Payhip – Sell Downloads

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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.

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8 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 7 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

Directory rank

Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ 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.

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 21 months ago; the previous band took 2.2 years to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ Anonymous

   8.2y ago

   Been using Payhip for a number of months now to host my digital goods and really loving it – it takes care of everything for you, really beautifully simple and easy to use. Highly recommended!

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2. ★★★★★ tycooko

   9.4y ago

   I’m an artist selling original, alternative, non-normative and queer content which is sexy and adult-oriented but not explicit or pornographic. I don’t work with nude. Since the very first moment (in fact, a few days later) I started to use their plugin, PayHip treated me with a very heavy and patriarchic and malodorous and moralistic ostracism, using every possible excuse. They first banned my store preventing me to work in 2015. When I complained, they sent me an email saying they were sorry and explaining that one of their workers just saw the preview images to some of my clips and “assumed” (yes, you’ve read that right: that’s how professional they are) they were pornographic, and before asking for confirmation they just banned me (!). They promised it wouldn’t happen again. Now, two years later, they’ve sent me the very SAME-worded email and I’m banned again. It’s been several days now and they just refuse to reply to my many emails requesting an explanation. I want to make one thing clear: as I speak (June 2017), PayHip doesn’t have ethical, moral or even legal limitations in their terms of service about the content sold via their plugin. They probably should, but they don’t. When I talked to PayPal about this, they confirmed they have zero problems with my work, my content and my videos and that what I do does not go against PayPal’s terms of service. This is what happens when people who have probably been brain-washed by religion and medieval morals run a (supposedly) multi-cultural business. Stay away if you love freedom of expression and respect all your sisters and brothers, fellow human beings. This topic was modified 9 years ago by tycooko.

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3. ★★★★★ PPCMD

   10.6y ago

   The best part is, you get complete features without any temporary charges! I like it a lot!

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4. ★★★★★ albert732

   10.9y ago

   With a simple interface and latest WordPress support, I am glad that I found the plugin early. It is now easy to sell digital downloads. Install and use scenario!

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5. ★★★★★ jonathanbull

   11.4y ago

   Functional and easy to use – I was able to add an ebook to a site in minutes. Goodbye, iframes!

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6. ★★★★★ pietro

   11.4y ago

   Finally an easy way to sell PDF and Kindle versions of our ebooks. Looks great, our customers are happy and sales have increased since switching to PayHip and selling directly!

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7. ★★★★★ payhip

   11.4y ago

   We (the creators) think Payhip is an awesome way to sell ebooks. Simple and fast! 🙂

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8. ★★★★★ Anonymous

   11.4y ago

   Love it.

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Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-02-05 300+ → 200+ down after 808 days in tier
2. 2022-11-20 400+ → 300+ down after 47 days in tier
3. 2022-10-04 300+ → 400+ up after 131 days in tier
4. 2022-05-26 400+ → 300+ down

Competes with

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Payhip – Sell Downloads: 200+ active installs, 4.5★ (8 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-04. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/payhip-sell-ebooks