Donor Merchant vs GiveWP

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

Health A88

Health A96

Active-install trajectory

Donor Merchant moved up one install band, 10+ to 20+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Donor Merchant	GiveWP
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20–30	100K–200K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+100% ✓	0%
Overall health	A · 88	A · 96 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	91/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	90/100	95/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	1	708 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	14d ago	today ✓
Downloads · 30d	535	281.1K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.9% ✓	0.8%
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Donor MerchantGiveWP

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.