Better Payment vs GiveWP

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

Health A86

Health A96

Active-install trajectory

Better Payment moved down one install band, 6K+ to 5K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Better Payment	GiveWP
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	5K–6K	100K–200K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-17%	0% ✓
Overall health	A · 86	A · 96 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	82/100	91/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	95/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.3★	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	14	708 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	93/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	yesterday ✓	7d ago
Downloads · 30d	11.1K	281.1K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.0% ✓	0.8%
Category	Payments	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Better PaymentGiveWP

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.