Login On Checkout for Easy Digital Downloads vs Simple JWT Login

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

Simple JWT Login is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Health D41

Health A91

Active-install trajectory

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	Login On Checkout for Easy Digital Downloads	Simple JWT Login
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	4K–5K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	-20%
Overall health	—	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	95/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	0	47 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	38/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	7.2y ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	40	3.7K ✓
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.	-39%	+26%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.3%	3.9% ✓
Category	Login & Users	Login & Users

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

Release activity

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.