Accept Donations with PayPal & Stripe vs Recurring PayPal Donations

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

Health B82

Health C62

Active-install trajectory

Recurring PayPal Donations moved down one install band, 900+ to 800+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Accept Donations with PayPal & Stripe	Recurring PayPal Donations
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10K–20K ✓	800–900
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-11%
Overall health	B · 82 ✓	C · 62
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	53/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	71/100 ✓	66/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.9★ ✓	3.7★
Reviews	23 ✓	10
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	81/100 ✓	74/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	29d ago ✓	1.2y ago
Downloads · 30d	13.7K ✓	341
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.8%	2.8% ✓
Category	eCommerce	Payments

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

Release activity

Accept Donations with PayPal & StripeRecurring PayPal Donations

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.