Express Checkout via PayPal for WooCommerce
by wpgateways · eCommerce
Integrate PayPal Express Checkout and other payment methods seamlessly into your WooCommerce store with PayPal for WooCommerce.
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Health
D 52/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
800+
≈850 estimated
Momentum
+18%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “credit card”, “ecommerce” and “paypal” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
52 health vs 71 average across 9,755 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.8%
of downloads still active
At least 800 of 95.4K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,151 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.
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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 766 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.6.11; the current branch is 6.8
3.8★ over 22 reviews, smoothed to 4.01★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 766 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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| credit card your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| ecommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| paypal your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| paypal checkout your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| paypal for woocommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “credit card”, “ecommerce” and “paypal” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.7K · 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
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
2.1y ago
latest release · v6.0.0 · 26 Sep 2024
5
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 63% 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 “800+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 7 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 11 Aug 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ mike204343.8y ago
The Best woo commerce plugins, we’v been using almost 7 years
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ marcanisco3.8y ago
I’ve using this for years now on all my eCommerce sites. Highly Reccomended!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ lloydniceguy3.8y ago
We Been Using this plugin since 2016, and it works great to our sites
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ luketapis4.7y ago
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Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ johndesibaba4.8y ago
I’m using this plugin since last 4 years and I just update plugin and found that new PayPal Checkout payment method is just great! Thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Annonnimmo4.8y ago
It doesn’t work, no more support and, when installed, this plugin itself invites to use another plugin, look at the support threads and the source code.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ steplab7.9y ago
Simply for my experience usage, PayPal buttons was not showing. Support does not exist.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ blliem8.3y ago
hello, do not use this plugin, it killed my shop and nobody wants to help me to fix it, there is no support at all and this plugin seems to be a copy of another Paypal plugin available: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/express-checkout-integration-pulled-from-paypal-for-woocommerce/ This topic was modified 7 years, 11 months ago by blliem.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.6.2
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 128 languages, 0 at 90% or more
Plus 104 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 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Integrate PayPal Express Checkout and other payment methods seamlessly into your WooCommerce store with Pay..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("who want"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, PayPal.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,799 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "ecommerce", "PayPal Checkout" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-20 900+ → 800+ down after 101 days in tier
- 2026-01-09 1K+ → 900+ down after 747 days in tier
- 2023-12-24 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-12-23 1K+ → 2K+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2023-12-20 2K+ → 1K+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2023-12-18 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-12-17 2K+ → 1K+ down after 439 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 3K+ → 2K+ down after 303 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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WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ installs · 2.9★ · 3 shared tags B -
Contact Form 7 – PayPal & Stripe Add-on 7K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags B -
Checkout for PayPal 500+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags A -
Mollie Payments for WooCommerce 100K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Accept Donations with PayPal & Stripe 10K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Easy PayPal & Stripe Buy Now Button 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
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