Donate by BestWebSoft – Donations Acception Extention for WordPress
by bestweblayout · eCommerce
Also makes 30 other plugins · 14.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
Add PayPal and 2CO donate buttons to receive charity payments.
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Health
C 66/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
90+
≈100 estimated
Momentum
+39%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “charity” for “donate”. “charity” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “donate” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
66 health vs 71 average across 9,745 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.3%
of downloads still active
At least 90 of 26.6K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,141 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other eCommerce plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Details
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 508 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
3.7★ over 7 reviews, smoothed to 4.05★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 508 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
33
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.8
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
9%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
-0.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2co | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| add donate buttons your tag | #13 | #23 | — |
| donate plugin your tag | #18 | #21 | down 4 |
| donate | #24 | #24 | down 8 |
| 2checkout | #18 | #16 | 0 |
| paypal donate | #16 | #18 | down 4 |
| 2checkout for wordpress | #17 | #19 | 0 |
| 2checkout payment with paypal | #20 | #20 | down 1 |
| 2checkout form your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| charity your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| checkout your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
12 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 8 listed. 4 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “charity” for “donate”. “charity” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “donate” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “add donate buttons”. #13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 173 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #16,800 to #17,400, alongside the other plugins at 90+ 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 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
1.4y ago
latest release · v2.1.8 · 10 Jun 2025
20
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “90+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band today and the previous band took 2.1 years to cross, so the real count is still just under 100.
Install history since 1 Apr 2015
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (2.1.8). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 6.1 Donate by BestWebSoft – Donations Acception Extention for WordPress < 2.1.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗2017-04-12 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects < 2.1.1 Patched in 2.1.1
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.9.2
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 121 languages, 2 at 90% or more
Plus 97 more locales with partial translations.
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
7 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Add PayPal and 2CO donate buttons to receive charity payments."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 6 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 6 of 6 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you have"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions PayPal.
- ✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 8 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,677 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "2checkout form", "checkout" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-31 100+ → 90+ down after 756 days in tier
- 2024-10-05 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-10-04 100+ → 200+ up after 29 days in tier
- 2024-09-05 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-09-04 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-09-03 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-09-02 100+ → 200+ up after 18 days in tier
- 2024-08-15 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
-
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FunnelKit – Funnel Builder Plugin for WooCommerce Checkout 30K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
Fluid Checkout for WooCommerce – Lite 20K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
Amazon Pay for WooCommerce 10K+ installs · 2.9★ · 1 shared tag B -
Accept Donations with PayPal & Stripe 10K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B
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