WordPress plugin comparison

Simple Cart vs Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce

Simple Cart

by Igor Benic

10+ installs5.0

Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce

by Mercado Pago

100K+ installs3.9

At a glance

Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce has more active installs: 100K+, against 10+ for Simple Cart.
On a typical day, Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce is downloaded about 1,628 times, Simple Cart about 2.
Simple Cart is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 3.9 from 693 reviews.
Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce was updated more recently: Nov 5, 2026, against Apr 17, 2022 for Simple Cart.
Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 5.9.20 for Simple Cart.
Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce has been around longer: since 2012, against 2019 for Simple Cart.

Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Simple Cart	Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce
Popular rank	#43,770	#371
Active installs	10+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	56	87.6K
Rating	5.0(1)	3.9(693)
Support threads resolved	–	67%
Tested up to	5.9.20	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.62
Last release	4 years ago	5 days ago
Requires PHP	–	7.4

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