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Easy PayPal Shopping Cart

by Scott Paterson · 1,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: Easy PayPal Shopping Cart is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.

91/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Easy PayPal Shopping Cart
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security100
Support70
Reputation70

How the score works

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
scottpaterson11 Feb 2015 to 22 Aug 2026, 47 commits

1 committer recorded. No ownership changes recorded since 3 Nov 2026.

Maintenance

Last release
2 months ago
Releases, 24 months
1
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
5.4 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter for Easy PayPal Shopping Cart
Q1 20240
Q2 20240
Q3 20240
Q4 20240
Q1 20250
Q2 20251
Q3 20250
Q4 20250
Q1 20260
Q2 20260
Q3 20260
Q4 20260

Last release 22 Aug 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Support

Support history appears after our first snapshots of the forum counts.

Security record

PublishedIssueCVSSAffectedFixed inDays to patch
3 Nov 2023Easy PayPal Shopping Cart <= 1.1.10 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode6.4<= 1.1.101.1.111
25 May 2022Easy PayPal Shopping Cart <= 1.1.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Cross-Site Scripting8.8<= 1.1.91.1.100

Source: Wordfence Intelligence.

Reputation

Lifetime rating 3.9 from 15 ratings. Quarterly trends appear as new reviews arrive.

Rating distribution
5 star11
4 star0
3 star0
2 star0
1 star4

Momentum

1,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Easy PayPal Shopping Cart
4 May 202633
11 May 202636
18 May 202654
25 May 202646
1 Jun 202630
8 Jun 202642
15 Jun 202628
22 Jun 202632
29 Jun 202636
6 Jul 202632
13 Jul 202639
20 Jul 202648
27 Jul 202652
3 Aug 202653
10 Aug 202657
17 Aug 2026104
24 Aug 202651
31 Aug 202648
7 Sep 202644
14 Sep 202671
21 Sep 202654
28 Sep 202675
5 Oct 202655
12 Oct 202661
19 Oct 2026101
26 Oct 202692
2 Nov 202613

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 30% above the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.

No healthier plugin in the same category yet.

Facts

Version1.1.12
AuthorScott Paterson
Added11 Feb 2015
Last updated22 Aug 2026
Active installs1,000+
Requires WordPress3.0
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP5.4
CategoryE-commerce & Shopping > Shopping Cart & Checkout
Tagscart, paypal, gateway, shopping cart

Other plugins by this author: Accept Donations with PayPal & Stripe, Easy PayPal & Stripe Buy Now Button, Contact Form 7 - PayPal & Stripe Add-on, Business Essentials for Contact Form 7, Accept PayPal & Stripe with Subscriptions for WooCommerce, Before After Image, Easy PayPal Events & Tickets, Subscriptions & Memberships for PayPal, Time Clock - A WordPress Employee & Volunteer Time Clock Plugin, PayPal Digital Downloads, Checkout Field Editor / Checkout Manager for WooCommerce, Easy Stripe - Tips, Payments, and Donations

Questions

Is Easy PayPal Shopping Cart still maintained?

Easy PayPal Shopping Cart was last updated on 22 Aug 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Is Easy PayPal Shopping Cart safe?

Easy PayPal Shopping Cart has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 0 vulnerabilities were published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Who owns Easy PayPal Shopping Cart?

The wordpress.org author is Scott Paterson. Recent committers: scottpaterson, plugin-master. We have recorded no ownership change.

What can I use instead of Easy PayPal Shopping Cart?

We have no healthier plugin in the same category on record yet.

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