WP-Donate provides a payment form and recent donor by utilizing Stripe.
44 health vs 65 average across 1,095 Payments plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.9.16.
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1588 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
89
now · peak 188
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
7.3y ago
latest release · v1.9
7
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 “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-09-30 · 1,388 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
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
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ NicheLabs8.9y ago
Installed the plugin, activated it, entered my Auth.net credentials and tested the form. When I click on submit nothing happens, it just sits there. There is a post in the Support Threads that mentions this from 11 months ago. No response but the thread is closed.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ damianvincent9.0y ago
No way to style the plugin or edit the form fields, short of ripping apart the source code, payment gateway does NOT work, simply refreshes the page. No transactions appear through authorize.net. Really worried about using this plugin. BEWARE.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ amyk9.1y ago
I’ve been using WP-Donate for several years now. It does its job very well, which is providing a payment form that connects with authorize.net. It was easy to customize and add style to the form. It doesn’t need to be updated frequently as some other plugins do. The plugin authors maintain this plugin and respond to inquiries.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ R J9.7y ago
I got a project where a site was using this plugin. I was tinkering around, but couldn’t get it to work. Frustrated, I created a blank WordPress site with the WP Donate plugin to see how it’s supposed to work. I had my test authorize.net credentials ready, then tried some test transactions, but nothing happened. If you entered a wrong number, you would get the error message. If you entered a correct number, nothing happened: you refreshed the page, but no transactions showed in my Authorize.net summary and nothing was added to the Donor List in the admin settings. I could spend some time figuring out why this isn’t working, since others claim it does, but I will just find something that actually works.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Tankerman11.6y ago
Good Plugin but need ip identification.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ vagdiyasanjay11.8y ago
Excellent plugin, easy installation and configuration. I’ve tested it with Auth.net test mode and it is working perfect. Just one thing missing from my perspective is it does not allow recurring transactions, but anyways good free plugin to receive donation.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ maheshkamani11.8y ago
Its just simple, I’ve configured donation form with wp-donate within 10 minutes. Great plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Kevykev00312.3y ago
Great plugin, easy to use and customize. Without all the unnecessary stuff. Fast, friendly support. I definitely recommend this plugin. Thanks Ashish for your help! Kevin
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Known vulnerabilities
via Wordfence Intelligence2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, 1 still affects the current version.
- 2025-04-15 CVE-2025-32637 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.0 No patch available
- 2023-07-16 CVE-2015-10122 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') Affects <= 1.4 Patched in 1.5
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 HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.9.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-03 30+ → 20+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-03-31 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-03-29 30+ → 20+ down after 12 days in tier
- 2026-03-17 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-16 30+ → 20+ down after 99 days in tier
- 2025-12-07 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-06 30+ → 20+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-12-03 40+ → 30+ down after 5 days in tier
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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WP Stripe Checkout 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags A -
WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments 800K+ installs · 3.4★ · 2 shared tags B -
WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway 700K+ installs · 3.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Payment Plugins for Stripe WooCommerce 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Accept Stripe Payments 20K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
PayU GPO Payment for WooCommerce 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B
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