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Donations via PayPal

by mra13 / Team Tips and Tricks HQ · 20,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: Donations via PayPal is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.

91/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Donations via PayPal
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
mra1324 Oct 2014 to 17 Aug 2026, 58 commits

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

Maintenance

Last release
3 months ago
Releases, 24 months
2
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
not stated supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter for Donations via PayPal
Q1 20240
Q2 20240
Q3 20240
Q4 20240
Q1 20250
Q2 20252
Q3 20250
Q4 20250
Q1 20260
Q2 20260
Q3 20260
Q4 20260

Last release 17 Aug 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Support

0% of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months.

Security record

PublishedIssueCVSSAffectedFixed inDays to patch
4 Nov 2022Donations via PayPal <= 1.9.8 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting5.5<= 1.9.81.9.9n/a

Source: Wordfence Intelligence.

Reputation

Average rating fell from 5.0 to 3.5 between Q1 2024 and Q2 2025.

Rating distribution
5 star23
4 star1
3 star1
2 star2
1 star0
Latest low reviews

Momentum

20,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Donations via PayPal
4 May 2026203
11 May 2026397
18 May 2026331
25 May 2026343
1 Jun 2026299
8 Jun 2026337
15 Jun 2026345
22 Jun 2026301
29 Jun 2026324
6 Jul 2026308
13 Jul 2026273
20 Jul 2026327
27 Jul 2026332
3 Aug 2026327
10 Aug 2026314
17 Aug 2026364
24 Aug 2026358
31 Aug 2026441
7 Sep 2026333
14 Sep 2026375
21 Sep 2026370
28 Sep 2026353
5 Oct 2026379
12 Oct 2026344
19 Oct 2026505
26 Oct 2026427
2 Nov 202672

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 0% above the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.

No healthier plugin in the same category yet.

Facts

Version1.9.11
Authormra13 / Team Tips and Tricks HQ
Added8 May 2009
Last updated17 Aug 2026
Active installs20,000+
Requires WordPress5.5
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHPnot stated
CategoryPayments & Financial > Donation & Fundraising
Tagspaypal, widget, donation, donations, shortcode

Other plugins by this author: Easy HTTPS Redirection (SSL), Simple Download Monitor, Accept Stripe Payments, Compact WP Audio Player, Simple Shopping Cart, Easy Accept Payments via PayPal, Far Future Expiry Header, WP Simple Adsense Insertion, WP Express Checkout (Fast Payments via PayPal & Stripe), Software License Manager, Bot Protection with Turnstile, WP eMember Integration for WooCommerce

Questions

Is Donations via PayPal still maintained?

Donations via PayPal was last updated on 17 Aug 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Is Donations via PayPal safe?

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

Who owns Donations via PayPal?

The wordpress.org author is mra13 / Team Tips and Tricks HQ. Recent committers: mra13, artstorm, plugin-master. We have recorded no ownership change.

What can I use instead of Donations via PayPal?

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

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