Quick PayPal Payments: Payment Button & Form vs Paypal Pay Donation and Payment

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

Quick PayPal Payments: Payment Button & Form

Health A86

Health D47

Active-install trajectory

No change to chart. WordPress.org reports active installs in coarse bands, so neither plugin crossed a band during this window. The download trend below moves daily and is the better read over a period this short.

Metric	Quick PayPal Payments: Payment Button & Form	Paypal Pay Donation and Payment
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K ✓	10–20
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	A · 86 ✓	D · 47
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	82/100 ✓	80/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.2★ ✓	4.2★
Reviews	32 ✓	4
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	82/100 ✓	38/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	High
Last updated	21d ago ✓	9.2y ago
Downloads · 30d	3.7K ✓	39
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.4%	0.5% ✓
Category	Payments	Payments

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

Release activity

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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.