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Best Free WordPress Plugins for Payment Request

9 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Payment Request

All 9 Free only Premium only

Choosing a WordPress plugin for payment request comes down to a few things: whether it is still actively maintained, whether real users rate it well, and whether it does the specific job you need without dragging the rest of the site down.

We ranked 9 plugins using our WPScore, which weighs the user rating (adjusted for how many people actually rated it), how many sites run it, how recently it was updated, and which WordPress version it is tested against. 9 of them have enough public data to be scored; the rest are listed below the ranked block, clearly marked, rather than being given a number we cannot justify.

How this list is funded. Some links here earn us a commission if you buy. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not move anything up the list — the order comes from the WPScore, which is calculated from public ratings, install counts and update history. See the method.

At a glance

  1. 1. WooCommerce Payfast Gateway Best overall 83/100
  2. 2. Eway Payments for Woo 80/100
  3. 3. Peach Payments Gateway 80/100
  4. 4. Direct Invoices 78/100
  5. 5. Ozow Gateway for WooCommerce 68/100
  6. 6. UnivaPay for WooCommerce 68/100
  7. 7. Simple PAY.JP Payment 65/100
  8. 8. YouCan Pay 58/100
  9. 9. Paymennt 43/100
1 WooCommerce Payfast Gateway
Best overall Free by WooCommerce

WooCommerce Payfast Gateway

Give customers more flexibility and increase your bottom line with Payfast — one of South Africa’s most popular payment gateways.

3★
from 7 ratings
30k+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
83

WPScore

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2 Eway Payments for Woo
Free by ewaypayments

Eway Payments for Woo

This is the official WooCommerce extension to take credit card and subscription payments directly on your store with Eway.

3.2★
from 5 ratings
3k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
80

WPScore

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4 Direct Invoices
Free by Digages

Direct Invoices

Direct Invoices lets you send professional invoices and get paid through 100+ payment methods without fees or third-party gateways.

5★
from 3 ratings
200+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
78

WPScore

Read review View on WordPress.org