Plugin audit
GoUrl Bitcoin Payment Gateway & Paid Downloads & M
GoUrl Bitcoin Payment Gateway & Paid Downloads & M has urgent issues capping its growth.
Active installs
600+
Rating
4.0★
wp.org · 76 reviews
Downloads / 30d
1.3K
Momentum
+14%
30d vs the 30d before
Against 1876 tracked Payments plugins: health 51 vs 68 average · rating, weighted for review count, 4.0★ vs 3.7★.
Where it ranks in wp.org search
Main keywords, best position first
- #2 bitcoin sv
- #2 gourl
- #12 altcoin Down 1
- #13 altcoin woocommerce
- #14 p cash Down 4
- #21 bitcoin cash Down 1
- #24 dogecoin Down 1
Tags still to break into the top 24: accept bitcoin, bitcoin, bitcoin payments.
What to fix first
- 1
Patch and release an advisory before anything else.
Open security vulnerability. A known unpatched vulnerability is recorded against this plugin.
- 2
Ship a compatibility release to reset the freshness signal.
No update in 31 months. wp.org search heavily penalizes stale plugins, and users look for a recent release.
- 3
Set "Tested up to" to WordPress 7.1
Tested up to WordPress 6.6.11; the current branch is 7.1. Matching the current branch keeps its full search weight.
- 4
Swap “accept bitcoin” and “bitcoin” for “altcoin” and “dogecoin”
“accept bitcoin” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “altcoin” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “bitcoin” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “dogecoin” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Ranking signals
Listing score 63/100
- Update recency Holding it back
Updated 939 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
- WP compatibility Holding it back
Tested up to WordPress 6.6.11; the current branch is 7.1
- Rating quality Strong
4.0★ over 76 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.0★
- Listing tuning Strong
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
What we found
Open security vulnerability
CriticalA known unpatched vulnerability is recorded against this plugin.
What to do: Patch and release an advisory before anything else.
No update in 31 months
Criticalwp.org search heavily penalizes stale plugins, and users look for a recent release.
What to do: Ship a compatibility release to reset the freshness signal.
Readme fails 1 of 8 AI readiness checks
OpportunityAI assistants recommend what they can quote. Failing: names who it is for. One audience phrase ("for developers"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
What to do: Rewrite the readme so each failed check passes: say the job in the first line, answer real questions in the FAQ, name who it is for and what it works with, and use headings and lists. For the same check on your plugin's own website, run the free AI visibility scan from AgentVania.
Run the free AI visibility scan →Light support activity. Few recent support threads, so there is no backlog to report.
Downloads, last 2 years
From our own archive, not wp.org's current-week figure.
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