StellarPay – Stripe Payment Gateway for WooCommerce
by Nexcess · Payments
Also makes 23 other plugins · 2.6M+ installs across the portfolio →
StellarPay is a free Stripe WordPress plugin that makes online payments simple for WooCommerce stores.
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Health
C 65/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈270 estimated
Momentum
+61%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “gateway”, “payment” and “stripe” 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.
65 health vs 68 average across 1,680 Payments plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.6%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 32.3K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Payments plugin keeps 1.0%, across 1,042 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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Support resolution
Updated 438 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
4.3★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.11★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Mark more forum threads resolved — the resolved ratio feeds the ranking.
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, 25d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 25d
-0.5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| gateway your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| payment your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| stripe your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| stripe payment gateway 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, 0 listed. 7 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “gateway”, “payment” and “stripe” 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 6.6K · 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.
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
1.2y ago
latest release · v1.9.1 · 19 Aug 2025
13
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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 73% of the way through.
Install history since 16 Nov 2024
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ idea79mo ago
This plugin provides a ton of features by integrating Stripe as a WooCommerce payment method that supports a ton of Stripe’s payment methods and integrations. It also pulls your Stripe account dashboard data into your site admin area, and it has an onboarding experience that is easy enough for website clients…that is significant.I haven’t seen any issues yet on two sites. I normally use a different Stripe Payment integration that I like, but this one is good enough to make me change. Hey, StellarWP! Have you thought about making this work with other ecommerce checkout options in WP? I bet you have. I’d love to have this without WooCommerce for many simple use cases when WC is way overkill. Maybe make a paid version with a light ecommerce checkout flow?
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ chicsouq1.0y ago
Overall good, but not that stable. will change my review if it get improved This topic was modified 8 months, 3 weeks ago by chicsouq.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ pexila1.0y ago
One of the few payment methods that allow apple pay / google pay inline payment and yet save the checkout form data. unlike the other plugins that has mainly express checkout only that doest store the custom billing info filled in the form
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Matt Cromwell2.0y ago
This is the smoothest, easiest on the eyes, most robust ways to use Stripe in WooCommerce, hands down. The features, the UI, everything about it is a dream! p.s. full disclosure, I work at StellarWP and have been watching the development of this for a long time, I still will recommend this for a REALLY long time regardless.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 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
8 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "StellarPay is a free Stripe WordPress plugin that makes online payments simple for WooCommerce stores."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 10 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 10 of 10 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("for woocommerce stores", "who want").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Stripe, PayPal, LearnDash.
- ✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 9 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 6,556 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-25 300+ → 200+ down after 44 days in tier
- 2026-06-11 200+ → 300+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2026-06-05 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-06-02 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-01 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-05-30 200+ → 300+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-05-27 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-05-25 200+ → 300+ up after 20 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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Payment Gateway Based Fees and Discounts for WooCommerce 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A -
WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway 700K+ installs · 3.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax) 500K+ installs · 2.2★ · 2 shared tags B -
Accept Stripe Payments 20K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Claudio Sanches – PagSeguro for WooCommerce 10K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags D -
WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments 800K+ installs · 3.5★ · 1 shared tag B
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