Contribuinte Checkout

42 Quality Score

Active Installs

14/30

At roughly 1,000 active installs this is a niche utility, which lifts the raw score above baseline but still reflects a very small user base.

Update Freshness

11/25

Last updated 19 May 2025 and tested against WordPress 6.7.5, so it is technically current, though only one update cycle is visible.

User Rating

3/15

A single 5-star rating produces a 100/100 score that is statistically meaningless and signals almost no community feedback.

Support Health

8/15

Zero support threads opened means there is no track record either way, which is neutral but offers no reassurance when something breaks.

WP Compatibility

8/15

Requires PHP 5.6 and WordPress 5.0, which is broadly compatible but on the low end for modern WooCommerce 8.x environments.

Scores higher than 1% of indexed plugins

About

With this plugin you can add VAT and VIES support to your WooCommerce store. The VAT field will be saved as '_billing_vat'.

Active Installs 1k+

Rating ★★★★★ 5/5

Last Updated 2025-05-19 10:50am GMT

Requires WordPress 5.0+

Tested Up To 6.7.7

Requires PHP 5.6+

Security History

1 known vulnerability, all patched

1 Medium

Most recent: May 7, 2025

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What It Does

Contribuinte Checkout adds a VAT number field to the WooCommerce checkout page and validates it against the EU VIES database, saving the entered value as the _billing_vat order meta key. In practice, it lets EU sellers collect, verify, and persist customer VAT IDs at checkout without writing custom code. The plugin is narrowly focused on this single workflow and does not handle tax exemption logic, invoicing, or certificate generation on its own.

Who It's For

This plugin is a fit for small WooCommerce stores selling across EU borders that need to capture and validate customer VAT numbers purely for record keeping. It suits B2B sellers who manually apply reverse charge rules and just want the field validated against VIES at checkout. Larger operations needing automated tax exemption, multi-step B2B onboarding, or certificate PDFs will find it too thin.

Who Should Skip It

If you need automated tax calculation, exemption logic, invoice PDFs, or compliance certificates, skip this plugin and use a broader solution. Store owners outside the EU or sellers selling only to consumers have no reason to install it.

The Bottom Line

Contribuinte Checkout does one thing, collecting and VIES-validating a VAT number at checkout, and its overall quality score of 45.45/100 reflects limited adoption and essentially no community feedback. It can be a quick, free fix for a single missing field, but the lack of support history and rating depth means you are betting on a one-author utility. Most EU sellers will be better served by Germanized for WooCommerce or a dedicated EU VAT plugin.

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