ArtPal
by freerobby · eCommerce
ArtPal is a free (GPL) Wordpress plugin, originally written for Artists, to seemlessly integrate PayPal with their Wordpress blogs so that they can se …
41 health vs 78 average across 1,357 eCommerce 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 16+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 2.9.2, 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 6005 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 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
26
now · peak 66
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-09-15 30+ → 20+ down after 55 days in band
- 2025-07-22 20+ → 30+ up after 74 days in band
- 2025-05-09 30+ → 20+ down after 56 days in band
- 2025-03-14 20+ → 30+ up after 5 days in band
- 2025-03-09 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-03-08 20+ → 30+ up after 181 days in band
- 2024-09-08 30+ → 20+ down after 5 days in band
- 2024-09-03 20+ → 30+ up after 474 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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WP Express Checkout (Fast Payments via PayPal & Stripe) 1K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A -
WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ installs · 2.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Accept Donations with PayPal & Stripe 10K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Easy PayPal & Stripe Buy Now Button 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
PayPal Enterprise Payments (formerly Braintree) for WooCommerce 10K+ installs · 2.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Contact Form 7 – PayPal & Stripe Add-on 7K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A
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