GoUrl Easy Digital Downloads (EDD) – Bitcoin Altcoin Payment Gateway
by gourl · Uncategorized
Also makes 10 other plugins · 1.4K+ installs across the portfolio →
Provides Bitcoin/Altcoin Payment Gateway for Easy Digital Downloads (EDD) 2.4 or higher. Accept Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, Dogecoin, Dash, etc o …
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Health
D 42/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
30+
≈37 estimated
Momentum
-1%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Swap “bitcoin” for “edd bitcoin”. “bitcoin” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “edd bitcoin” sits at #21 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.0%
of downloads still active
At least 30 of 113.5K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,785 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized 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
53/100Maintenance 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.8.19.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1940 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.8.19; the current branch is 7.1
3.0★ over 4 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.0★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1940 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.
32
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| gourl | #7 | #9 | 0 |
| bitcoincash your tag | #8 | #10 | 0 |
| edd bitcoin | #21 | #20 | down 1 |
| bitcoin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| bitcoin cash your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| easy digital downloads your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| edd your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
5 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “bitcoin” for “edd bitcoin”. “bitcoin” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “edd bitcoin” sits at #21 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,492 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 921 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #23,100 to #25,000, alongside the other plugins at 30+ 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 1 Nov 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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.
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 “30+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 68% of the way through.
Install history since 14 Aug 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ a4gamer14115.4y ago
Scam, don’t use it
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ pops885.6y ago
I don’t have anything “illegal” on my website. They shut down my account without any warning and didn’t send me my $900 that they have in bitcoin of mine. How convenient! DO NOT USE THIS PLUG IN YOU WILL GET SCAMMED! Also no way to reach out to them via email. Their company is in Dominican Republic which there is no website or anyway to get in touch. Pure scum and scammers. Stay away This topic was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by pops88.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ awpt9.0y ago
I used other payment systems like bitpay which closed my account with my bitcoins without any explantion but after a short time I found this plugin to use on my edd site.As I see its better using my own bitcoin wallet address from my pc via your plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gourl11.3y ago
Tested and works with Easy Digital Downloads as well as the latest version of WordPress.
Read on wp.org ↗
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 3 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Provides Bitcoin/Altcoin Payment Gateway for Easy Digital Downloads (EDD) 2.4 or higher. Accept Bitcoin, Bi..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions PayPal, Easy Digital Downloads, Twitter.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,402 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 40+ → 30+ down after 78 days in tier
- 2026-04-23 50+ → 40+ down after 165 days in tier
- 2025-11-09 60+ → 50+ down after 128 days in tier
- 2025-07-04 70+ → 60+ down after 201 days in tier
- 2024-12-15 80+ → 70+ down after 54 days in tier
- 2024-10-22 90+ → 80+ down after 257 days in tier
- 2024-02-08 100+ → 90+ down after 492 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 200+ → 100+ down after 472 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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Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway 400+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B
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