Easy Digital Downloads Featured Downloads vs EDD Auto Register

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

Easy Digital Downloads Featured Downloads

by Andrew Munro / AffiliateWP

Health C68

EDD Auto Register

by Syed Balkhi

Health D54

Active-install trajectory

Easy Digital Downloads Featured Downloads EDD Auto Register

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 Featured Downloads	EDD Auto Register
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K ✓	800–900
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-20%
Overall health	C · 68 ✓	D · 54
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	61/100 ✓	19/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	83/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★	4.28★ ✓
Reviews	1	12 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	66/100 ✓	60/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	1.0y ago ✓	2.4y ago
Downloads · 30d	200	206 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Easy Digital Downloads Featured Downloads EDD Auto Register

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.