Braintree Payments For WordPress vs PayPal Enterprise Payments (formerly Braintree) fo

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Braintree Payments For WordPress

by Lukas

Health D45

PayPal Enterprise Payments (formerly Braintree) fo

by WooCommerce

Health B74

Active-install trajectory

Braintree Payments For WordPress PayPal Enterprise Payments (formerly Braintree) fo

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Braintree Payments For WordPress	PayPal Enterprise Payments (formerly Braintree) fo
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 45	B · 74 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100 ✓	46/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★ ✓	2.87★
Reviews	1	50 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	38/100	78/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	7.6y ago	27d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	39	8.7K ✓
Category	Payments	eCommerce

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Braintree Payments For WordPress PayPal Enterprise Payments (formerly Braintree) fo

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.