BitMate Author Donations
by Daniel McClure · Uncategorized
BitMate Author Donations is a WordPress plugin for authors on WordPress powered sites to accept cryptocurrency donations.
45 health vs 58 average across 8,262 Uncategorized 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.29, 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 3048 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
23
now · peak 92
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,376 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-03-05 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-03-04 40+ → 50+ up after 31 days in band
- 2026-02-01 50+ → 40+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-01-30 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-01-29 50+ → 40+ down after 86 days in band
- 2025-11-04 60+ → 50+ down after 3 days in band
- 2025-11-01 50+ → 60+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-10-30 60+ → 50+ 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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Potent Donations for WooCommerce 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags C -
Crypto Converter ⚡ Widget 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
All Currencies for WooCommerce 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags C -
BinancePay Checkout for WooCommerce 800+ installs · 3.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Crypto Price Widgets – CryptoWP 600+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Cryptocurrency Donation Box – Bitcoin & Crypto Donations 500+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags C
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