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Payment Plugins Braintree For WooCommerce

by Payment Plugins · Payments

Also makes 2 other plugins · 182K+ installs across the portfolio →

Accept Credit Cards, PayPal, PayPal Credit, Google Pay, ApplePay, Venmo, and Local Payments like iDEAL all in one plugin for free!

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Health

A 92/100

no flags

Active installs

2K+

≈2.5K estimated

Momentum

+54%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: Rating quality scores 92/100. Lift the average: resolve the issues driving the low reviews.

How scoring works →
92 Health · A
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 94/100
Support 70/100
Security 98/100

92 health vs 68 average across 1,680 Payments plugins

Install conversion

How it's measured →

0.5%

of downloads still active

At least 2K of 424.9K 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.

This plugin shipped 8 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

Version
3.2.86
Last updated
22d ago
Added
2015-08-11 · 11 yrs old
Requires WP
3.0.1
Tested up to
7.1.4
Requires PHP
5.6

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.

98 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Well tuned across the board

Update recency 100/100

Updated 22 days ago

WP compatibility 100/100

Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer

Rating quality 92/100

4.8★ over 149 reviews, smoothed to 4.62★

Listing tuning 100/100

5 of 5 tags set · short description in place

Support resolution 100/100

1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months

Daily downloads

Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+54% vs prior 30d
10531 Oct 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 9.2K · peaks are release surges

3.8K31 Oct 2026

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

Payment Plugins Brai · #4464youPayPal Enterprise Pa · #2088Payment Gateway Brai · #12556PayPal Payment for W · #20276

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.831 Oct 2026

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

9231 Oct 2026

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.

1.9K31 Oct 2026

Release cadence

Actively maintained
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

8

releases in the last 12 months

22d ago

latest release · v3.2.86 · 9 Oct 2026

215

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

3.2.86 · 9 Oct 20263.2.85 · 17 Sep 20263.2.84 · 19 Aug 20263.2.83 · 10 Apr 20263.2.82 · 7 Feb 20263.2.81 · 19 Dec 20253.2.80 · 24 Nov 20253.2.79 · 8 Nov 20253.2.78 · 25 Oct 20253.2.77 · 8 Oct 20253.2.76 · 26 Aug 20253.2.75 · 12 Aug 20253.2.74 · 3 Jul 20253.2.73 · 27 Jun 2025

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v3.2 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “2K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
2K–3K ≈2.5K

Crossed into this band 9 months ago; the previous band took 14 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

Install history since 15 Oct 2015

2K31 Oct 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. ★★★★★ tictubso
    10mo ago

    Absolutely 5 stars from me. If there could be two things they could improve upon it would be: Button styles options – there’s none in the plugin settings, and I wish I found this plugin earlier

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  2. ★★★★★ John
    2.5y ago

    Have been using this plugin for a year and it works amazing. Support is ver responsive as well when I had question.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  3. ★★★★★ krisric345
    2.7y ago

    I’ve been using this plugin for 7+ years and it works wonderfully with excellent support every time I’ve needed help!

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  4. ★★★★★ cammcm
    3.4y ago

    Clayton is a legend! Very responsive and helpful and their plugins been seamless. Unfortunately Braintree itself is a joke .My accounts been restricted due to a DNS attack for 2 days….. raised a ticket on the online support but no contact. They have no online chat support, no direct email to the support team and their phone lines are un-monitored…. Like all of them! I’ve called support lines in 3 different countries and they all go straight to voice mail.Its a great service when its working but once its stopped don’t expect them to help….. don’t even expect to communicate with them.I’m signing up for another merchant account provider because its looking like it’l be quicker than getting my exisiting account sorted with Braintree Don’t take the risk, use someone else This topic was modified 3 years, 1 month ago by cammcm.

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  5. ★★★★★ networka
    3.8y ago

    I used a Plugin from AngellEYE to integrate Braintree before. It stopped working because of 3DS requirements. So I had to change because AngellEYE didn’t fix it in time. If you need a RELIABLE solution for a Payment Integration for Woocommerce. Use the Plugins from Payment Plugins. Great work guys!

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  6. ★★★★★ richardmusic0676
    4.0y ago

    Really easy to use, fully featured gateway plugin, works much better than the woo commerce one and the support was so quick and solved an small issue straight away, that was my configuration rather than a fault with the gateway. Highly recommend.

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  7. ★★★★★ needmystyle
    4.0y ago

    If you’re looking to implement Braintree and PayPal together, this plugin is great.

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  8. ★★★★★ bwph
    4.0y ago

    Excellent Plugin that provides all features we require from a Braintree integration, incl. developer documentation and customisability. Support answers quickly & precisely. Big recommendation! Edit: Typo. This topic was modified 3 years, 8 months ago by bwph. This topic was modified 3 years, 8 months ago by bwph.

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. — Version 3.2.86 Updated – WC tested up to 11.2 Updated – The iframe that contains the PayPal buttons has a new title “PayPal checkout buttons” to improve accessibility. 3.2.86
  2. — Version 3.2.85 Updated – WC tested up to 11.1 Updated – On the checkout block, the Venmo payment flow now triggers when the customer clicks the Place Order button like on the checkout shortcode. The Venmo button rendered in the payment 3.2.85
  3. — Version 3.2.84 Updated – WC tested up to 11.0 Updated – Braintree JS version to 3.144.0 Fixed – Added null check to stripslashes function call in class-wc-braintree-controller-checkout.php to prevent notice in later versions of PHP. 3.2.84
  4. — Version 3.2.83 Updated – WP 7.0 Updated – Add null check when action woocommerce_get_query_vars is triggered in case 3rd party plugins trigger that before woocommerce_init 3.2.83
  5. — Version 3.2.82 Fixed – On checkout block, only populate billing address if the address provided by PayPal is complete. PayPal sometimes provides an incomplete billing address. Updated – WC tested up to 10.5 3.2.82
  6. — Version 3.2.81 Fixed – Google Pay 3DS error on checkout block Updated – Improved compatability with the checkout block and cart block Updated – WC tested up to 10.4 Updated – WordPress tested up to 6.9 Updated – When validating terms a 3.2.81

Security history

via Wordfence Intelligence

The 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (3.2.86). Sites still on an older version should update.

  1. 2025-11-11 CVE-2025-12903 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Affects <= 3.2.78 Patched in 3.2.79

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.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 3 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Spanish (Spain) 31%
Ukrainian 8%
Dutch 5%

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 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

  • ✓ Says what it does "Accept Credit Cards, PayPal, PayPal Credit, Google Pay, ApplePay, Venmo, and Local Payments like iDEAL all..."
  • ✓ Has a FAQ 5 questions in the FAQ.
  • ✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 5 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 WooCommerce, PayPal.
  • ✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 1 list.
  • ✓ Enough to quote 1,378 characters of description.
  • ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("braintree gateway", "braintree plugin", "braintree woocommerce" missing).

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-01-28 3K+ → 2K+ down after 415 days in tier
  2. 2024-12-09 4K+ → 3K+ down after 326 days in tier
  3. 2024-01-18 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1 days in tier
  4. 2024-01-17 4K+ → 5K+ up after 1 days in tier
  5. 2024-01-16 5K+ → 4K+ down after 534 days in tier
  6. 2022-07-31 6K+ → 5K+ down after 394 days in tier
  7. 2021-07-02 4K+ → 6K+ up after 450 days in tier
  8. 2020-04-08 3K+ → 4K+ up after 111 days in tier

Competes with

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