Donation Block For PayPal

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 77% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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Older reviewers loved how simple and clean it is, but the newest review says payments now throw an invalid request error and the confirmation screen shows a zero amount.

1. ★★★★★ Brennig

   11mo ago

   I really like the simplicity of this function. It looks clean, it looks simple. Unfortunately there are some bugs that make it borderline unusable. a [“success”:false,”data”:”Invalid request!”] line pops up on commit to pay. Then after the “Thanks for paying” message, the next screen which is supposed to summarise the transaction/confirm the donation returns a zero amount donated. This topic was modified 9 months, 3 weeks ago by Brennig.

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2. ★★★★★ hardik1204

   4.7y ago

   I installed it for my charity site and it awesome response from my team. This topic was modified 4 years, 7 months ago by hardik1204.

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3. ★★★★★ Rashmi Reddy

   6.1y ago

   I really love this plugin! Thank you for your great project.

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4. ★★★★★ Katya Geraskevich

   7.0y ago

   Great plugin)

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3 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.4 Donation Block For PayPal <= 2.2.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-01-07 CVE-2025-22525 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.2.0 Patched in 2.3.1
2. High · 7.2 Donation Block For PayPal <= 2.1.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-07-09 CVE-2024-6021 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.1.0 Patched in 2.2.0
3. Medium · 6.4 Donation Block For PayPal <= 2.0.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode ↗
   2023-02-01 CVE-2023-0535 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.0.0 Patched in 2.1.0

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2

Translated into 6 languages, 4 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-08-25 500+ → 600+ up after 3 days in tier
2. 2025-08-22 600+ → 500+ down after 6 days in tier
3. 2025-08-16 500+ → 600+ up after 24 days in tier
4. 2025-07-23 700+ → 500+ down after 388 days in tier
5. 2024-06-30 800+ → 700+ down after 2 days in tier
6. 2024-06-28 700+ → 800+ up after 4 days in tier
7. 2024-06-24 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
8. 2024-06-23 700+ → 800+ up after 10 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).

• P Paypal Donation 40+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
• GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
• Donations via PayPal 20K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A
• Charitable – Donation & Fundraising Platform (Donation Forms, Recurring Donations & Fundraising Campaigns) 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• Accept Donations with PayPal & Stripe 10K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B
• Donorbox – Free Recurring Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform 8K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag B

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Donation Block For PayPal: 600+ active installs, 4.3★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/donations-block