Zoho Billing – Embed Payment Form
by Zoho Subscriptions · eCommerce
Embed payment forms on your WordPress pages/posts without any coding.
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Health
B 81/100
Few reviews
Active installs
400+
≈470 estimated
Momentum
+13%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “checkout forms” and “one time payments” for “billing” and “recurring billing”. “checkout forms” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “billing” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “one time payments” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “recurring billing” sits at #23 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
81 health vs 71 average across 9,767 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.3%
of downloads still active
At least 400 of 17.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,154 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other eCommerce 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 2 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 19 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
2.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 3.94★ 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.
41
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
+0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
25%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
-0.9
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| pci complaint your tag | #1 | #3 | 0 |
| billing | #13 | #24 | down 2 |
| zoho | #17 | #24 | up 6 |
| zoho add on | #13 | #24 | 0 |
| recurring billing | #23 | #23 | down 1 |
| zoho plugin | #14 | #24 | up 1 |
| zoho wordpress | #19 | #24 | 0 |
| complaint | #20 | #24 | 0 |
| checkout forms your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| one time payments your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| online payments your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| recurring payments your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
12 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 8 listed. 4 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “checkout forms” and “one time payments” for “billing” and “recurring billing”. “checkout forms” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “billing” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “one time payments” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “recurring billing” sits at #23 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 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 663 · 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
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
2
releases in the last 12 months
19d ago
latest release · v4.2 · 13 Oct 2026
3
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 “400+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 71% of the way through.
Install history since 10 Oct 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ jasirsabri5.0y ago
It gives an error CP4001 while trying to preview the page with the Shortcode embedded. This topic was modified 4 years, 8 months ago by jasirsabri.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ markusmonte7.7y ago
In WP5.03/PHP 7.2 we get this messages when trying to implement the subscription checkout: Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /homepages/25/d359051120/htdocs/i-seo-works/wp-content/plugins/zoho-subscriptions/zs-plans.php:34) in /homepages/25/d359051120/htdocs/i-seo-works/wp-admin/includes/misc.php on line 1144 Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /homepages/25/d359051120/htdocs/i-seo-works/wp-content/plugins/zoho-subscriptions/zs-loading.php:7) in /homepages/25/d359051120/htdocs/i-seo-works/wp-admin/includes/misc.php on line 1144
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ thedirector279.9y ago
Installed this today. Setup was easy (was already logged into my Zoho Account) and adding the Subscription form was simple.. Probably want to make sure you have an SSL Certificate on your site and HTTPS active on the subscription page. As said, no errors here, displaying as intentended.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ RiseOfLex8810.2y ago
Fatal error on activation. Other users complaining of the same 6 months ago, no support from the devs. Pretty much the worst kind of plugin out there. Very sceptical about using zoho subscriptions if this is their standard
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (4.2). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 6.4 Zoho Billing <= 4.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-09-22 CVE-2025-57963 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 4.1 Patched in 4.2
- Patched Medium · 6.4 Zoho Billing – Embed Payment Form <= 4.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-03-27 CVE-2025-30900 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 4.0 Patched in 4.1
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.
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
4 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Embed payment forms on your WordPress pages/posts without any coding."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use this"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Zoho.
- ✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,361 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("checkout forms", "one-time payments", "online payments", "PCI complaint" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-18 500+ → 400+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-07-15 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-07-14 500+ → 400+ down after 335 days in tier
- 2025-08-13 600+ → 500+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-08-11 500+ → 600+ up after 16 days in tier
- 2025-07-26 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-07-25 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-07-24 600+ → 500+ down after 345 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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Pay with Vipps and MobilePay for WooCommerce 5K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Recurio – Ultimate Subscription for WooCommerce 2K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
Memberful – Membership Plugin 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Flexible Subscriptions 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A
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