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Express Checkout via PayPal for WooCommerce vs WooCommerce PayPal Payments

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

WooCommerce PayPal Payments is the safest pick: health B · 74 against 52 for Express Checkout via PayPal for WooCommerce, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

Express Checkout via PayPal for WooCommerce 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 Express Checkout via PayPal for WooCommerce WooCommerce PayPal Payments
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 800–900 800K–900K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. 900+ → 800+ Stable ✓
Overall health D · 52 B · 74 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 23/100 100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. 71/100 ✓ 47/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. 70/100 72/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count) 3.8★ ✓ 2.9★
Reviews 22 587 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 65/100 86/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. Elevated Low ✓
Last updated 2.1y ago 15d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d 200 513.3K ✓
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. +12% -11%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 0.8% 2.8% ✓
Category eCommerce eCommerce

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

Release activity

Express Checkout via PayPal for WooCommerceWooCommerce PayPal Payments

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.