by WooCommerce 3 (7 reviews)

WooCommerce Payfast Gateway

Name: WooCommerce Payfast Gateway
Rating: 3.0 (7 reviews)
Author: WooCommerce

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

WooCommerce Payfast Gateway ranks #957 among WordPress.org plugins with 30,000+ active installations, is #102 of 12,455 in the E-commerce category, a 3/5 rating from 7 reviews, and was last updated Aug 31, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v1.7.8 Current Version v1.7.8

Updated 3 weeks ago Last Update on 31 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 9 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#102 of 12,455 in E-commerce Top 5% by installs Downloads -28.7% this week Actively maintained

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#957

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Active Installs

30K+

-21.3%

KW Avg Position

16.4

0.2 worse

Downloads

874K

+58 today

Support Resolved

100%

— No change

Rating

60%

Review 3 out of 5

3 (7 reviews)

Next Milestone 40K

Total Progress 74.3%

30K+ 40K+

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Growth Needed

8,000,000

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Reviews & Ratings

3.0

7 reviews

Overall 60%

3 (43%)

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3 (43%)

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Total Threads

Resolved

Unresolved

100%

Resolution Rate

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.7.8
Last Updated: Aug 31, 2026
Requires WP: 6.9+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: WooCommerce

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ 3
Reviews: 7
Support Threads: 1
Resolved: 100%

Keywords

automattic credit card payfast payment request woocommerce

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TL;DR

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This plugin is for WooCommerce store owners in South Africa who want to accept online payments via Payfast. It solves the need for a secure, redirect-based checkout that supports popular local payment methods and flexible purchasing options like subscriptions and deposits.