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Tip Jar WP

by Tip Jar WP · Payments

Since 2019, Tip Jar WP has helped creators like you earn over $1,000,000 combined! Made for creators, artists, teachers, service providers, and more, …

⚠ Few reviews
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74 Health · B
Maintenance 84/100
Rating quality 66/100
Support 70/100

74 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.

88 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 95/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 57/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

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

+38% vs prior 30d
5Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

105

now · peak 378

10530d 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

Tip Jar WP · #11697 you Order Tip for WooCom · #4949 AidWP · #7617 Order Tip & Donation · #13503

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3.3Stars · 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.

525per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
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.

1

releases in the last 12 months

7mo ago

latest release · v2.2.0

1

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.2.0 · 7mo ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 74% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v2.2 74%
v2.1 20%
v2.0 6.2%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
200–300 ≈270

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

Install history · since 2020-05-13 · 1,385 observations

200Installs · 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
2.2.0
Last updated
7mo ago
Added
2019-08-02 · 7 yrs old
Requires WP
4.8
Tested up to
6.9.7
Requires PHP
7.0

Recent reviews

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  1. Sirmadsen
    4.0y ago

    Does not work at all. Trying to add the shortcode (standard and custom) on pages, in sidebar, in posts, using Elementor etc. but the jar is not showing up on ANY of them. The only thing I got to work Once was the button, but the pop-up didn’t work, go figure. It’s either extremely bad coding or extremely bad theme support for custom themes. Personal i think number one since I’ve had no problems with other shortcode plugins.

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  2. Anonymous
    5.5y ago

    Well, the system worked great…until it just stopped. And tech support didn’t have a clue what was going on. So we have missed thousands of dollars of revenue because they don’t know how their own system works, and aren’t responsive when the thing stops working. I am actively investigating alternatives because this is an untenable situation. This topic was modified 5 years, 4 months ago by dlapin.

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  3. parismolver
    5.7y ago

    Download classic editor if you want to make changes, you’ll end up with a shortcode that you can plonk anywhere. If you’re downloading for the ‘download on sale’ feature, it works well if you have a static usecase, ie, you post an mp3 once a month and don’t mind making a new shortcode everytime.

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  4. AdamRobinson
    6.2y ago

    Works great and looks great, and the setup was super easy. The plugin guides you through the back end process really nicely, with detailed and well written instructions for each step.

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  5. shibetpc
    6.5y ago

    I needed a quick solution for accepting tips. After having reviewed a few I selected this one because it was clean and uncomplicated. Install and setup were straight forward, and there is just enough customization without over complicating a simple function. I did receive an error preventing a submission during the first outing, but the developer responded quickly, addressing the error and pushing out an update immediately. Can’t ask for more than that 🙂 EDITED: I edited my review to remove a feature request when the developer informed me the feature was already present in the plugin. I’d add another star if I could 🙂 This topic was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by shibetpc.

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  6. wpleo2
    6.5y ago

    Caution – The activation of this plugin takes your site offline and blocks admin access.

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  7. mojkart
    7.1y ago

    Such an incredible plugin for creators! Must use for all. things i loved the most about this plugin are: 1. All in One Payment Solution with all major payment methods. 2. MultiPurpose (can be used in any use case) 3. Automatic user account creation inside wordpress. Thing that i want: 1. PayPal Option 2. Paywall/Content locker feature for Pay Per Post, Pay Per Video Content. 3. Suppprt to sell digital goods. (when payment confirmed, file should automatically go to customer email & his account on site.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

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

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more · development strings

Czech 11%

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2025-12-03 300+ → 200+ down after 952 days in tier
  2. 2023-04-26 400+ → 300+ down after 7 days in tier
  3. 2023-04-19 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
  4. 2023-04-18 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
  5. 2023-04-17 300+ → 400+ up after 4 days in tier
  6. 2023-04-13 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in tier
  7. 2023-04-11 300+ → 400+ up after 2 days in tier
  8. 2023-04-09 400+ → 300+ down

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