China Payments Plugin | Accept WeChat Pay, Alipay & UnionPay | Chinese Checkout Optimization
by Brandon Ernst · Payments
Also makes 7 other plugins · 10.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
Accept WeChat Pay, Alipay & UnionPay via Stripe with WooCommerce, MemberPress, LifterLMS & Simple Membership.
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Health
A 89/100
no flags
Active installs
200+
≈280 estimated
Momentum
+12%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Swap “stripe” for “chinese”. “stripe” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “chinese” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
89 health vs 68 average across 1,691 Payments plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.8%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 23.8K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with 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.
This plugin shipped 13 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
Well tuned across the board
Updated 26 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 17 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.3★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
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.
31
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 22d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 22d
-0.4
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| chinese checkout | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| chinese payments your tag | #1 | #2 | — |
| unionpay your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| wechat pay your tag | #2 | #3 | 0 |
| china | #3 | #6 | down 1 |
| alipay your tag | #3 | #2 | 0 |
| #4 | #7 | down 1 | |
| chinese | #8 | #14 | down 3 |
| checkout optimization | #14 | #18 | 0 |
| wechat payments | #5 | #8 | 0 |
| due alipay for woocommerce | #5 | #7 | — |
| stripe checkout redirection | #8 | #13 | — |
| lifterlms | #24 | #20 | 0 |
| simple stripe checkout | #22 | #23 | — |
| stripe your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
31 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 14 listed. 17 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “stripe” for “chinese”. “stripe” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “chinese” sits at #8 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 · 1,491 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.2K · 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 1 Nov 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
13
releases in the last 12 months
26d ago
latest release · v3.6.1 · 8 Oct 2026
54
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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 months ago and the previous band took 19 months to cross, so the real count is still just under 300.
Install history since 1 Aug 2021
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 16 languages, 0 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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
8 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Accept WeChat Pay, Alipay & UnionPay via Stripe with WooCommerce, MemberPress, LifterLMS & Simple Membership."
- ✓ 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 ("perfect for", "who wants", "who want").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Stripe, LifterLMS, MemberPress.
- ✓ Headings and lists 26 headings and 12 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 7,669 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "Chinese Payments" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-24 300+ → 200+ down after 576 days in tier
- 2024-11-25 200+ → 300+ up after 396 days in tier
- 2023-10-26 100+ → 200+ up after 319 days in tier
- 2022-12-11 90+ → 100+ up after 68 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 70+ → 90+ up after 46 days in tier
- 2022-08-19 20+ → 70+ up
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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Yedpay for WooCommerce 300+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B -
Payment Gateway for Alipay and WeChat Pay (支付宝，微信支付，银联支付北美版) 80+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D -
AlphaPay for WeChat Pay, Alipay, UnionPay, and Credit Card（微信支付，支付宝，银联，信用卡支付） 60+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
StarPay-WPP Plugin — installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
WP VK-付费内容插件（付费阅读/资料/工具软件资源管理） 70+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Express Payment For Stripe 30+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
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