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Easy Digital Downloads vs WooCommerce

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

WooCommerce is the safest pick: health A · 92 against 45 for Easy Digital Downloads, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

Easy Digital DownloadsWooCommerce

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	Easy Digital Downloads	WooCommerce
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	60–70	7M–8M ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-25%	Stable ✓
Overall health	D · 45	A · 92 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	89/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	82/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.5★ ✓
Reviews	2	4,835 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	41/100	94/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	5.6y ago	2d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	91	6.3M ✓
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.	+21%	+14%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.2%	1.5% ✓
Category	eCommerce	eCommerce

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

Release activity

Easy Digital DownloadsWooCommerce

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.