Payment Form for PayPal Pro
by codepeople · Payments
Also makes 32 other plugins · 85.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
Payment Form for PayPal Pro for accepting credit cards directly into your website without navigating to a PayPal page.
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Health
B 71/100
Few reviews
Active installs
20+
≈27 estimated
Momentum
+23%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “accept”, “paypal” and “paypal advanced” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
71 health vs 68 average across 1,685 Payments plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.1%
of downloads still active
At least 20 of 23.8K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Payments plugin keeps 1.0%, across 1,043 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Payments plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 311 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
2.7★ over 7 reviews, smoothed to 3.93★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
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.
29
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.8
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
-0.6
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| accept your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| paypal your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| paypal advanced your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| paypal pro your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| pro your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
10 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 10 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “accept”, “paypal” and “paypal advanced” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 2 Nov 2024 · 730 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 129 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #25,400 to #28,300, alongside the other plugins at 20+ 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.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history since 15 Sep 2026
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 3 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (1.1.73). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 4.4 Payment Form for PayPal Pro <= 1.1.72 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-04-17 CVE-2025-39562 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.1.72 Patched in 1.1.73
- 2020-07-02 CVE-2020-14092 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command Affects < 1.1.65 Patched in 1.1.65
- 2015-10-04 CVE-2015-7666 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects < 1.0.2 Patched in 1.0.2
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.
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
7 of 8 pass · checked 28 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 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("if you have", "use it", "if you need").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions PayPal.
- ✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,194 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "paypal advanced" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
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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Payment Gateway for PayPal Pro, PayPal Checkout & Subscriptions for WooCommerce 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
PayPal Advanced for Woo 40+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags D -
PayPal Pro Payflow for Woo 20+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags D -
Payment Advanced – PayPal 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D -
Easy Digital Downloads PayPal Payment 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D -
Payment Pro (Direct Payment + Hosted) – PayPal — installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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