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Bux Woocommerce vs WooCommerce PayPal Payments

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

WooCommerce PayPal Payments is the safest pick: health B · 74 against 45 for Bux Woocommerce, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

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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	Bux Woocommerce	WooCommerce PayPal Payments
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	90–100	800K–900K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-55%	Stable ✓
Overall health	D · 45	B · 74 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100 ✓	47/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	72/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★ ✓	2.9★
Reviews	5	587 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	43/100	86/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	4.6y ago	15d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	99	513.3K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	-16%	-11%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.4%	2.8% ✓
Category	Payments	eCommerce

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

Release activity

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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.