WooCommerce
Free, open-source WordPress store plugin from Automattic for physical and digital products, extended with free and paid extensions from the Woo Marketplace.
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WP Simple Pay
Stripe payment-form plugin for one-off and recurring payments without a cart. The free version adds a 3% fee; paid plans remove it.
Free installs8K+WordPress.org, active
Est. Pro installs~3.3KLikely 2.1K–5K
Vendor claims14K+Vendor's own figure
Rating4.4/5117 reviews
Price from$99/yrFreemium
Last updated19 Oct 2026Version 4.17.5
Overview
WP Simple Pay is a Stripe-only payments plugin from the Awesome Motive family (originally built by Sandhills Development). It does not create a shop, catalogue or cart. Instead you build payment forms (a product, a service, a deposit, a membership fee or a donation) and drop them onto any page. Payments, customers and subscriptions live in your Stripe account, and the plugin keeps a transactions list in WordPress.
Free versus paid
The free plugin on WordPress.org, listed as Stripe Payment Forms by WP Simple Pay, sends buyers to Stripe’s hosted Checkout page. It supports cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay and a long list of regional methods, plus recurring subscriptions. The catch is a 3% application fee on every transaction, charged on top of Stripe’s own fees. Any paid licence removes that fee. It also adds on-site embedded and overlay forms, a drag-and-drop field builder, coupon codes, fixed tax rates, user-entered amounts, refunds from WordPress, file uploads and custom receipt emails. The higher tiers unlock more. Plus adds customer-managed subscriptions and renewal reminders. Professional adds installment plans, setup fees, free trials, Klarna, Afterpay and Affirm, and location-based automatic tax.
Strengths
- Forms take minutes to set up and Stripe handles PCI compliance, SCA and fraud screening.
- Subscriptions, trials and installment plans are flexible for a forms plugin.
- Paid plans charge no extra fee, and the form templates cover common payment cases.
Limitations
WP Simple Pay is a payment tool, not a store. It has no shipping rates, no real stock control (only purchase limits on forms), no secure file delivery, no abandoned-cart emails and no order bumps. It only works with Stripe, so PayPal is not an option. Its reports are payment-volume summaries rather than product or customer analytics. The vendor also says it is not meant to be combined with WooCommerce or Easy Digital Downloads.
Who should pick it: consultants, coaches, clubs, schools and service businesses that sell a few fixed or recurring items through Stripe and want no cart. If you need a catalogue, shipping or downloads, a full eCommerce plugin is a better fit.
Best for: Service businesses, coaches and organisations that take one-off or recurring Stripe payments through simple forms instead of a store.
WP Simple Pay does one job well: it turns Stripe into tidy payment forms with good subscription controls. Skip the free version if you take meaningful revenue, because the 3% fee soon costs more than a Personal licence. It is not a substitute for a real store when you need shipping, stock or downloads.
Pros
- Very quick to set up a Stripe payment form with no cart or catalogue
- Free version already handles Stripe subscriptions, Apple Pay and Google Pay
- Paid plans charge no extra transaction fee
- Strong subscription options: trials, setup fees, installment plans
- Stripe Checkout keeps PCI and SCA compliance off your server
Cons
- Free version takes a 3% fee on every payment
- Stripe only, with no PayPal or other gateways
- No shipping rates, stock control, file delivery or abandoned-cart tools
- Trials, setup fees and installments need the $399/year Professional plan
- Reports cover payment volume only, not products or customers
Key features
What WP Simple Pay highlights on its WordPress.org page and its own website, split by version.
Free version WordPress.org
- Stripe Checkout payment forms
- One-time and recurring subscription payments
- Apple Pay and Google Pay on Checkout
- Cards plus many regional methods
- 135+ currencies and 30+ languages
- Billing and shipping address collection
- Transactions page with search and export
- Subscriptions list with renewal dates
- Pre-made form templates
- Stripe Radar fraud protection
- 3% fee per transaction
Pro / paid adds From $99/yr
- No transaction fee on any plan
- On-site embedded and overlay forms
- Drag-and-drop custom fields
- Coupon codes with limits and expiry
- Fixed and automatic location-based tax
- Free trials, setup fees, installment plans
- Customer-managed subscriptions
- Refunds from the WordPress admin
- ACH, SEPA, Klarna, Afterpay and Affirm
- Purchase restrictions and form scheduling
- Zapier, webhooks and AffiliateWP integrations
- Custom receipt and renewal emails
Feature checklist
17 of 23 features we track in eCommerce Plugins, feature score 54/100
Products 4/6
Physical products Key
Sell shippable goods with stock and weights.
Can collect shipping addresses and limit purchases, but there are no weights, shipping rates or stock control.
Partial
Digital downloads Key
Sell files with secure, expiring download links.
No file delivery or secure download links; it only takes the payment.
Not included
Product variations Key
Sizes, colours and other variants with their own price and stock.
A form can offer several price options with quantities, but there are no attribute-based variants with their own stock.
Partial
Subscriptions & recurring payments Key
Sell products or services that renew automatically.
Recurring Stripe subscriptions in free; trials, setup fees and installments need Professional.
Included
Inventory management
Track stock levels and low-stock alerts.
Purchase restrictions cap how often a form or price can be bought; this is a usage limit, not stock tracking.
Partial
Software licensing
Issue licence keys for software or plugins.
No licence-key generation.
Not included
Checkout & payments 5/7
Stripe & PayPal included Key
Major payment gateways work without paid add-ons.
Stripe is built in and free (with a 3% fee); no PayPal or other gateways.
Partial
Apple Pay & Google Pay
One-tap wallet payments at checkout.
Apple Pay and Google Pay on Stripe Checkout in free; on custom on-site forms with a paid plan.
Included
Checkout customisation
Change checkout fields and layout, or build custom checkout pages.
Drag-and-drop custom fields and on-site embedded or overlay forms; free uses Stripe-hosted Checkout.
Paid version Personal
Coupons & discounts
Discount codes and automatic discounts.
Percentage or fixed coupons with expiry and redemption limits; repeating durations need Professional.
Paid version Personal
Upsells & order bumps
Offer extra products at checkout or after purchase.
No order bumps or post-purchase upsells.
Not included
Abandoned cart recovery
Email shoppers who leave without paying.
No abandoned checkout recovery emails.
Not included
Multi-currency
Show prices and take payments in several currencies.
Each form charges in a chosen currency (135+ supported), but there is no currency switcher; one currency per checkout.
Partial
Tax, shipping & orders 4/5
Tax calculation Key
VAT and sales tax rules or automated tax calculation.
Fixed tax rates on all paid plans; location-based automatic rates need Professional.
Paid version Personal
Shipping rates Key
Zones, flat rates, live carrier rates or labels.
Addresses can be collected, but no shipping zones, rates or labels.
Not included
Order management
View, edit, refund and fulfil orders in WordPress.
Free Transactions page to search and export payments; refunds from WordPress need a paid plan.
Partial
Customer accounts
Customer area with orders, downloads and subscriptions.
Customers can manage their own subscriptions; there is no full account area with order history.
Paid version Plus
Sales reports Key
Revenue, product and customer reports.
Activity & Reports shows payment volume and recent payments, not product or customer analytics.
Partial
Platform 4/5
No platform transaction fees Key
No extra fee on sales beyond the payment processor's.
Free version adds a 3% fee per payment; all paid plans charge 0% extra.
Paid version Personal
Store data in WordPress
Products, orders and customers stored in your own database.
Payments, customers and subscriptions live in Stripe; WordPress keeps a transaction list.
Partial
Extension ecosystem
Large library of official and third-party extensions.
A few integrations (AffiliateWP, Zapier, Elementor, Divi) but no extension library.
Not included
Block editor support
Product, cart and checkout blocks for the block editor.
Payment forms can be inserted with a block, but there are no product, cart or checkout blocks.
Partial
REST API & webhooks
API and webhooks for custom integrations.
Hooks and filters for developers; webhooks and Zapier are included on paid plans.
Included
Feature checklist
12 of 19 features we track in Donations & Fundraising, feature score 63/100
Donation forms 4/5
Donation forms Key
Customisable donation forms you can embed anywhere.
Payment forms and templates work as donation forms; Pro adds the drag-and-drop builder.
Included
Recurring donations Key
Monthly or yearly giving.
Lite now includes subscriptions (3% fee applies); weekly, monthly or yearly schedules.
Included
Preset & custom amounts
Suggested amounts plus a custom amount field.
User-entered amounts alongside suggested amounts need a paid licence.
Paid version Personal
Fee recovery Key
Donors can cover the processing fee.
Optional or required fee cover; Personal covers cards only, Plus all payment methods.
Paid version Personal
Tribute & dedication gifts
Donate in honour or memory of someone.
No honour or memorial donation option.
Not included
Payments 3/5
Stripe
Card payments through Stripe.
Built on Stripe; cards and Stripe Checkout in the free version.
Included
PayPal
Donations through PayPal.
Stripe only; PayPal is not a supported gateway.
Not included
Apple Pay, Google Pay & bank payments
Wallets, ACH or direct debit.
Apple Pay/Google Pay via Stripe Checkout in Lite; ACH and SEPA in Personal, Bacs in Professional.
Included
Offline donations
Record cheque, cash or bank transfer gifts.
No offline or manual payment recording.
Not included
No platform fee Key
No extra percentage taken by the plugin on donations.
Lite adds a 3% fee per transaction; paid licences remove it.
Paid version Personal
Campaigns 1/4
Goals & progress bars Key
Campaign goals with live progress.
No goal or progress bar; only payment limits and start/end dates.
Not included
Campaign pages
Dedicated pages for each fundraising campaign.
Standalone Payment Pages per form with logo and colours; no campaign goals or story pages.
Partial
Peer-to-peer fundraising Key
Supporters create their own fundraising pages.
No supporter fundraising pages.
Not included
Donor wall
Public list of supporters.
No public supporter list.
Not included
Donors & compliance 4/5
Donor management Key
Donor records, history and notes.
Transactions and Subscriptions screens with search and export; donor records live in Stripe.
Partial
Donor dashboard
Donors manage their giving and receipts.
Donors manage subscriptions and payment details themselves from the Plus plan.
Paid version Plus
Tax receipts & annual statements Key
Automatic receipts and yearly statements.
Customisable payment receipt emails; no yearly giving statements.
Paid version Personal
UK Gift Aid
Collects Gift Aid declarations for UK charities.
No Gift Aid declarations.
Not included
CRM & email integrations
Mailchimp, Salesforce, Zapier and similar.
Zapier and webhooks; Uncanny Automator recipes for Mailchimp, ActiveCampaign and more.
Paid version Personal
Pricing
Free
$0On WordPress.org
Lite (free)
Freeper yearUnlimited
Free on WordPress.org; adds a 3% fee per transaction on top of Stripe's fees.
Personal
$99per year1 site
No transaction fee, coupons, fixed tax, custom fields. First year shown at $49.50 (50% intro discount); renews at full price.
Plus
$199per year3 sites
Adds customer-managed subscriptions, renewal reminders, one-time/recurring toggle. First year $99.50.
Professional
$399per year10 sites
Adds installments, trials, setup fees, BNPL methods, automatic tax, payment pages. First year $199.50.
Elite
$599per yearUnlimited
Everything in Professional plus premium email support. First year $299.50.
Prices are list prices from the vendor's site, checked 14 Oct 2026. Many vendors discount the first year.
How many sites use WP Simple Pay?
Free installs from WordPress.org, the vendor's own claim, and our estimate of paid installs.
Free version (WordPress.org)
8K+
Active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Vendor claim
14K+
Sites/users claimed on the vendor's website. source
Estimated Pro / paid installs
~3.3K
Our estimate, see method below.
How we estimated this: The vendor counts 14K+ sites in total; taking away about 8.5K free installs (the middle of the WordPress.org range) leaves 5.5K, of which we count 80% (4.4K). About 8.5K free installs x 12% (the usual share of free sites that also run the paid version when some key features are paid, and store owners upgrade more often) gives 1K. Combining these (weighted average) gives about 3.3K. Likely range: 2.1K to 5K. This counts sites running the paid version, including sites whose licence has lapsed. Estimates are rough and based on public figures as of 14 Oct 2026.
Stats & health
Weekly downloads
2,184 downloads last week, 901K all time
Rating breakdown
| Version | 4.17.5 |
|---|---|
| Last updated | 19 Oct 2026 (15 days ago) |
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.1.4 |
| Requires | WordPress 5.9+, PHP 7.4+ |
| Support threads (2 months) | 1 of 1 resolved |
| On WordPress.org since | 27 Mar 2014 |
Company & policy
| Refund policy | 14-day money-back guarantee (source, 11 Oct 2026) |
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FAQ
Is WP Simple Pay free?
Yes. WP Simple Pay has a free version on WordPress.org. Paid plans start at $99/yr.
How many sites use WP Simple Pay?
WordPress.org reports 8K+ active installations of the free version. The vendor claims 14K+ sites in total. We estimate around 3.3K sites run the paid version.
Does WP Simple Pay have physical products?
Yes: partial. Can collect shipping addresses and limit purchases, but there are no weights, shipping rates or stock control.
Does WP Simple Pay have digital downloads?
No: not included. No file delivery or secure download links; it only takes the payment.
Does WP Simple Pay have product variations?
Yes: partial. A form can offer several price options with quantities, but there are no attribute-based variants with their own stock.
Does WP Simple Pay have subscriptions & recurring payments?
Yes: included. Recurring Stripe subscriptions in free; trials, setup fees and installments need Professional.
Does WP Simple Pay have stripe & paypal included?
Yes: partial. Stripe is built in and free (with a 3% fee); no PayPal or other gateways.
Does WP Simple Pay have tax calculation?
Yes: paid version (Personal). Fixed tax rates on all paid plans; location-based automatic rates need Professional.
Does WP Simple Pay have shipping rates?
No: not included. Addresses can be collected, but no shipping zones, rates or labels.
Does WP Simple Pay have sales reports?
Yes: partial. Activity & Reports shows payment volume and recent payments, not product or customer analytics.
Does WP Simple Pay have no platform transaction fees?
Yes: paid version (Personal). Free version adds a 3% fee per payment; all paid plans charge 0% extra.
Does WP Simple Pay have donation forms?
Yes: included. Payment forms and templates work as donation forms; Pro adds the drag-and-drop builder.
Does WP Simple Pay have recurring donations?
Yes: included. Lite now includes subscriptions (3% fee applies); weekly, monthly or yearly schedules.
Does WP Simple Pay have fee recovery?
Yes: paid version (Personal). Optional or required fee cover; Personal covers cards only, Plus all payment methods.
Does WP Simple Pay have no platform fee?
Yes: paid version (Personal). Lite adds a 3% fee per transaction; paid licences remove it.
Does WP Simple Pay have goals & progress bars?
No: not included. No goal or progress bar; only payment limits and start/end dates.
Does WP Simple Pay have peer-to-peer fundraising?
No: not included. No supporter fundraising pages.
Does WP Simple Pay have donor management?
Yes: partial. Transactions and Subscriptions screens with search and export; donor records live in Stripe.
Does WP Simple Pay have tax receipts & annual statements?
Yes: paid version (Personal). Customisable payment receipt emails; no yearly giving statements.
Does the free version of WP Simple Pay charge a fee?
Yes. The free plugin adds a 3% fee to every transaction on top of Stripe's processing fees. Any paid licence, starting with Personal, removes it.
Can WP Simple Pay replace WooCommerce?
Only for simple cases. It sells items through payment forms with optional quantities and price choices, but it has no cart, catalogue, shipping rates or download delivery. The vendor says it is not meant to be used with WooCommerce or EDD.
Which plan do I need for free trials and installment plans?
Free trials, setup fees, installment plans and invoice receipts are on the Professional plan and above. Customer-managed subscriptions and renewal reminders start at Plus.
Does it support PayPal?
No. WP Simple Pay works only with Stripe, but through Stripe it accepts cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, bank debits, buy-now-pay-later and regional methods.
Last updated 11 Oct 2026. Spotted something wrong? Suggest an edit.