Payment Button for PayPal

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 94% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ Dwight Walker

   2.2y ago

   It took a few goes to get sandbox to work with personal and business account but then it worked. Bit confusing.

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2. ★★★★★ larsbittersweet

   2.6y ago

   Does everything you need and is superflexible if you like coding.

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3. ★★★★★ sharkster4000

   2.6y ago

   Not only is this a great plugin, but the author is also super helpful, very professional and really cares about the people using his plugins. Awesome! 5 stars well earned!

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4. ★★★★★ kandidman

   2.8y ago

   Can this work for video downloads & how to set up the process for the downloads after the consumer buys the video. Is there a plugin for that. thank you.

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5. ★★★★★ John Quail

   3.4y ago

   Great plugin and great support

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6. ★★★★★ webstpro

   4.2y ago

   <!– wp:paragraph –> <p class=””>No idea how to use. No documentation. No example shortcode. Only option seem to be to create new orders. I could not use this.</p> <!– /wp:paragraph –> This topic was modified 2 years, 4 months ago by webstpro.

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7. ★★★★★ janaslani

   4.4y ago

   Great job, Noor. Only if PayPal’s implementation was 1/10 as easy as your plug-in. Question: is there a way to tie-in the short-codes with existing subscription plans in PayPal?

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8. ★★★★★ Madeline

   4.9y ago

   This plugin is simple to use and works great. Also, the author is prompt in responding to questions and is extremely helpful.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.2.3.44 Changes to URL parameters. 1.2.3.44
2. — Version 1.2.3.43 Changed order menu icon. 1.2.3.43
3. — Version 1.2.3.42 Checkout API update. 1.2.3.42
4. — Version 1.2.3.41 Added support for optional custom input. 1.2.3.41
5. — Version 1.2.3.40 Made changes to save payment data. 1.2.3.40
6. — Version 1.2.3.39 Added an option to edit order data shown in the table. 1.2.3.39

4 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, 1 still affects the current version.

1. Medium · 5.3 Payment Button for PayPal <= 1.2.3.44 - Unauthenticated Payment Bypass ↗
   2026-08-05 CVE-2026-16990 Missing Authorization Affects <= 1.2.3.44 No patch available
2. Medium · 5.3 Payment Button for PayPal <= 1.2.3.41 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Order Creation ↗
   2026-01-16 CVE-2025-14463 Missing Authorization Affects <= 1.2.3.41 Patched in 1.2.3.42
3. Medium · 6.4 Payment Button for PayPal <= 1.2.3.35 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-01-16 CVE-2024-13401 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.2.3.35 Patched in 1.2.3.36
4. Medium · 6.1 WP PayPal <= 1.2.3.8 - Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2022-07-06 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.2.3.7 Patched in 1.2.3.8

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

Translated into 56 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Plus 32 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-02-03 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2026-02-02 4K+ → 5K+ up after 2 days in tier
3. 2026-01-31 5K+ → 4K+ down after 259 days in tier
4. 2025-05-17 6K+ → 5K+ down after 83 days in tier
5. 2025-02-23 7K+ → 6K+ down after 13 days in tier
6. 2025-02-10 10K+ → 7K+ 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).

• FluentCart A New Era of eCommerce – Faster, Lighter, and Simpler 8K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A
• ECPay Ecommerce for WooCommerce 2K+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B
• WP Express Checkout (Fast Payments via PayPal & Stripe) 1K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A
• WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ installs · 2.9★ · 2 shared tags B
• Accept Donations with PayPal & Stripe 10K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
• Easy PayPal & Stripe Buy Now Button 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A

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Payment Button for PayPal: 4K+ active installs, 4.5★ (40 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-paypal