56
WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments
Excellent support for when your payouts get stuck.
DecliningPoor ratingAutomattic
56/100
Support is helpful but users worry about held funds and being stuck in a proprietary system.
Active installs
~1.5 million
our estimate · wp.org shows 900k+
Rating
3.2★
150 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-14%
Declining
8,091 → 6,951 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 3.30★
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
Declining · -14% in the last year
8,091/day a year ago→6,951/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayWooPayments is a functional integrated payment solution for WooCommerce with a consistently praised support team, but it draws serious criticism for fund-holding practices, higher fees than a direct Stripe setup, and the inflexibility of its forced Stripe Express account model.
What people like
- +Support team is consistently described as responsive, helpful, and effective at resolving complex issues×9
- +Smooth checkout flow and functional payment integration
Common complaints
- −Funds can be held or suspended indefinitely, with merchants reporting little recourse and near-impossible dispute resolution in their favor×2
- −Fees are higher than a standard direct Stripe + WooCommerce setup×2
- −Forces creation of a Stripe Express account that cannot be managed through Stripe directly and is permanently bound to WooCommerce, making migration away from the plugin very difficult
- −No Xero integration, creating accounting difficulties
- −Dispute fees are described as excessive, and disputes are reported as rarely resolved in the merchant's favor
Review trustReviews look organic
- 3.30★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 3.20★
- 10%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-02-152025-04-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 150 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-05-29★★★★★Fantastic Supportsrpapas
- 2026-04-28★★★★★Helpful support for a more complex integration setupGreen
- 2026-04-28★★★★★Solid plugin, excellent supportGiannis Kipouros
- 2026-04-23★★★★★Resolving Payoutkrystallo
- 2026-04-18★★★★★Ottimo supporto tecnicoGiovanni
- 2026-04-13★★★★★Tan malo y costoso como Stripe (es lo mismo)jgcaprocel
- 2026-04-10★★★★★WooCommerce support was greatyorkshire2028
- 2026-04-10★★★★★Amazing serviceJose Angel Navarro
- 2026-04-09★★★★★Helpful Support and a decent checkout experience – howeveroriginalpwah
- 2026-04-06★★★★★If you actually wish to have your money at the end of the day STAY AWAY!!hermesonlinehandel
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to WooPayments
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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.
8,547
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
6,337
Prior 7-day baseline
8,490
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
191,678
Mean release-day peak (30d)
8,351
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+34.9%
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.
10%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.75
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
54%
5★ share in analyzed sample
10%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
+53%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
3.33 → 3.30★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered