Best south africa plugins for WordPress
The most popular south africa plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Stitch Express leads with 600+ active installs, ahead of Paystack Easy Digital Downloads Payment Gateway (300+) and Bob Pay (300+). All 16 plugins tagged “south africa” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 south africa plugins
- 1.
Stitch ExpressThe most installed south africa plugin, with 600+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 4 days ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 2.
Paystack Easy Digital Downloads Payment Gateway300+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
Bob Pay300+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 4.
Netcash WooCommerce Payment Gateway300+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 5.
South African Covid-19 Banner80+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
- 6.
LayUp payment gateway plugin for woocommerce50+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
- 7.
SA Coronavirus Banner40+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
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SilverStream Privacy Toolkit for POPIA10+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 9.
MHub10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
- 10.
SmartPayLiveFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
All 16 plugins tagged “south africa”
Stitch Express
Up in the last 7 days:90#8,382by stitchexpress4 days ago
Accept card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Capitec Pay and Pay Later on your WooCommerce store in South Africa. PCI DSS Level 1. Free to install.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 28/day
Paystack Easy Digital Downloads Payment Gateway
Down in the last 7 days:30#10,032by Tunbosun Ayinla2 months ago
Paystack for Easy Digital Downloads allows your store to accept secure payments from multiple local and global payment channels.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Bob Pay
Up in the last 7 days:51#10,201by Bob Group5 months ago
A WooCommerce plugin that enables you to use Bob Pay as a payment method.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Netcash WooCommerce Payment Gateway
Down in the last 7 days:9#10,567by netcashpaynow2 months ago
This is the Netcash Pay Now plugin for WooCommerce giving you the ability to accept recurring and credit card payments in your WooCommerce store.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
South African Covid-19 Banner
Down in the last 7 days:87#17,893by seagyn6 years ago
This plugin makes it easy for South African WordPress sites to add the Covid-19 banner as required by the South African government.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
LayUp payment gateway plugin for woocommerce
Up in the last 7 days:403#21,200by Cameron Morgan11 months ago
The Official LayUp payment gateway plugin for woocommerce.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 8/day
SA Coronavirus Banner
Up in the last 7 days:75#21,421by Robin2 years ago
Make it easy for South African WordPress sites to add the COVID-19 banner as required by the South African government.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
SilverStream Privacy Toolkit for POPIA
#31,288by silverstreamdigital1 month ago
POPIA compliance tools for South African WordPress websites. Cookie banner, Privacy Policy generator, Information Officer declaration and more.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
MHub
Up in the last 7 days:3,296#37,612by Shaun Trennery14 years ago
MHub mobi site redirector for WordPress. Ignoring the potential of the mobile web is something today's business owner simply cannot afford.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SmartPayLive
#55,412by Overflow Business Holdings5 years ago
This is the official WooCommerce extension to receive payments using the SmartPayLive payment gateway.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ReCurr
#56,652by recurr20261 month ago
Annual subscription billing and management for WooCommerce, integrated with PayFast. Built for South African businesses.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Skillmerc Payment Gateway for PayFast
Down in the last 7 days:8,287#57,748by skillmerc25 days ago
PayFast for WooCommerce in South Africa: card, Instant EFT and SnapScan, orders that update reliably via ITN, refunds, HPOS and block checkout.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Moment Payments for WooCommerce
#58,160by momentco26 days ago
Accept payments via Moment — one-time hosted checkout with webhook-driven order updates.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
TjingTjing
#58,977by tjingtjing3 days ago
Make your forms ring. Take payments with Payfast straight from Ninja Forms: donations, registrations, deposits and orders.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 71/day
Skillmerc Shipping for The Courier Guy, Pudo and PAXI
#65,984by skillmerc8 days ago
South African shipping for WooCommerce: The Courier Guy and Fastway live rates, Pudo lockers with a locker picker, and PAXI collection at PEP stores.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
ParcelOps for WooCommerce
#73,074by parcelops7 days ago
Live courier rates at checkout, booking on order, and tracking and proof of delivery on the order, for customers of a courier that runs ParcelOps.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 52/day