Pledged Plugins PCI Gateway for NMI and WooCommerce

75 Quality Score

Active Installs

16/30

The popularity score is moderate because 3,000 active installs is a small user base compared to the tens or hundreds of thousands for mainstream gateways, though it does sit well above the baseline for niche payment processors.

Update Freshness

25/25

Maintenance scores perfectly thanks to an update landed in June 2026 and explicit testing against WordPress 7.0, indicating an actively maintained codebase.

User Rating

12/15

The user rating score of 80 reflects a perfect 5-star average from a very small sample of just 4 reviewers, which is too few to be statistically meaningful.

Support Health

8/15

Support health is mediocre with zero public threads opened and zero resolved, so there is no evidence of an active community forum or track record of helping users through issues.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Compatibility is excellent as the plugin supports PHP 5.6 through current versions and is tested up to WordPress 7.0, giving it a wide operating range.

Scores higher than 40% of indexed plugins

About

PCI Compliant NMI payment gateway integration for WooCommerce to accept credit cards directly on WordPress e-commerce websites.

Active Installs 3k+

Rating ★★★★★ 5/5

Last Updated 2026-06-04 8:08pm GMT

Requires WordPress 4.4+

Tested Up To 7.0.4

Requires PHP 5.6+

✓ No known vulnerabilities

What It Does

Pledged Plugins PCI Gateway connects your WooCommerce store directly to the Network Merchants Inc. (NMI) payment processor so credit card transactions can be captured on your own site rather than being redirected to a third-party hosted form. It handles tokenized card storage and submits charges through NMI's API, which is positioned as a way to keep sensitive data off your server for PCI scope reduction.

Who It's For

This plugin fits small to mid-sized US-based merchants who already have or are willing to sign up for an NMI merchant account and want native WooCommerce checkout without the brand recognition of Stripe or Square. It works well for stores that need a lightweight, single-processor setup and prioritize PCI scope reduction over a feature-rich gateway.

Who Should Skip It

If you are outside the United States, do not already have an NMI reseller or direct merchant account, or want a gateway backed by a large engineering team and extensive documentation, you should skip this plugin and choose Stripe, Square, or a similarly mainstream option.

The Bottom Line

Pledged Plugins PCI Gateway is a focused, actively maintained NMI bridge for WooCommerce merchants who specifically need that processor, earning an overall quality score of 75.07/100. The perfect star rating from just 4 users and the absence of any public support threads mean you are betting on a single small development team rather than a broad community. If NMI is your processor, it is worth a look, but merchants wanting battle-tested reliability should default to Stripe or WooCommerce Payments.

Choose Stripe if you want a globally available gateway with strong developer documentation, subscriptions support, and 700,000 installs worth of community testing.

Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce 88/100

Pick Mercado Pago if you operate in Latin America and need local payment methods like installments and Pix.

Germanized for WooCommerce 91/100

Select Germanized if your primary need is Germany-specific legal compliance and invoicing rather than a different processor.

PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce 90/100

This is a complementary invoicing tool rather than a direct payment alternative, useful when you also need PDF document generation.

Customer Reviews for WooCommerce 89/100

Not a payment processor at all; consider this only if you need to add product review functionality to your store.