by mra13 / Team Tips and Tricks HQ 4.7 (27 reviews)

Donations via PayPal

Name: Donations via PayPal
Rating: 4.7 (27 reviews)
Author: mra13 / Team Tips and Tricks HQ

Easy, simple setup to add a PayPal Donation button as a Widget or with a shortcode.

Donations via PayPal ranks #1,206 among WordPress.org plugins with 20,000+ active installations, is #185 of 8,543 in the Customization category, a 4.7/5 rating from 27 reviews, and was last updated Aug 17, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v1.9.11 Current Version v1.9.11

Updated 4 weeks ago Last Update on 17 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 8 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#185 of 8,543 in Customization Top 5% by installs Downloads -47.4% this week Actively maintained

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989.4K

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94%

Review 4.7 out of 5

4.7 (27 reviews)

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Total Progress 68.5%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Nov 4, 2022

Donations via PayPal [paypal-donations] < 1.9.9

CVE-2022-3822 · Fixed in v1.9.9

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.9.11
Last Updated: Aug 17, 2026
Requires WP: 5.5+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: N/A
Author: mra13 / Team Tips and Tricks HQ

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7
Reviews: 27
Support Threads: 1
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

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This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to accept PayPal donations on their site. It solves the problem of collecting donations by adding a configurable PayPal donation button as a widget or shortcode without custom coding.