WooCommerce Accepted Payment Methods
by James Koster · Payments
Also makes 5 other plugins · 16.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
Extends WooCommerce giving you the option to display accepted payment methods via widget, shortcode or template tag.
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Health
D 42/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
2K+
≈2.5K estimated
Momentum
+35%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “credit card”, “logo” and “payment” 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.
42 health vs 68 average across 1,680 Payments plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.2%
of downloads still active
At least 2K of 169.6K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with 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.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3260 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.0.38; the current branch is 6.8
3.4★ over 12 reviews, smoothed to 3.96★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3260 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| credit card your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| logo your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| payment your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| woocommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “credit card”, “logo” and “payment” 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 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 714 · peaks are release surges
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
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
11.9y ago
latest release · v0.7.0 · 9 Dec 2014
8
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 99% 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 “2K+”. 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 52% of the way through.
Install history since 24 Nov 2017
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Filippos Sdr.11.3y ago
Works perfectly on the websites that I am using this plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ banbako11.8y ago
Was perfect. Just the size of the payment options are not equal size. Should be same size. Overall anyways is good. Thank you to the developer.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ loers12.1y ago
It seems I misunderstand the function of this plugin… I thought it displays the accepted payment methods, but it does not! The plugins just extends the WooCommerce payment options with a setting to display payment icons, which the creator thought to be useful, indepedent from your shop settings. So this plugin is only useful if you only accept the follwing payment menthods: American Express, Bitcoin, BTC, Discover, Google, Maestro, MasterCard, MasterCard, PayPal, Visa. Additional Methods have to be requested.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ prashantvarun12.2y ago
really good and easy to use plugin … I have added payment accepted image in my footer of the site anyone can see that on http://www.sugapple.com. just install the plugin and the widget in footer so easy and great but dont forget to choose the setting from woocommerce- checkout tab
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Bci28712.3y ago
HI would be great if add Amazon and giving option to add more since it keeps on changing payment options
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ stuartbartley12.3y ago
Unfortunately it half works, the images are all cut off (which is a common problem I see on the help forum). i guess it’s theme dependent, but this issue has been going on long enough for it to be resolved. great idea, just doesn’t work very well
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jonas.ha12.4y ago
can you add Amazon Payments? https://payments.amazon.com/business/resources?ld=PA#payment-marks-graphics
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Joe Bloggs12.4y ago
I really like the idea of this plugin, but unfortunately it doesn’t work. Or maybe it does, but doesn’t for me. I think it is very theme dependent. It will either work with your theme or it will not. I went through the support forum and found a few similar cases to mine. Big part of each icon is cut off in my theme. James reckons everything works well in his theme, so that’s why I get the impression that it depends on the theme you have installed if your payment icons will display correctly or not. Either way, I am giving 1 star out of 5. Great idea, but from the forums I believe that James knows that the bug is there for several months now, but I see no intention of fixing it ..
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 0.6.0 New – cash on delivery symbol (Kudos chirag-v) New – Danish translation (props MamaTux) Fix – broken link in widget Tweak – Removed btc 0.6.0
- — Version 0.5.0 WooCommerce 2.1 compatibility (now required WooCommerce 2.1). NL translation. Kudos @ramoonus 0.5.0
- — Version 0.4 Added Bitcoin & BTC (Kudos piit79) Added Maestro 0.4
- — Version 0.3 Added Discover Renamed widget to match WooCommerce core naming convention & added link to configure options Stripped object pass by reference Added en_GB po/mo 0.3
- — Version 0.2.2 UI tweak to be inline with 2.0s slightly updated settings API Improved i18n (Kudos deckerweb) Added missing Gettext syntax (Kudos deckerweb) Changed loading call for textdomain (with correct textdomain) (Kudos deckerweb) 0.2.2
- — Version 0.2.1 styles correctly hooked into wp_enqueue_scripts(); 0.2.1
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 52 languages, 0 at 90% or more
Plus 28 more locales with partial translations.
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
3 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 "Extends WooCommerce giving you the option to display accepted payment methods via widget, shortcode or temp..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 1 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("Installation Instructions").
- ! 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 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 471 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 4 tags appear in the text; "credit card", "logo" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-10 3K+ → 2K+ down after 199 days in tier
- 2025-10-23 4K+ → 3K+ down after 228 days in tier
- 2025-03-09 5K+ → 4K+ down after 167 days in tier
- 2024-09-23 6K+ → 5K+ down after 76 days in tier
- 2024-07-09 7K+ → 6K+ down after 140 days in tier
- 2024-02-20 8K+ → 7K+ down after 100 days in tier
- 2023-11-12 9K+ → 8K+ down after 73 days in tier
- 2023-08-31 10K+ → 9K+ down after 858 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★ · 2 shared tags B -
WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ installs · 2.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
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 -
Mollie Payments for WooCommerce 100K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
WooCommerce Square 80K+ installs · 2.2★ · 2 shared tags B
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