SatoshiPay
by satoshipay · Payments
Adds SatoshiPay to your site, allowing you to charge small amounts for posts, images, audios, videos or downloads using micropayments.
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈15 estimated
Momentum
+100%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “blockchain”, “micropayments” and “paypal” 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.
47 health vs 68 average across 1,680 Payments plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.1%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 7.6K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Payments plugin keeps 1.0%, across 1,042 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.
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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 2659 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.2.30; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.20★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2659 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
33
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 8d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 8d
0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| lumen your tag | #10 | #4 | 0 |
| blockchain your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| micropayments your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| paypal your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| stellar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
5 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 4 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “blockchain”, “micropayments” and “paypal” 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 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 81 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,100 to #45,000, alongside the other plugins at 10+ 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 21 Oct 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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow 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
7.3y ago
latest release · v1.11 · 22 Jul 2019
23
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2.8 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 27 May 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ worldtravellerxx7.8y ago
I started using SatoshiPay recently and it works really well. I can just add a paywall to my travel blog posts and ask my readers to pay a little amount. I can even sell my travel guides as downloads and collect donations for local charities. I love it!!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ marcelcure7.9y ago
We run the sketching and watercolour tuition website roisincure.com. Before we installed SatoshiPay 6 months ago, we used Patreon to monetise our content. Patreon was difficult to use for content on our website (easier if you put content on their website) and we had a ton of support issues with people having trouble accessing our content. We never liked asking for patronage anyway – we just wanted to charge a small price for our articles. This was not really possible until SatoshiPay, since making credit card transactions for small payments was really slow and expensive. SatoshiPay works very well for us. At last we can get a fair deal for a small publisher like ourselves. Once the web wallet is topped up, it is just one click to open up an article on our website. It works perfectly. A few times I have contacted their support team – usually because I wanted an enhancement. They always respond within a couple of hours and they are very encouraging, with tips etc. This is the future of small publishing. I thoroughly recommend SatoshiPay.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ bluebirdstuff7.9y ago
I really love how easy it was to implement the plugin, and how well it converts when asking your readers for donations or small payments for certain articles. I’d love to give an extra star for the fact that all this even runs on the blockchain, how cool is that!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ reneoelke10.7y ago
Finally you can use a simple way Bitcoins in WordPress. Not only as a blog owner, but also as a visitor. In addition, you also get another great Ad Blocker detection.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kiwizza10.7y ago
finally bitcoin for wordpress When a lot of people like me pay a few satoshis (everybody can afford that!) for good research, maybe these ugly click bate pages turn into real quality content delivering
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ tothemoongirl10.7y ago
and it’s so simple. You guys are awesome. I think I’ll even start to post more just of what I think and experience in my daily and professional life. I mean I know that for a lot of people my personal knowledge is helpful and now I even think of making an additional business just out of that. Finally, I hope a lot of websites will get rid of these nasty ads and write some valuable content. When a lot of people like me pay a few satoshis (everybody can afford that!) for good research, maybe these ugly click bate pages turn into real quality content delivering sites. Here is for wishful thinking. Some clever geeks surely will come up with more clever ways. I am looking forward to you to release the option to paywall individual text passages on a single page.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 0 at 90% or more
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Adds SatoshiPay to your site, allowing you to charge small amounts for posts, images, audios, videos or dow..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 640 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("lumen", "paypal", "stellar" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-01-30 20+ → 10+ down after 34 days in tier
- 2023-12-27 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-12-26 20+ → 10+ down after 284 days in tier
- 2023-03-17 30+ → 20+ down after 59 days in tier
- 2023-01-17 40+ → 30+ down after 73 days in tier
- 2022-11-05 50+ → 40+ down after 385 days in tier
- 2021-10-16 100+ → 50+ down after 818 days in tier
- 2019-07-21 40+ → 100+ up
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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Donations via PayPal 20K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Accept Donations with PayPal & Stripe 10K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B -
Easy PayPal & Stripe Buy Now Button 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Payment Gateway for PayPal on WooCommerce 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A
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