Donations via PayPal vs Easy PayPal & Stripe Buy Now Button (2026)
Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.
Easy PayPal & Stripe Buy Now Button
10K+ active installs
Free + Premium
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, Donations via PayPal has a higher user rating (4.7/5 from 27 reviews) and leads in active installations (20K+ vs 10K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. Donations via PayPal has accumulated 981K+ total downloads while Easy PayPal & Stripe Buy Now Button has 364K+.
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | Donations via PayPal | Easy PayPal & Stripe Buy Now Button | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.7/5 | ◄ | 4.5/5 |
| Total Reviews | 27 | ◄ | 24 |
| Active Installs | 20K+ | ◄ | 10K+ |
| Total Downloads | 981K+ | ◄ | 364K+ |
| Support Resolution | 100% | N/A | |
| Last Updated | 1 week ago | ◄ | 2 months ago |
| First Released | 2009 | 2015 | |
| Age | 17 years | 11 years | |
| WP Requires | 5.5+ | 3.0+ | |
| PHP Requires | false+ | 5.4+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free + Premium | |
| Latest Version | 1.9.11 | 2.0.4 |
Rating Breakdown
Donations via PayPal
Easy PayPal & Stripe Buy Now Button
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, Donations via PayPal averaged approximately 61 daily downloads while Easy PayPal & Stripe Buy Now Button averaged 52.
Recent Reviews
Donations via PayPal Reviews
It does exactly what I need it to do with minimal fuss.
I don’t need anything fancy. I don’t need to have bells and whistles to give it 5 stars. It just has to do what I need done, and I’m happy. FYI: I’m not a bot. I’m leaving 5 stars and a variation of t
Get ready for the spam
After installing this plugin, within days I was hit by PayPal phishing emails, fake invoices, spam, junk email, etc… despite using an email spam filter on the server. I dutifully forwarded all phishin
Nice and simple
I Love it! 🙂
Easy PayPal & Stripe Buy Now Button Reviews
Great plugin and fast support
This is a great little plugin and did exactly what I needed. I found a small bug in it which I sent to the developer and they released a fix in 1 day – thats excellent response !
Plugin assitance
Wonderful service, we solved the problem almost immediately. Thank you! Joanna
Excellent
For some reason could not receive the zip file so impossible to load plugin. Colin from support sorted it all out for me and loaded the plugin to my WordPress site. Excellent support and would highly
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