily display payment method icons anywhere on your WordPress website via a shortcode.
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
C 63/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.9K estimated
Momentum
+31%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “mbway” to your wp.org tags. You rank #19 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed it's a slot worth spending.
63 health vs 68 average across 1,681 Payments plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →11%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 9.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above 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.
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 460 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
4.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.09★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 460 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.
30
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.7
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.4
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| mbway | #19 | #12 | 0 |
| e commerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| icons your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| payment your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
16 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 15 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “mbway” to your wp.org tags. You rank #19 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed it's a slot worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 17 Apr 2024 · 929 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.1K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
1.3y ago
latest release · v1.5.3 · 29 Jul 2025
10
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 96% 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 15 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 16 Apr 2024
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ etellwright1.1y ago
Great plugin. Does something small but important cleanly and simply. Includes plenty of customisation.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ 123sesamestreet1.3y ago
After installing, my site would not load for customers. I contacted my hosting provider who helped narrow down the issue to this plugin creating over 300,000 calls. I do not recommend installing until this is resolved. It worked great for the first few hours, then all of a sudden my site began to load at a crawl due to the surge of seemingly spam traffic. Once I removed the plugin, the site began loading smoothly as normal. A significant portion of this traffic — approximately 343,992 hits — appears to be targeting the following plugin: 343,992 /wp-content/plugins/showcase-payment-options-icons/js/spopm-payment-icons-plugin.js? Based on this, we recommend reviewing the Showcase Payment Options Icons plugin. You may also try temporarily disabling it to see if this helps resolve the loading issue. Nexcess Support Team
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ JB261.7y ago
This plugins saves time on image editing and deployment
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ RebeccaBlackman2.5y ago
Does exactly what it says on the tin – simple installation, no-fuss setup and I now have a clean, professional display in my footer.
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more
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
6 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "The Showcase Payment Options (icons) plugin enables you to easily display payment method icons anywhere on..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 6 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 6 of 6 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 PayPal.
- ! Headings and lists 2 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,032 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 3 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-08-20 900+ → 1K+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2025-08-15 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-08-14 900+ → 1K+ up after 57 days in tier
- 2025-06-18 800+ → 900+ up after 41 days in tier
- 2025-05-08 700+ → 800+ up after 30 days in tier
- 2025-04-08 600+ → 700+ up after 47 days in tier
- 2025-02-20 500+ → 600+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-02-18 600+ → 500+ down after 2 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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Pix por Piggly (para Woocommerce) 4K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C -
Up2pay e-Transactions WooCommerce Payment Gateway 4K+ installs · 3.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Payrexx Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 2K+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags B -
PostFinance Checkout for Woocommerce 900+ installs · 2.3★ · 2 shared tags C -
Newebpay Payment 600+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Paybox WooCommerce Payment Gateway 500+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags B
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