Simple Payment
by Ido Kobelkowsky · eCommerce
Turn any post, page or form into a "Buy Now" — collect credit-card payments, donations and recurring charges through the gateway you already …
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
30+
≈30 estimated
Momentum
+39%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “checkout”, “credit card” and “donation” 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.
83 health vs 71 average across 9,750 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.2%
of downloads still active
At least 30 of 13.9K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,143 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 5 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, 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.
41
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 24d
25%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 24d
-0.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| simple payment your tag | #20 | #24 | down 1 |
| bookkeeping | #15 | #11 | 0 |
| checkout your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| credit card your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| donation your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| membership your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
21 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 19 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
- “checkout”, “credit card” and “donation” 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 31 Oct 2024 · 730 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 635 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #23,000 to #24,800, 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 21 Oct 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
The public count shows “30+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band today and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 30.
Install history since 15 Sep 2026
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 8 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (2.5.23). Sites still on an older version should update.
- 2026-10-04 CVE-2026-96332 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.5.4 Patched in 2.5.6
- Patched Medium · 6.4 Simple Payment <= 2.5.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2026-09-11 CVE-2026-62111 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.5.4 Patched in 2.5.6
- 2026-09-02 CVE-2026-81292 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.5.1 Patched in 2.5.2
- 2025-10-29 CVE-2025-62075 Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program Affects <= 2.4.6 Patched in 2.4.7
- 2025-10-29 CVE-2025-62076 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.4.6 Patched in 2.4.7
- 2025-06-26 CVE-2025-6688 Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel Affects 1.3.6 - 2.3.8 Patched in 2.3.9
- 2024-12-11 CVE-2024-54303 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.3.7 Patched in 2.3.8
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.
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 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
8 of 8 pass · checked 25 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Turn any post, page or form into a "Buy Now" — collect credit-card payments, donations and recurring charge..."
- ✓ 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 Names its audience or use cases ("built for", "perfect for", "who want").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Elementor, Gutenberg, Block editor and 3 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 7 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,555 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "credit card" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-31 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-10-30 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-10-29 40+ → 30+ down after 39 days in tier
- 2026-09-20 30+ → 40+ 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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Paytium: Mollie payment forms & donations 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
GoDaddy Payments for WooCommerce 2K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
PayZen for WooCommerce 600+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Pelecard Gateway 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments 800K+ installs · 3.5★ · 1 shared tag B -
WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ installs · 2.9★ · 1 shared tag B
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