Buy Now Plus — Payments with Stripe

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Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.

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0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

Directory rank

Ranked about #30,400 to #44,800, alongside the other plugins at 10+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share 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.

Crossed into this band 6 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 51% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ gameslopedy

   10.3y ago

   This plugin is cool but I think it has some shortcoming: – There is no statistics on buynowplus.com , we cannot see the transaction is failed or not – Checkout form display must be develop for quality visualization – I also cannot see the stats on my stripe account events too. – Some credit cards may be require name and last name, zip code fields, you may be make require them

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2. ★★★★★ usuaggie

   10.4y ago

   I have been selling an electronic accessory locally at trade shows, but it recently started gaining traction from folks in other states. I needed a way for them to buy it through social media and wanted something simple on my site for them to purchase through as well. I was getting pretty frustrated with the costs and hassle of setting up ecommerce plugins to sell one little product. Luckily I stumbled on this gem. The extra 2%/transaction is well worth the savings in my time getting this thing off the ground and I’m loving Stripe way more than PayPal! Anyways, just wanted to tell you guy’s thanks for this slick service. Looks like I’m one of the early adopters, so looking forward to any new developments here as well.

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3. ★★★★★ Anonymous

   10.4y ago

   I got this plugin thinking it would be much more feature. But all it does is allows me to connect my stripe account and create checkout buttons. I’m happy with this though because I don’t like the clutter of stuff I don’t use-plus I don’t have to screw around with SSL on my sites because they’ve already figured that out. This thing was unbelievably easy to get setup and works great for what it does so the small fee is worth it to me. I’d recommend this service to anyone wanting to start selling something fast.

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4. ★★★★★ Jakub

   10.4y ago

   The fee was 1% – which is still written on their website. Increased to 2% without sending an email or any other message.

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The 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (1.0.4). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched Medium · 6.4 Buy Now Plus <= 1.0.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes ↗
   2026-01-27 CVE-2026-1295 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.0.2 Patched in 1.0.3

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

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Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-05-05 20+ → 10+ down after 58 days in tier
2. 2026-03-08 10+ → 20+ up after 136 days in tier
3. 2025-10-23 20+ → 10+ down after 341 days in tier
4. 2024-11-16 30+ → 20+ down after 328 days in tier
5. 2023-12-24 40+ → 30+ down after 5 days in tier
6. 2023-12-19 30+ → 40+ up after 120 days in tier
7. 2023-08-21 40+ → 30+ down after 5 days in tier
8. 2023-08-16 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in tier

Competes with

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Buy Now Plus — Payments with Stripe: 10+ active installs, 3.5★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/buy-now-plus