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Payout payment gateway vs Custom Payment Gateways for WooCommerce

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

Custom Payment Gateways for WooCommerce is the safest pick: health B · 81 against 61 for Payout payment gateway, led by stronger maintenance.

Active-install trajectory

Payout payment gateway moved down one install band, 200+ to 100+; Custom Payment Gateways for WooCommerce moved up one install band, 2K+ to 3K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Payout payment gateway	Custom Payment Gateways for WooCommerce
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	3K–4K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	200+ → 100+	2K+ → 3K+ ✓
Overall health	C · 61	B · 81 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	45/100	77/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	93/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.7★ ✓
Reviews	1	28 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	67/100	90/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.4y ago	9mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	163	735 ✓
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.	+58%	+13%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.6%	8.8% ✓
Category	Payments	Payments

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

Release activity

Payout payment gatewayCustom Payment Gateways for WooCommerce

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.