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Klarna for WooCommerce
A payment option that might cost you more than it earns.
GrowingPoor ratingAutomattic
44/100
Frequent checkout failures and lost orders make this a risky choice for merchants.
Active installs
~48,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 30k+
Rating
2.3★
20 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+33%
Growing fast
314 → 419 installs/day
Warnings
- Distributed from inside Automattic's main product (Jetpack / WooCommerce / Akismet ecosystem) — growth is partly captive.
What to watch out for
- MAJORverified rating is 2.39★
- MINORreviews unevenly distributed over time
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +33% in the last year
314/day a year ago→419/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayKlarna for WooCommerce has a deeply negative reputation among users, driven by recurring checkout failures, lost orders, and poor support from both Klarna and the plugin's developer Krokedil, with no meaningful counterweight of positive experiences in the available reviews.
What people like
- +Basic payment functionality works in some setups
Common complaints
- −Checkout process frequently fails or freezes, causing a high rate of cancelled or lost orders×6
- −Plugin breaks or crashes the site, sometimes repeatedly after reinstallation×3
- −Poor support from both Klarna and plugin developer Krokedil — issues are deflected or blamed on the merchant's site×5
- −Version 4.5.0 introduced compatibility issues with WordPress 6.9 (since 4.5.0)
- −Translations and internationalisation are incomplete; many UI elements cannot be translated
- −Requires additional plugins to cover full functionality (e.g. order status sync, multi-currency), adding cost and complexity×2
- −The 'Pay Later' (invoice) payment method cannot be disabled, which is a blocker for merchants who require upfront payment
- −Theme and CSS compatibility is very limited; only one theme has been officially tested
- −Klarna's own onboarding and merchant support is described as unhelpful and unresponsive×2
Review trustReviews look organic
- 2.39★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 2.30★
- 10%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-09-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 20 total
Latest reviews · 20 analyzed
- 2026-03-30★★★★★crashed my website2fishone
- 2025-12-05★★★★★How did 4.5.0 Pass Testing?madpete
- 2025-10-06★★★★★not so greatEduard Doloc
- 2025-06-30★★★★★Worst support everMikael Mosesson1-shot
- 2025-02-14★★★★★Mediocre plugin but great support!Chris.V
- 2024-07-12★★★★★Can't disable certain payment options35mmd
- 2023-12-18★★★★★90% canceled transactionsmraspirapolvere1-shot
- 2023-10-02★★★★★Great pluginMartin lindahl
- 2023-09-14★★★★★Great plugin and quick supportSimon
- 2023-09-01★★★★★The only thing this is good for is breaking your site!Royah Marie
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Klarna for WooCommerce
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For developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
288
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
322
Prior 7-day baseline
336
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
5,190
Mean release-day peak (30d)
480
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-10.6%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
20%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.75
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
25%
5★ share in analyzed sample
10%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-67%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
2.25 → 2.39★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered