WordPress plugin comparison

Accept Stripe Payments vs Takepayments Mercury Payment Gateway

Accept Stripe Payments

by mra13 / Team Tips and Tricks HQ

20K+ installs4.2

Takepayments Mercury Payment Gateway

by takepayments

30+ installs

At a glance

Accept Stripe Payments has more active installs: 20K+, against 30+ for Takepayments Mercury Payment Gateway.
On a typical day, Accept Stripe Payments is downloaded about 128 times, Takepayments Mercury Payment Gateway about 3.
Takepayments Mercury Payment Gateway has no reviews yet.
Accept Stripe Payments was updated more recently: Sep 2, 2026, against Feb 15, 2024 for Takepayments Mercury Payment Gateway.
Accept Stripe Payments is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.3.14 for Takepayments Mercury Payment Gateway.
Accept Stripe Payments has been around longer: since 2015, against 2023 for Takepayments Mercury Payment Gateway.

Accept Stripe Payments leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Accept Stripe Payments	Takepayments Mercury Payment Gateway
Popular rank	#1,352	#24,088
Active installs	20K+	30+
Downloads, last 30 days	4K	51
Rating	4.2(115)	No ratings
Support threads resolved	100%	–
Tested up to	7.1.4	6.3.14
Search multiplier	×1.02	×0.02
Last release	2 months ago	2 years ago
Requires PHP	7.4	7.0

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