Donations Widget
by mohanjith · Payments
Accept donations from your readers via AlertPay, Moneybookers and/or PayPal.
41 health vs 72 average across 365 Payments 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 15+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.0, 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 5704 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
54
now · peak 157
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-12-03 30+ → 10+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-12-02 10+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-12-01 30+ → 10+ down after 4 days in band
- 2025-11-27 10+ → 30+ up after 115 days in band
- 2025-08-04 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-08-03 10+ → 20+ up after 63 days in band
- 2025-06-01 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-05-31 10+ → 20+ up 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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Donations via PayPal 20K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A -
Widgets for Google Reviews 900K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ installs · 2.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
Blocksy Companion 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Black Studio TinyMCE Widget 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Widget Importer & Exporter 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/donations" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Donations Widget — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Donations Widget: 10+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/donations