WP Simple Pay
by Awesome Motive
Takes Stripe payments through standalone forms without installing a full ecommerce platform.
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What WP Simple Pay does
Takes Stripe payments through standalone forms without installing a full ecommerce platform.
It sits in the payments part of a WordPress stack and is sold by Awesome Motive on a freemium basis. We recommend it in our payments guides because it does that one job well without asking you to rebuild the rest of the site around it.
Every plugin adds work to a page request, so treat this as a decision with a cost. Record a speed test before you install it and run the same test afterwards, on the same page, so you know exactly what it charged you.
Real user ratings
WP Simple Pay is sold outside the WordPress.org directory, so there is no public user rating to quote. Our own editorial score is 4.7/5, based on the vendor documentation, the refund window and the measured performance cost.
Where WP Simple Pay ranks elsewhere
| Publisher | List | Position |
|---|---|---|
| WPBeginner | Best WordPress eCommerce Plugins | #6 of 12 |
Positions are read from the published articles themselves, so they reflect that publisher's order rather than ours. Lists get re-ordered over time, so follow the link if you want the current version.
What changed in the latest version
WP Simple Pay does not publish a changelog we can read automatically, so check the vendor's own release notes before you update a live site.
Pros and cons
- Payments without WooCommerce
- A free tier you can trial before paying
- Actively maintained and used on production sites we test
- Not a product catalogue
- The features most sites need sit in the paid tier
How to use it
- 1Install on a staging copy first if the site takes money.
- 2Work through the setup wizard and connect any external accounts it needs.
- 3Configure the one feature you installed it for, and leave the rest off.
- 4Test the result as a logged-out visitor on both mobile and desktop.
- 5Re-run our speed test to confirm the plugin has not cost you load time.
How it compares
Other payments plugins we recommend, with their rating and pricing model.
| Plugin | Our rating | WordPress.org | Pricing | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WP Simple Pay | 4.7 | n/a | Freemium | Payments without WooCommerce |
| PayPal Payments | 4.2 | n/a | Free | Buyer trust and wallet checkout |
| WooCommerce Stripe Gateway | 4.4 | 4.5 (4,823) | Free | Apple Pay and Google Pay included |
| WooPayments | 4.2 | 3.4 (169) | Free | Payments managed inside WordPress |
Guides that cover WP Simple Pay
Alternatives
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