Digital Product Showcase vs Easy Digital Downloads Free Link

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

Digital Product Showcase

by WPBean

Health B84

Easy Digital Downloads Free Link

by webaware

Health A85

Active-install trajectory

Digital Product Showcase Easy Digital Downloads Free Link

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	Digital Product Showcase	Easy Digital Downloads Free Link
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70–80	1K–2K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-13%	0% ✓
Overall health	B · 84	A · 85 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	97/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	81/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.06★	4.22★ ✓
Reviews	2	5 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	89/100	90/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1mo ago ✓	4mo ago
Downloads · 30d	80	287 ✓
Category	Media	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Digital Product Showcase Easy Digital Downloads Free Link

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.