Active installations10Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating5.0 / 5 from 1 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org
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WP PlugIndex currently records PayPal API Subscriptions version 1.2.0 as active, updated 8mo ago and tested up to WordPress 6.9.
Overview
About this plugin
This plugin is deprecated and should not be used for new installations.
0, which PayPal has since discontinued in favour of their REST APIs. The plugin also directly handles raw credit card numbers on your server, which creates PCI compliance obligations that most WordPress sites cannot meet.
Recommended alternatives:
WooCommerce + PayPal Payments — modern PayPal integration with Smart Buttons (card data never touches your server)
MemberPress — full membership/subscription management with PayPal and Stripe
Paid Memberships Pro — free membership plugin with PayPal support
0:
Existing [ppsa] shortcodes display a retirement message instead of subscription buttons
An admin notice reminds you to migrate
All PayPal API code, the credit card form, and bundled jQuery have been removed
WordPress.org metadata
Plugin tags
Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.
billing
deprecated
paypal
recurring
subscription
Compatibility & maintenance
Compatibility & maintenance
Tested up to WordPress 6.9
Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 6.9.
Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to6.9
Minimum requirementsWordPress 4.0 · PHP 7.4
Update activity23 Feb 20268mo ago
“Tested up to” is directory metadata supplied by the plugin author. WP PlugIndex does not turn an older declaration into a claim that the plugin is incompatible.
Changes recorded by WP PlugIndex
Recent tracked changes
No tracked version or compatibility changes have been recorded by WP PlugIndex yet.
Tracking & source
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