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 68 average across 627 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 4575 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 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
29
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-06 · 1,376 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
No band crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Subscriptions & Memberships for PayPal 900+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ installs · 2.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
SureCart – Ecommerce Made Easy For Selling Physical Products, Digital Downloads, Subscriptions, Donations, & Payments 80K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Payment Plugins for PayPal WooCommerce 80K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
AdRotate Banner Manager 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Donations via PayPal 20K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A
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