Squad Payment Gateway
by squadco · Payments
Take payments on your store using Squad.
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Health
D 51/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈250 estimated
Momentum
-10%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “bank account”, “payment” and “payment gateway” 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.
51 health vs 68 average across 1,681 Payments plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.7%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 11.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Payments plugin keeps 1.0%, across 1,043 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.
Removal-risk signals
34/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
- No tested-up-to version. The listing declares no "Tested up to" version.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 884 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
No "Tested up to" declared, treated as a major version behind
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 884 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| squad your tag | #3 | #5 | 0 |
| bank account your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| payment your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| payment gateway your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| woocommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 1 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
- “bank account”, “payment” and “payment gateway” 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 1.5K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ 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.
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.
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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 months 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
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ kevinoc8mo ago
The great plugin has been abandoned by the owners
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ timolukayode4.1y ago
I have been waiting for this. Glad it finally came. tested, trusted and amazing.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Michael Akinwumi4.1y ago
It is so glad to see Squad launch it’s WordPress Plugin, what a seamless integration with WooCommerce, our Online Store is now ready to receive payment. Thanks to Squad Team
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.5.2
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
4 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 Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! 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 2 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,002 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "bank account" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-23 300+ → 200+ down after 266 days in tier
- 2025-07-31 200+ → 300+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-07-28 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-07-25 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-07-24 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-07-22 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-07-21 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-07-19 200+ → 300+ up 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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WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax) 500K+ installs · 2.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
افزونه پرداخت امن زرینپال برای ووکامرس (ZarinPal for WooCommerce) 60K+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags B -
Payment Gateway Based Fees and Discounts for WooCommerce 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Paystack WooCommerce Payment Gateway 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
PayU GPO Payment for WooCommerce 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
PhonePe Payment Solutions 10K+ installs · 3.3★ · 2 shared tags B
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