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Payment Plugins for PayPal WooCommerce vs WooCommerce PayPal Payments

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

Payment Plugins for PayPal WooCommerce is the safest pick: health A · 96 against 74 for WooCommerce PayPal Payments, led by stronger rating quality.

Active-install trajectory

Payment Plugins for PayPal WooCommerce moved down one install band, 90K+ to 80K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric Payment Plugins for PayPal WooCommerce WooCommerce PayPal Payments
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 80K–90K 800K–900K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. 90K+ → 80K+ Stable ✓
Overall health A · 96 ✓ B · 74
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 100/100 100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. 95/100 ✓ 47/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. 89/100 ✓ 72/100
Rating (weighted for review count) 4.8★ ✓ 2.9★
Reviews 127 587 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 94/100 ✓ 86/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. Low Low
Last updated 10d ago ✓ 16d ago
Downloads, last 30d 76.1K 514.3K ✓
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. -24% -17%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 2.9% ✓ 2.8%
Category Payments eCommerce

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

Release activity

Payment Plugins for PayPal 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.