Payment Gateway for PayPal Pro on WooCommerce
by Easy Payment · Payments
Also makes 6 other plugins · 11.7K+ installs across the portfolio →
The complete PayPal suite for WooCommerce: Smart Buttons, on-site card fields with 3-D Secure, Google Pay, Apple Pay, Venmo, Pay Later and Fastlane.
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Health
B 84/100
Few reviews
Active installs
90+
≈90 estimated
Momentum
+40%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “apple pay”, “credit card” and “google pay” for “fastlane”, “paypal pro” and “venmo”. “apple pay” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “fastlane” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “credit card” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “paypal pro” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “google pay” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “venmo” sits at #18 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
84 health vs 68 average across 1,680 Payments plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.6%
of downloads still active
At least 90 of 16.3K 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.
This plugin shipped 3 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
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 90 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
4.3★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.12★ 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.
37
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
15%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| fastlane | #5 | #8 | 0 |
| paypal pro | #12 | #22 | down 1 |
| venmo | #18 | #18 | down 2 |
| paypal credit card rest | #13 | #23 | up 2 |
| paypal gateway | #23 | #22 | down 1 |
| gateway paypal | #24 | #22 | down 4 |
| apple pay your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| credit card your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| google pay your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| paypal your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| woocommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
21 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 6 listed. 15 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
- Swap “apple pay”, “credit card” and “google pay” for “fastlane”, “paypal pro” and “venmo”. “apple pay” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “fastlane” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “credit card” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “paypal pro” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “google pay” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “venmo” sits at #18 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 270 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #16,800 to #17,400, alongside the other plugins at 90+ 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
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.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
3
releases in the last 12 months
3mo ago
latest release · v8.0.0 · 3 Aug 2026
6
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “90+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 90.
Install history since 19 Jul 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ benki3654.1y ago
i need to know how to create PayPal pro live not sandbox
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ hottyroja4.8y ago
Provide all the required option and time to time update without any issue. I am using since last few hours without any issue. Thanks you very much!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ emiliamuller3484.8y ago
Ich habe einen meiner Clients aus dem Vereinigten Königreich verwendet und er funktioniert ohne Probleme. jede Möglichkeit geboten. Danke schön
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kevinbadmas4.9y ago
I am using since last 1 year, it’s great plugin and working fine without any issue. Thank you for free plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ drew8.2y ago
Avoid this payment method if at all possible. After installation, you need complex set-up between a Paypal account and a sandbox account. After configuration of APIs, you will receive error messages with NO MEANING (invalid header?) on checkout with sample credit card information given in the sandbox account, if it does not process. I set this up over a year ago for another website to test e commerce. Absolutely, NO IMPROVEMENTS with PayPal Pro Sandbox. Actually, it has become worse. NOTE: Installed Strip plugin and the account was set up in seconds with APIs and sample credit card information. I spent over an hour troubleshooting PayPal Pro. This topic was modified 7 years, 11 months ago by drew.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ashvin98710.3y ago
Big thanks to this plugin, best of the best Woocommerce PayPal solution…
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2
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
7 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "The complete PayPal suite for WooCommerce: Smart Buttons, on-site card fields with 3-D Secure, Google Pay,..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 7 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 7 of 7 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, Elementor, Stripe, PayPal.
- ✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,561 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
- 2026-10-30 80+ → 90+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-10-28 90+ → 80+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-10-26 80+ → 90+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-10-23 90+ → 80+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-10-20 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-10-19 90+ → 80+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2026-10-11 80+ → 90+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2026-10-04 100+ → 80+ down after 26 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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WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments 800K+ installs · 3.5★ · 3 shared tags B -
WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ installs · 2.9★ · 3 shared tags B -
Payment Plugins for Stripe WooCommerce 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
Payment Gateway for Redsys & WooCommerce Lite 20K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway 700K+ installs · 3.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Mollie Payments for WooCommerce 100K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B
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