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Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce

by Mercado Pago · 100,000+ active installs · Checked 4 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: maintained, last release 22 Oct 2026, 73 releases in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.

90/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security90
Support67
Reputation85

How the score works

Quick answers

Is Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce still maintained?
Yes. Last release 22 Oct 2026, 73 releases in the last 24 months. 22 Oct 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer mercadopago since Oct 2017. 4 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 4 Nov 2026. 4 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce safe?
5 known vulnerabilities, all fixed (latest in 8.9.1). Not on the exploited list. 5 Aug 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce update safe to install?
No ownership change before 8.9.7. No one-star spike after it. 22 Oct 2026 · Release history

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
claudiosanches7 Nov 2012 to 10 Aug 2020, 58 commits
mercadopago24 Oct 2017 to 22 Oct 2026, 519 commits

2 committers recorded. No ownership change since 2012.

Maintenance

Last release
13 days ago
Releases, 24 months
73
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
7.4 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce
Q1 20244
Q2 202411
Q3 20245
Q4 20246
Q1 20255
Q2 20257
Q3 202516
Q4 20257
Q1 202615
Q2 202610
Q3 20266
Q4 20262

Last release 22 Oct 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Reputation

Last 90 days: 5.0 (2 reviews). Lifetime: 3.9.

Average rating per quarter for Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce
Q1 20255.0
Q2 20254.4
Q3 20254.0
Q4 20254.0
Q1 20263.2
Q2 20262.3
Q3 20265.0

Average rating stayed at 5.0 between Q1 2025 and Q3 2026.

Rating distribution
5 star451
4 star43
3 star28
2 star23
1 star148
Latest low reviews

Security record

2 vulnerabilities in 24 months (5 on record), all patched (latest fixed in 8.9.1).

Show 5 patched vulnerabilities
PublishedIssueCVSSAffectedFixed inDays to patch
5 Aug 2026Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce <= 8.9.0 - Unauthenticated Insecure Direct Object Reference5.3<= 8.9.08.9.1Patched before disclosure
5 May 2026Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce <= 8.7.11 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated PIX Payment QR Code Image Disclosure5.3<= 8.7.118.7.12Patched before disclosure
19 Jul 2024Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce 7.3.0 - 7.6.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Download6.57.3.0 to 7.6.17.6.2Patched before disclosure
6 Feb 2023Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce <= 6.3.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery4.3<= 6.3.16.4.0316
23 Jan 2023Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce <= 6.6.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery4.3<= 6.6.06.7.0330

Sources: Wordfence Intelligence, CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, readme changelogs.

Support

67% of 6 support threads resolved in the last 2 months.

Momentum

100,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce
4 May 202612,393
11 May 202642,095
18 May 202613,289
25 May 20267,854
1 Jun 202634,094
8 Jun 202635,206
15 Jun 202610,021
22 Jun 202634,606
29 Jun 202635,045
6 Jul 202611,894
13 Jul 202635,854
20 Jul 202610,348
27 Jul 20267,632
3 Aug 202640,561
10 Aug 202610,583
17 Aug 202640,908
24 Aug 202636,506
31 Aug 20268,683
7 Sep 20266,941
14 Sep 20268,787
21 Sep 202655,626
28 Sep 202611,722
5 Oct 202633,347
12 Oct 20269,543
19 Oct 202631,002
26 Oct 202614,443
2 Nov 20261,241

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 37% below the 27-week average.

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Facts

Version8.9.7
AuthorMercado Pago
Added7 Nov 2012
Last updated22 Oct 2026
Active installs100,000+
Requires WordPress6.3
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP7.4
CategoryE-commerce & Shopping
Tagsecommerce, mercadopago, woocommerce

Other plugins by this author: WPeComm Mercado Pago Module Oficial

Questions

Is Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce still maintained?

Yes. Last release 22 Oct 2026, 73 releases in the last 24 months.

Who owns Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer mercadopago since Oct 2017.

Was Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce removed from wordpress.org?

No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 4 Nov 2026.

Is Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce safe?

5 known vulnerabilities, all fixed (latest in 8.9.1). Not on the exploited list.

Is the latest Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce update safe to install?

No ownership change before 8.9.7. No one-star spike after it.

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