Are PayPal
by are79 · Payments
This plugin is used to monetize wordpress blog content using PayPal. It is designed to sell your knowledge.
40 health vs 65 average across 1,094 Payments plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41, well behind 6.8.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 4620 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-07 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
45
now · peak 91
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
12.7y ago
latest release · v1.9.2.4
53
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-06 · 1,379 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Anonymous12.5y ago
after installation and activation of the plugin i have a lot of errors in the wp-admin area and on the website too. deinstalled it. no idea how to fix the errors.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ pnovotnak12.9y ago
To start: the IPN script is NOT functional. It does record some parameters in the database, but it doesn’t post back to the IPN service correctly, and a multitude of attempts are made by the IPN system, for the same transaction. The plugin doesn’t really provide anything for donation-based sites. It inserts a message on pages “This site is being monetized by the are paypal plugin” or something to that effect when wp_footer() is called, which is obnoxious.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Accept PayPal & Stripe with Subscriptions for WooCommerce 3K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Subscriptions & Memberships for PayPal 900+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Chargely Free Subscriptions For Woocommernce — installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags D -
WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ installs · 2.9★ · 1 shared tag B -
SureCart – Ecommerce Made Easy For Selling Physical Products, Digital Downloads, Subscriptions, Donations, & Payments 80K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Payment Plugins for PayPal WooCommerce 80K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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