Donation Block For PayPal vs Paypal Donation

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

Health C60

Health D45

Active-install trajectory

Paypal Donation moved down one install band, 50+ to 40+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Donation Block For PayPal	Paypal Donation
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	600–700 ✓	40–50
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-20%
Overall health	C · 60 ✓	D · 45
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	41/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	76/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.1★ ✓
Reviews	4 ✓	2
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	67/100 ✓	36/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	High
Last updated	1.5y ago ✓	11.2y ago
Downloads · 30d	278 ✓	76
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.6% ✓	0.3%
Category	Blocks	Payments

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

Release activity

Donation Block For PayPalPaypal Donation

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.