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IUGU for WooCommerce vs WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments

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

WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments is the safest pick: health B · 82 against 71 for IUGU for WooCommerce, led by stronger maintenance.

Active-install trajectory

IUGU for WooCommerce moved down one install band, 400+ to 300+; WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments moved down one install band, 900K+ to 800K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	IUGU for WooCommerce	WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	300–400	800K–900K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-25%	900K+ → 800K+ ✓
Overall health	B · 71	B · 82 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	67/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	77/100 ✓	61/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	84/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★ ✓	3.5★
Reviews	11	178 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	75/100	91/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	11mo ago	2d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	208	538.3K ✓
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.	+20%	-22%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.3%	1.7% ✓
Category	Payments	Payments

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

Release activity

IUGU for WooCommerceWooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce 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.