WP Donate

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

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.

0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

Directory rank

Ranked about #25,400 to #28,300, alongside the other plugins at 20+ 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.

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share 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.

Crossed into this band 7 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ NicheLabs

   9.1y 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.

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2. ★★★★★ damianvincent

   9.1y 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.

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3. ★★★★★ amyk

   9.3y 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.

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4. ★★★★★ R J

   9.9y 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.

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5. ★★★★★ Tankerman

   11.8y ago

   Good Plugin but need ip identification.

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6. ★★★★★ vagdiyasanjay

   11.9y 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.

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7. ★★★★★ maheshkamani

   12.0y ago

   Its just simple, I’ve configured donation form with wp-donate within 10 minutes. Great plugin.

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8. ★★★★★ Kevykev003

   12.5y 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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1 open vulnerability affects the current version (2.0). 1 of 2 disclosed are patched.

1. Open Medium · 6.1 WP Donate <= 2.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-04-15 CVE-2025-32637 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.0 No patch available
2. Patched Critical · 9.8 WP Donate <= 1.4 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection in donate-display.php ↗
   2023-07-16 CVE-2015-10122 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command Affects <= 1.4 Patched in 1.5

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Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-04-03 30+ → 20+ down after 121 days in tier
2. 2025-12-03 40+ → 30+ down after 84 days in tier
3. 2025-09-10 30+ → 40+ up after 54 days in tier
4. 2025-07-18 40+ → 30+ down after 32 days in tier
5. 2025-06-16 50+ → 40+ down after 21 days in tier
6. 2025-05-26 40+ → 50+ up after 28 days in tier
7. 2025-04-28 50+ → 40+ down after 71 days in tier
8. 2025-02-16 60+ → 50+ down after 79 days in tier

Competes with

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WP Donate: 20+ active installs, 3.9★ (15 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-03. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-donate