PayPal Payment Buttons

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

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

At the current install trend, crossing 500+ in roughly 64 days.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-07-14 300+ → 400+ up after 57 days in band
2. 2026-05-18 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
3. 2026-05-17 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in band
4. 2026-05-14 200+ → 300+ up after 53 days in band
5. 2026-03-22 100+ → 200+ up after 69 days in band
6. 2026-01-12 90+ → 100+ up after 5 days in band
7. 2026-01-07 80+ → 90+ up after 12 days in band
8. 2025-12-26 70+ → 80+ up after 10 days in band

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first

• WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ installs · 2.8★ · 3 shared tags B
• PayPal Enterprise Payments (formerly Braintree) for WooCommerce 10K+ installs · 2.9★ · 3 shared tags B
• FluentCart A New Era of eCommerce – Faster, Lighter, and Simpler 7K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A
• Contact Form 7 – PayPal & Stripe Add-on 7K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags A
• Payment Button for PayPal 4K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A
• GoDaddy Payments for WooCommerce 2K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B

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PayPal Payment Buttons: 400+ active installs, 5.0★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-16. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/paypal-payment-buttons