WooCommerce Payfast Gateway
Healthy: maintained, last release 7 Oct 2026, 13 releases in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.
| Ownership | 100 |
|---|---|
| Maintenance | 100 |
| Security | 100 |
| Support | 70 |
| Reputation | 70 |
Quick answers
- Is WooCommerce Payfast Gateway still maintained?
- Yes. Last release 7 Oct 2026, 13 releases in the last 24 months. 7 Oct 2026 · wordpress.org
- Who owns WooCommerce Payfast Gateway, and has it changed hands?
- No change recorded. Main committer automattic since May 2018. 3 Nov 2026 · SVN log
- Was WooCommerce Payfast Gateway removed from wordpress.org?
- No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026. 3 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
- Is WooCommerce Payfast Gateway safe?
- No known vulnerabilities on record. 3 Nov 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
- Is the latest WooCommerce Payfast Gateway update safe to install?
- No ownership change before 1.7.9. No one-star spike after it. 7 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.
| automattic | 2 May 2018 to 7 Oct 2026, 47 commits |
|---|---|
| bor0 | 23 May 2018 to 19 Nov 2018, 6 commits |
| bartoszbudzanowski | 17 Apr 2019 to 17 Apr 2019, 2 commits |
| royho | 6 Aug 2019 to 6 Aug 2019, 1 commits |
| Kloon | 6 Nov 2020 to 6 Nov 2020, 1 commits |
| wesleyjrosa | 18 Nov 2024 to 18 Nov 2024, 1 commits |
| diegocwp | 14 Jan 2025 to 14 Jan 2025, 1 commits |
| haszari | 4 Feb 2025 to 5 Feb 2025, 4 commits |
| ebinnion | 5 May 2025 to 5 May 2025, 1 commits |
9 committers recorded. No ownership change since 2018.
Maintenance
- Last release
- 27 days ago
- Releases, 24 months
- 13
- Tested up to
- 7.1 current
- Requires PHP
- 7.4 supported 8.2+
| Q1 2024 | 2 |
|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 3 |
| Q3 2024 | 2 |
| Q4 2024 | 2 |
| Q1 2025 | 2 |
| Q2 2025 | 1 |
| Q3 2025 | 2 |
| Q4 2025 | 1 |
| Q1 2026 | 1 |
| Q2 2026 | 2 |
| Q3 2026 | 1 |
| Q4 2026 | 1 |
Last release 7 Oct 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).
Reputation
Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 3.0.
| Q4 2023 | 4.0 |
|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | 1.0 |
| Q1 2025 | 1.0 |
Average rating fell from 4.0 to 1.0 between Q4 2023 and Q1 2025.
| 5 star | 3 |
|---|---|
| 4 star | 0 |
| 3 star | 1 |
| 2 star | 0 |
| 1 star | 3 |
- Still no Breakdance support · 1 star · 15 Feb 2025
- Outdated PHP error 500 · 1 star · 11 Dec 2024
- payments don’t reflect on WooCommerce · 1 star · 13 Aug 2020
Security record
No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.
Sources: Wordfence Intelligence, CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, readme changelogs.
Support
100% of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months.
Momentum
30,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.
| 4 May 2026 | 517 |
|---|---|
| 11 May 2026 | 1,081 |
| 18 May 2026 | 1,181 |
| 25 May 2026 | 951 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | 870 |
| 8 Jun 2026 | 823 |
| 15 Jun 2026 | 700 |
| 22 Jun 2026 | 699 |
| 29 Jun 2026 | 11,072 |
| 6 Jul 2026 | 2,564 |
| 13 Jul 2026 | 1,689 |
| 20 Jul 2026 | 1,525 |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 1,382 |
| 3 Aug 2026 | 1,069 |
| 10 Aug 2026 | 981 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 973 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 934 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 11,538 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 2,155 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | 1,994 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 1,529 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 1,292 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 10,789 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 2,992 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 2,502 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 2,401 |
| 2 Nov 2026 | 344 |
Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 16% below the 27-week average.
Healthier alternatives
Same job, rated Healthy, higher Canary Score and at least 10,000 installs. Never sponsored.
Facts
| Version | 1.7.9 |
|---|---|
| Author | WooCommerce |
| Added | 2 May 2018 |
| Last updated | 7 Oct 2026 |
| Active installs | 30,000+ |
| Requires WordPress | 6.9 |
| Tested up to | 7.1.4 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 |
| Category | E-commerce & Shopping |
| Tags | payfast, automattic, credit card, woocommerce, payment request |
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Questions
Is WooCommerce Payfast Gateway still maintained?
Yes. Last release 7 Oct 2026, 13 releases in the last 24 months.
Who owns WooCommerce Payfast Gateway, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer automattic since May 2018.
Was WooCommerce Payfast Gateway removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026.
Is WooCommerce Payfast Gateway safe?
No known vulnerabilities on record.
Is the latest WooCommerce Payfast Gateway update safe to install?
No ownership change before 1.7.9. No one-star spike after it.