Paypal.me – An offline payment gateway
by smart · Payments
Get payment using your PayPal.Me link or PayPal Email from your website.
46 health vs 69 average across 586 Payments plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.33, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 3474 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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
151
now · peak 168
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
- 2025-10-19 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in band
- 2025-10-16 200+ → 300+ up after 6 days in band
- 2025-10-10 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in band
- 2025-10-07 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-10-06 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-10-05 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-10-04 300+ → 200+ down after 252 days in band
- 2025-01-25 400+ → 300+ down after 1 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 Button for PayPal 4K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Restore PayPal Standard for WooCommerce 3K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Express Checkout (Fast Payments via PayPal & Stripe) 1K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
CP Contact Form with PayPal 800+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments 900K+ installs · 3.3★ · 1 shared tag A
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