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Online Payments – Get Paid with PayPal, Square & Stripe

by vcita · Payments

Also makes 2 other plugins · 1.2K+ installs across the portfolio →

Add a payment button to your website and get paid instantly with vcita's Online Payments solution.

⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
60 Health · C
Maintenance 42/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

60 health vs 65 average across 1,092 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.

75 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 51/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 56/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 533 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+4% vs prior 30d
7Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

195

now · peak 382

19530d downloads · Aug 26

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

Online Payments · #14578 you Contact Form 7 · #2564 Payment forms, Buy n · #3207 PeachPay · #10150

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.2Stars · Aug 26

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

1.9Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

1.5y ago

latest release · v3.30.5

8

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

3.30.5 · 1.5y ago3.30.0 · 1.5y ago3.20.0 · 1.7y ago3.9.1 · 3.0y ago3.10.0 · 3.0y ago3.9.0 · 7.5y ago3.8.5 · 7.5y ago3.8.4 · 8.1y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 71% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v3.30 71%
v3.9 21%
v3.10 8.1%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
100–200 ≈190

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2015-05-27 · 1,390 observations

100Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
3.30.0
Last updated
1.5y ago
Added
2014-12-14 · 11 yrs old
Requires WP
4.6
Tested up to
6.7.7
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. greenvisionmedia
    5.6y ago

    Installed the package & immediately threw multiple conflict errors w/another plugin. Wanted a payment gateway but discovered a new chat bot on my site and other unwanted features. After creating an account on vCita I was presented with payment choices and no option to connect to Square. From the FAQ: Can I connect my PayPal / Square / Stripe account? Yes. Connecting your preferred gateway to vcita is super easy! Maybe this being trial software is buried somewhere in the description. Maybe the Square integration is buried somewhere too. Maybe the unadvertised features are awesome. But combine them all & it’s hard to get a warm fuzzy. And now they have my square password.

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  2. bandora
    9.5y ago

    I was looking for a free way to have an online form that accepts both Paypal and Stripe, based on the description this looks great but it’s not so. It is designed for people that subscribe to vCita, otherwise the features and how much money you can collect per month is limited. I already subscribe to other CRM and booking services so I don’t want to switch and pay more per month. I am sure that this is a great plugin for someone out there but not for me.

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  3. callthatgirl
    10.7y ago

    Last year I found vCita from a college friend and I absolutely loved the easy scheduling to get on her calendar. I loved it so much I instantly signed up and tested it, it worked great. 2 weeks later, I upgrade to the premium version as I really wanted to take advantage of everything. I’m a Microsoft Outlook Expert, people search the internet for “Outlook Expert” and find my website that has the vCita plug-in, which instantly adds a more professional appeal. I used to get emails from clients, now instead I get bookings right away and comments that lead to sales. Since last February, I have over 800 bookings and many more comments. vCita also has saved me many hours of booking appointments with my prepay clients and just over all, no more “Let’s find a time…” back and forth. Now I just send them my link and it’s in their hands to find a good time. I can’t even believe I worked without it this long. The plug-in is so awesome, I put it in all of my SEO blogs as well as my main website http://www.callthatgirl.biz and I use the pop up, which attracts folks to get on my calendar. AAAAA++++++. Don’t change a thing here folks!

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  4. Opinion Stage
    11.6y ago

    Easy to setup, works flawlessly. Recommended!

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  5. Tob2014
    11.6y ago

    This plugin is just what I needed! The payment process is well designed and makes my site look very professional. I love the “LiveSite Widget” as well – I already got 2 leads from it! Highly recommended

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Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

4 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

  1. 2025-02-17 CVE-2024-11895 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 3.20.0 Patched in 3.30.0
  2. 2025-01-15 CVE-2025-22661 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 3.20.0 Patched in 3.30.0
  3. 2023-06-02 CVE-2023-2406 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 3.9.1 Patched in 3.10.0
  4. 2023-06-02 CVE-2023-2407 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 3.10.0 Patched in 3.20.0

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.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.2

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2024-12-16 200+ → 100+ down after 3 days in tier
  2. 2024-12-13 100+ → 200+ up after 7 days in tier
  3. 2024-12-06 200+ → 100+ down after 392 days in tier
  4. 2023-11-10 300+ → 200+ down after 363 days in tier
  5. 2022-11-12 400+ → 300+ down

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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Online Payments – Get Paid with PayPal, Square & Stripe: 100+ active installs, 4.2★ (5 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/paypal-payment-button-by-vcita