3-D Secure Payment Gateway by CardinalCommerce for WordPress Plugin Directory
3-D Secure Payment Gateway by CardinalCommerce is a WordPress app, with a 5.0 average rating from 2 reviews, as of Jul 14, 2026.
3-D Secure Payment Gateway by CardinalCommerce is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by cardinalsupport. With a rating of 5.0★ from 2 reviews.
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3-D Secure Payment Gateway by CardinalCommerce is a category-leading WordPress app with a limited review volume. It is listed in the Payment category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 2 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +High average rating (5.0★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by cardinalsupport — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (2) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How 3-D Secure Payment Gateway by CardinalCommerce works
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3-D Secure Payment Gateway by CardinalCommerce Cardinal Consumer Authentication, leveraging 3-D Secure, helps you:
1. Reduce fraud
2. Accept more sales and improve authorization rates
3. Comply with regulations like PSD2-SCA (in Europe)
4. Reduce manual review for fraud
5. Cut chargeback fees
Compatible with the following payment service providers (PSPs):
* Authorize.net
* Chase Paymentech
* CyberSource
* First Data
* Heartland
* Network Merchants (NMI)
* PayPal PayflowPro
* And more
Support for Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, JCB, and Diner’s Club.
Call 877-352-8444 to receive credentials and get started!
Protect Your Online Store From Fraud with 3-D Secure CardinalCommerce (a wholly owned subsidiary of Visa) offers a rules-based 3-D Secure (3DS) solution called Cardinal Consumer Authentication. Protect your web store from fraud, reduce false declines, reduce manual review of orders, and improve your authorizations.
Supports Verified by Visa (VbV), Mastercard SecureCode/Identity Check, Discover ProtectBuy, and American Express Amex Safekey.
Activate Cardinal Consumer Authentication to Comply with PSD2 SCA If you sell to consumers in the European Economic Area (EEA), and use acquiring services in the EEA, then you will be required to comply with the PSD2 requirement for Strong Customer Authentication (SCA). Your online store must support SCA for all digital transactions starting September 14, 2019. (Mastercard will require issuers, merchants, and acquirers to support SCA in the EEA starting in April, 2019.)
EEA countries include Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the UK.
How 3-D Secure Solves for SCA EMV® 3-D Secure (commonly known as 3DS 2.0) authenticates Card-Not-Present transactions to reduce fraud and false declines, and to increase good orders, with a better checkout experience for consumers. The PSD2 SCA requirement can be fulfilled by 3-D Secure because it works on any device and enables two-factor authentication.
Why Cardinal Consumer Authentication is THE Merchant Solution Cardinal Consumer Authentication is an industry-leading solution for merchants to authenticate digital transactions, leveraging 3-D Secure. CCA balances the risk of the transaction with the consumer experience and authenticates most transactions behind the scenes. There is no consumer impact or interruption to the checkout process in most cases, and CCA uses consumer-friendly challenge methods to limit friction when necessary.
EMV® is a registered trademark in the U.S. and other countries and an unregistered trademark elsewhere. The EMV trademark is owned by EMVCo, LLC
Resources
Why do I need 3-D Secure or Strong Consumer Authentication?
What is Strong Consumer Authentication?
How do I get ready for PSD2 compliance?
Category rankings
As of Jul 14, 2026- 3ds#0of 4Top 1%
- Authentication#0of 85Top 1%
- Payment#0of 604Top 1%
- PSD2#0of 1Top 1%
- SCA#0of 1Top 1%
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Competitors & alternatives
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Frequently asked questions
What is 3-D Secure Payment Gateway by CardinalCommerce?
3-D Secure Payment Gateway by CardinalCommerce is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 5.0-star rating from 2 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. It is listed under the Payment category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by cardinalsupport.
Who uses 3-D Secure Payment Gateway by CardinalCommerce?
Currently around 20 active stores have installed 3-D Secure Payment Gateway by CardinalCommerce. Its review base is still building, which usually maps to early-stage merchants and stores piloting a new workflow. It is part of the Payment category on WordPress.