Accept Donations with PayPal & Stripe vs Recurring PayPal Donations

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

Accept Donations with PayPal & Stripe

by Scott Paterson

Health B82

Recurring PayPal Donations

by wpecommerce

Health C65

Active-install trajectory

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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	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 · 65
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	61/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	71/100 ✓	66/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.85★ ✓	3.67★
Reviews	23 ✓	10
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	96/100 ✓	82/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	7d ago ✓	1.0y ago
Downloads · 30d	4.5K ✓	218
Category	eCommerce	Payments

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

Release activity

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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.