Magento orders not marked as paid through PayPal

[sdspark58]

Some of my orders are not marked as paid and some are. I called PayPal and they said maybe Magento has special settings for silent post transfer but I don't see this in Magento. My last 5 orders 3 say pending payment but they are paid and I see them in paypal. Any help would be appreciated. Running 1.9.2.1 version

[sdspark58]

Is there a way to fetch the paypal payment manually? 

[Pronto]

I have a sneaking suspiction that your IPN-s are not working and orders from people who close browsers right after payment doesn't count as paid.

https://developer.paypal.com/docs/classic/products/instant-payment-notification/

[sdspark58]

I just did an order with a CC on my site and it says pending payment in Magento and my browser is still open and transaction is in paypal with the correct order ID from magento.

[Pronto]

Without IPN you need to return to merchant using appropriate links, otherwise the store doesn't know that the payment has been made.

[sdspark58]

Its been working fine for years and all the sudden some post and some don't