Paypal Subscriptions
by GrandPlugins · Payments
Paypal Subscriptions plugin integrates PayPal subscriptions with WordPress easily.
44 health vs 68 average across 641 Payments plugins
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.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1065 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-15 · 1,371 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
52
now · peak 156
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-14 · 1,369 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-10-26 30+ → 20+ down after 376 days in band
- 2024-10-15 40+ → 30+ down after 3 days in band
- 2024-10-12 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in band
- 2024-10-10 40+ → 30+ down after 10 days in band
- 2024-09-30 30+ → 40+ up after 14 days in band
- 2024-09-16 40+ → 30+ down after 10 days in band
- 2024-09-06 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-09-05 40+ → 30+ down after 189 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Recurring PayPal Donations 800+ installs · 3.7★ · 3 shared tags C -
WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ installs · 2.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
PayPal Enterprise Payments (formerly Braintree) for WooCommerce 10K+ installs · 2.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Contact Form 7 – PayPal & Stripe Add-on 7K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
Payment forms, Buy now buttons, and Invoicing System | GetPaid 5K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Mollie Forms 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
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