Ko-fi Button
by koficommunity · Membership
Receive donations on your Ko-fi page with a button on your WordPress site.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
B 82/100
Few reviews
Active installs
5K+
≈5.9K estimated
Momentum
+16%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “membership” for “receive”. “membership” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “receive” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
82 health vs 71 average across 298 Membership plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.0%
of downloads still active
At least 5K of 101K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Membership plugin keeps 0.9%, across 164 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Membership 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 3 releases 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 165 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
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.
43
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
28%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ko fi your tag | #1 | #8 | 0 |
| donate plugin your tag | #4 | #18 | 0 |
| paypal donate your tag | #5 | #16 | 0 |
| button | #9 | #23 | 0 |
| donate button | #3 | #17 | down 1 |
| monetization your tag | #12 | #24 | down 2 |
| receive | #13 | #24 | up 3 |
| donate | #5 | #22 | 0 |
| donate me | #5 | #21 | 0 |
| paypal donation button | #9 | #22 | 0 |
| paypal button | #14 | #24 | down 2 |
| wordpress button | #15 | #23 | down 1 |
| website monetization | #19 | #24 | 0 |
| advanced button | #22 | #24 | 0 |
| wordpress button plugin | #24 | #24 | — |
| membership your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
56 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 15 listed. 41 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “membership” for “receive”. “membership” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “receive” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “monetization”. #12 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 8.8K · 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
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.
3
releases in the last 12 months
6mo ago
latest release · v1.4.1 · 19 May 2026
18
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 69% 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 “5K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3.7 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 7 Nov 2018
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ sellington8.0y ago
I used to have a PayPal donate button on my blog, but I switched it to using Ko-fi. The idea of buying me a coffee seems to resonate with my readers and it now really helps fund the blog.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.4.1 Fix PHP error if translations load too early Fix PHP error in instances where the classic widgets had not been saved correctly 1.4.1
- — Version 1.4.0 Introduced donation button and donation panel blocks Tested with WordPress 7.0 Button classic widget now displays correct settings regardless of whether a description was provided. The default configuration would previou 1.4.0
- — Version 1.3.10 Tested with WordPress 6.9 Fix HTML title attribute not working for widgets Automatically resize floating button based on button text 1.3.10
- — Version 1.3.9 Tested with WordPress 6.8 Code quality improvements Fix panel widget alignment issue in some block themes Add option to customize the HTML title attribute for donate buttons 1.3.9
- — Version 1.3.8 Tested with WordPress 6.7 Meta updates 1.3.8
- — Version 1.3.7 Fix deprecated function error on PHP 8+ 1.3.7
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (1.4.1). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 4.4 Ko-fi Button <= 1.3.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2023-04-25 CVE-2023-2254 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.3.2 Patched in 1.3.3
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 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 6 languages, 0 at 90% or more
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 9 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 6 of 9 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Block editor, Stripe, PayPal.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 543 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("donate plugin", "membership", "monetization", "PayPal Donate" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2023-02-18 4K+ → 5K+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2023-02-12 5K+ → 4K+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2023-02-09 4K+ → 5K+ up after 542 days in tier
- 2021-08-16 20+ → 4K+ 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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