UI for WordPress Simple Paypal Shopping Cart
by Svetoslav Marinov · eCommerce
Also makes 34 other plugins · 11.4K+ installs across the portfolio →
Generates the short code for WordPress Simple Paypal Shopping Cart.
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
-30%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “online shop”, “paypal shopping cart” and “shopping cart” 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 71 average across 9,845 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.3%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 39.9K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,181 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other eCommerce 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38, well behind 7.1.
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 4355 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.0.38; the current branch is 7.1
5.0★ over 4 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.2★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4355 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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordperss ecommerce your tag | #1 | #1 | — |
| online shop your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| paypal shopping cart your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| shopping cart your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| wordpress shopping cart your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “online shop”, “paypal shopping cart” and “shopping cart” 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 · 1,492 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 131 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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 1 Nov 2026.
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.
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
11.9y ago
latest release · v1.1.1 · 2 Dec 2014
12
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 11 months ago; the previous band took 20 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 19 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ mrichter78912.0y ago
Works fine, helps, to get more (and faster) out of WordPress Simple Paypal Shopping Cart. Thank you
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ webgeeksps12.0y ago
It work great with 4.0 I hope he make a update for it.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ trulymad12.9y ago
I’m thrilled to bits with the ease and functionality of this simple shopping cart. My client couldn’t believe that less than an hour after her request, she now has shopping facilities on her WordPress site. She thinks I’m the best thing since sliced bread and, I’m happily basking in the glory that by rights belongs to the wonderful developers, humanmade. Oh, and did I mention that the customer even gets an easy-to-customise order confirmation e-mail? What more could I want… Thank you for making my life so much easier.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jeeni13.6y ago
If you don’t have many products or services and want a real simple way to build a shopping cart for your WP site, this is the plugin to use. It’s much clearer than building the button on PayPal and copying and pasting the code and on the other end, it’s much more simple than a robust shopping cart solution. I use this for clients when they have less than a handful of products and they’ve always been very pleased with it. (I have yet to test this on the most-recent WP install (3.5.1) but will be shortly and will report back my findings.)
Read on wp.org ↗
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
2 of 8 pass · checked 2 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Generates the short code for WordPress Simple Paypal Shopping Cart."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions PayPal.
- ! Headings and lists 2 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 937 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("online shop", "wordperss ecommerce", "WordPress shopping cart" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-12-03 200+ → 100+ down after 590 days in tier
- 2024-04-22 300+ → 200+ down after 263 days in tier
- 2023-08-03 400+ → 300+ down after 359 days in tier
- 2022-08-09 2K+ → 400+ 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).
- S Simple ParsPal Shopping Cart 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags D
- O Orbisius CyberStore 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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SureCart – Ecommerce Made Easy For Selling Physical Products, Digital Downloads, Subscriptions, Donations, & Payments 80K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Menu Cart for WooCommerce 70K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Simple Shopping Cart 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
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