Paid Downloads

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

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.

0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

Directory rank

Ranked about #17,400 to #18,100, alongside the other plugins at 80+ 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.

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share 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.

Crossed into this band 2 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 90.

1. ★★★★★ TheSolverItaly

   9.7y ago

   This plugin does not creates links and title.

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2. ★★★★★ passegua

   12.4y ago

   You should be aware that this plugin is NOT working on last wp release 3.9.1

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3. ★★★★★ Sudhanshu Dubey

   13.0y ago

   This what I was really looking from a long time! Thanks…

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4. ★★★★★ indecrotable

   13.0y ago

   Tries to solves an important problem but brings two minor ones: Impossible to use more than one custom image button and impossible to customize CSS buttons. The best solution may be to use a [paiddownloadlink] or [paiddownloadonclick] command. I just hacked with JS. Doesn’t send manual links and doesn’t check if paid links have reached their recipients.

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5. ★★★★★ marrie125

   13.1y ago

   This plugin is grate. and easy to use. How ever i notice anything more then 30 mb will fail and a 500 internal server error will be on my site. Also if a user buys a dl of more then 30 mb the dl will be 0 bytes and the dl link will fail. This is not acceptable in my book. This needs to be fixed. Thanks.

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6. ★★★★★ Ahmad

   13.2y ago

   Working like a charm on my site…Thanks for this plugin..:)

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7. ★★★★★ sylvioros

   13.8y ago

   And no explanation either.

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8. ★★★★★ eJus

   14.0y ago

   The download link looks good. The downloaded file has the size it should. But it isn’t ientical to the source file and doesn’t work. For example: $ ll sample.epub [= downloaded file] -rw-r–r– 1 gp gp 498797 19. Nov 23:29 sample.epub $ ll tmp/sample.epub [= source file] -rw-r–r– 1 gp gp 498797 18. Nov 22:12 tmp/sample.epub $ diff sample.epub tmp/sample.epub Binary files sample.epub and tmp/sample.epub are different. $ [files have same size and name but are different, download file does not work.]

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2 open vulnerabilities affect the current version (3.15). 0 of 2 disclosed are patched.

1. Open High · 8.1 Paid Downloads <= 3.15 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via 'paiddownloads_update_file' Action ↗
   2026-09-16 CVE-2026-87935 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Affects <= 3.15 No patch available
2. Open High · 7.5 Paid Downloads <= 3.15 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection ↗
   2026-01-21 CVE-2025-68857 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command Affects <= 3.15 No patch available

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.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-09-01 100+ → 80+ down after 25 days in tier
2. 2026-08-07 90+ → 100+ up after 89 days in tier
3. 2026-05-10 100+ → 90+ down after 8 days in tier
4. 2026-05-02 90+ → 100+ up after 3 days in tier
5. 2026-04-29 100+ → 90+ down after 49 days in tier
6. 2026-03-11 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
7. 2026-03-10 100+ → 90+ down after 8 days in tier
8. 2026-03-02 90+ → 100+ up after 19 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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Paid Downloads: 80+ active installs, 2.8★ (9 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/paid-downloads