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x402 Pay

by Steve Dufresne · Uncategorized

A USDC paywall for AI crawlers and bots: return HTTP 402, accept a signed micropayment, then serve the content.

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
80 Health · B
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 65/100
Support 70/100

80 health vs 55 average across 12,973 Uncategorized 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 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 49/100
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 2026-06-24 · 23 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

vs prior 30d
Jun 24
Jul 16

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

99

now · peak 99

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

x402 Pay · #51421 Lightning Publisher · #45683 codoc · #4679 Memberful · #6917

Estimated active installs

wp.org reports only “—”. The real number sits in this band.

modeled estimate
0–0 ≈0

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2026-06-26 · 18 observations

Details

Version
0.1.3
Last updated
23d ago
Added
2026-06-24
Requires WP
7.0
Tested up to
7.0.1
Requires PHP
8.1

Growth timeline

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

No tier crossings observed yet.

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