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 is the safest pick: health C · 64 against 54 for EDD Auto Register, led by lower removal risk.

Easy Digital Downloads Featured Downloads

by Andrew Munro / AffiliateWP

Health C64

EDD Auto Register

by Syed Balkhi

Health D54

Active-install trajectory

Easy Digital Downloads Featured DownloadsEDD 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.	900–1K ✓	800–900
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-10% ✓	-20%
Overall health	C · 64 ✓	D · 54
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	52/100 ✓	16/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	87/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.4★ ✓
Reviews	1	11 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	59/100 ✓	55/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	1.2y ago ✓	2.5y ago
Downloads, last 30d	234	272 ✓
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%	+11%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.1% ✓	0.9%
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Easy Digital Downloads Featured DownloadsEDD 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.