Accept PayPal Payments using Contact Form 7 vs Easy Accept Payments via PayPal
Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.
Easy Accept Payments via PayPal is the safest pick: health A · 87 against 81 for Accept PayPal Payments using Contact Form 7, led by stronger rating quality.
Active-install trajectory
Accept PayPal Payments using Contact Form 7 moved down one install band, 600+ to 500+; Easy Accept Payments via PayPal moved down one install band, 7K+ to 6K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.
| Metric | Accept PayPal Payments using Contact Form 7 | Easy Accept Payments via PayPal |
|---|---|---|
| Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. | 500–600 | 6K–7K ✓ |
| Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. | -17% | -14% ✓ |
| Overall health | B · 81 | A · 87 ✓ |
| Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. | 100/100 | 100/100 |
| Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. | 67/100 | 85/100 ✓ |
| Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. | 70/100 | 70/100 |
| Rating (weighted for review count) | 3.7★ | 4.4★ ✓ |
| Reviews | 26 | 34 ✓ |
| Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. | 95/100 | 96/100 ✓ |
| Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. | Low | Low |
| Last updated | 1mo ago ✓ | 3mo ago |
| Downloads, last 30d | 838 | 1K ✓ |
| 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. | +125% | +51% |
| Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. | 0.6% | 1.3% ✓ |
| Category | Payments | Payments |
✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.
Release activity
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.