Easy PayPal Shopping Cart
by Scott Paterson · eCommerce
Also makes 12 other plugins · 40.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
Add a PayPal Shopping Cart to your website and start selling today. No Coding Required. Official PayPal Partner.
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Health
A 85/100
no flags
Active installs
1K+
≈1.5K estimated
Momentum
+33%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “ecommerce shopping cart”, “shopping” and “clear cart” to your wp.org tags. You rank #9, #11 and #16 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
85 health vs 71 average across 9,744 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.2%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 45.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,139 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.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 70 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
3.9★ over 15 reviews, smoothed to 4.05★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
32
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.8
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
5%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| paypal shopping cart | #3 | #12 | 0 |
| shopping cart your tag | #7 | #17 | up 1 |
| shopping | #11 | #20 | down 1 |
| ecommerce shopping cart | #9 | #17 | 0 |
| wordpress shopping cart | #9 | #20 | 0 |
| cart limits | #17 | #21 | down 2 |
| clear cart | #16 | #17 | 0 |
| shopping and more | #11 | #22 | 0 |
| paypal gateway | #16 | #18 | 0 |
| paypal pro | #18 | #24 | 0 |
| gateway paypal | #18 | #20 | down 2 |
| cart your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| gateway your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| paypal your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
24 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 11 listed. 13 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “ecommerce shopping cart”, “shopping” and “clear cart” to your wp.org tags. You rank #9, #11 and #16 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.3K · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
5mo ago
latest release · v1.1.12 · 20 May 2026
13
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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4.2 years ago; the previous band took 6.1 years to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 10 Mar 2015
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (1.1.12). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 6.4 Easy PayPal Shopping Cart <= 1.1.10 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode ↗2023-11-03 CVE-2023-47239 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.1.10 Patched in 1.1.11
- Patched High · 8.8 Easy PayPal Shopping Cart <= 1.1.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Cross-Site Scripting ↗2022-05-25 Cross-Site Request Forgery Affects <= 1.1.9 Patched in 1.1.10
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2
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
6 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Add a PayPal Shopping Cart to your website and start selling today. No Coding Required. Official PayPal Par..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("if you have", "who need").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions PayPal.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,206 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 4 tags appear in the text; "gateway" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2022-08-10 2K+ → 1K+ down after 2227 days in tier
- 2016-07-05 1K+ → 2K+ up after 235 days in tier
- 2015-11-13 100+ → 1K+ up
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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Menu Cart for WooCommerce 70K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Easy PayPal & Stripe Buy Now Button 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Simple Shopping Cart 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Menu Cart 8K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
UpsellWP Side Cart for WooCommerce 300+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Share Cart for WooCommerce 300+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
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