Paypal Donation
by M A Vinoth Kumar · Payments
This PayPal Donation WordPress Plugin gives high level of flexible to admin to share some of the real information for donation.
45 health vs 72 average across 386 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34, 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 3985 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
17
now · peak 76
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-01-31 50+ → 40+ down after 272 days in band
- 2025-05-04 60+ → 50+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-05-02 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-05-01 60+ → 50+ down after 12 days in band
- 2025-04-19 50+ → 60+ up after 3 days in band
- 2025-04-16 60+ → 50+ down after 355 days in band
- 2024-04-26 70+ → 60+ down after 124 days in band
- 2023-12-24 80+ → 70+ 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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Easy Accept Payments via PayPal 7K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A -
Donations via PayPal 20K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Accept Donations with PayPal & Stripe 10K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
CP Contact Form with PayPal 800+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Recurring PayPal Donations 800+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags C -
Donation Block For PayPal 600+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/paypal-donation" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Paypal Donation — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Paypal Donation: 40+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/paypal-donation