GoUrl Bitcoin Payment Gateway & Paid Downloads & Membership
by gourl · Payments
Also makes 10 other plugins · 1.4K+ installs across the portfolio →
GoUrl Official Bitcoin/Altcoin Payment Gateway for Wordpress. Accept Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, Dash, Dogecoin, etc. Payments Online
Health
D 51/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Open vulnerability
Active installs
600+
≈680 estimated
Momentum
+14%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “accept bitcoin” and “bitcoin” for “altcoin” and “dogecoin”. “accept bitcoin” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “altcoin” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “bitcoin” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “dogecoin” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
51 health vs 68 average across 1,873 Payments plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.2%
of downloads still active
At least 600 of 307.8K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Payments plugin keeps 1.0%, across 1,146 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Payments 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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 938 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.6.11; the current branch is 7.1
4.0★ over 76 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.0★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 938 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.
31
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
-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 | #2 | #1 | 0 |
| bitcoin sv | #2 | #1 | 0 |
| altcoin | #12 | #5 | down 1 |
| bitcoin cash | #21 | #11 | down 1 |
| dogecoin | #24 | #7 | down 1 |
| altcoin woocommerce | #13 | #8 | 0 |
| p cash | #14 | #3 | down 4 |
| accept bitcoin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| bitcoin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| bitcoin payments your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| bitcoin woocommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| bitcoin wordpress plugin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
27 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 7 listed. 20 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
- Swap “accept bitcoin” and “bitcoin” for “altcoin” and “dogecoin”. “accept bitcoin” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “altcoin” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “bitcoin” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “dogecoin” sits at #24 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 · 1,495 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 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
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
2.6y ago
latest release · v1.6.6 · 13 Apr 2024
49
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 98% 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 “600+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 9 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 700.
Install history since 8 Nov 2016
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.6.6). 1 of 2 disclosed are patched.
- Open Medium · 4.4 GoUrl Bitcoin Payment Gateway & Paid Downloads & Membership <= 1.6.6 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-09-05 CVE-2025-48102 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.6.6 No patch available
- Patched Critical · 9.8 GoUrl Bitcoin Payment Gateway & Paid Downloads & Membership <= 1.4.13 - Arbitrary File Upload ↗2018-10-31 CVE-2019-1010209 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Affects <= 1.4.13 Patched in 1.4.14
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.
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
7 of 8 pass · checked 5 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "GoUrl Official Bitcoin/Altcoin Payment Gateway for Wordpress. Accept Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, Dash,..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("for developers"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, PayPal, bbPress, Easy Digital Downloads and 1 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,192 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "bitcoin woocommerce", "bitcoin wordpress plugin" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-29 700+ → 600+ down after 111 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 800+ → 700+ down after 73 days in tier
- 2026-04-28 900+ → 800+ down after 68 days in tier
- 2026-02-19 1K+ → 900+ down after 544 days in tier
- 2024-08-24 2K+ → 1K+ down after 398 days in tier
- 2023-07-23 3K+ → 2K+ down after 228 days in tier
- 2022-12-07 4K+ → 3K+ down after 217 days in tier
- 2022-05-04 5K+ → 4K+ down after 495 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that show up in the same WordPress.org searches, most shared searches first, then plugins sharing two or more tags. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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GoUrl WooCommerce – Bitcoin Altcoin Payment Gateway Addon 500+ installs · 3.8★ · 5 shared searches D -
MyCryptoCheckout – Bitcoin, Ethereum, and 100+ altcoins for WooCommerce 8K+ installs · 4.2★ · 4 shared searches A -
Bitcoin and Altcoin Wallets 50+ installs · 4.5★ · 4 shared searches B -
Accept Cryptocurrencies with Plisio 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 4 shared searches B -
GoUrl Bitcoin Altcoin Payment Gateway For Gravity Forms 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared searches B -
NOWPayments for WooCommerce – Crypto Payment Gateway 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared searches A
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