Payhip – Sell Downloads
by payhip · Payments
This plugin will allow you to Sell Downloads directly to your customers. Sell your eBooks, music, videos, design assets, courses, software and more.
77 health vs 69 average across 589 Payments plugins
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: WP compatibility
To rank higher: Set "Tested up to" to WordPress 6.8; lagging the current branch costs search weight.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
81
now · peak 193
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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-02-05 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-02-03 200+ → 300+ up after 6 days in band
- 2025-01-28 300+ → 200+ down after 4 days in band
- 2025-01-24 200+ → 300+ up after 3 days in band
- 2025-01-21 300+ → 200+ down after 793 days in band
- 2022-11-20 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in band
- 2022-11-19 300+ → 400+ up after 3 days in band
- 2022-11-16 400+ → 300+ down after 13 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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Payment Plugins for PayPal WooCommerce 80K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy 40K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Donations via PayPal 20K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Accept Donations with PayPal & Stripe 10K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B -
Easy PayPal & Stripe Buy Now Button 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A
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