Authorize.net – Simple Donations
by Aman Verma · Admin & Utilities
Authorize.net - Simple Donations Non-profit groups can now take secure donations from any page on their site.
44 health vs 53 average across 2,710 Admin & Utilities plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.7.15.
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 1923 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
38
now · peak 80
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-17 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-07-15 100+ → 90+ down after 3 days in band
- 2026-07-12 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-07-11 100+ → 90+ down after 699 days in band
- 2024-08-11 200+ → 100+ down after 370 days in band
- 2023-08-07 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
- 2023-08-06 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2023-08-05 300+ → 200+ down after 1 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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Give – Paystack Gateway 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
Donation or Tip For WooCommerce 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B - S Smart Donations – Stripe Gateway 10+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag D
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