Rapyd Payment Extension for WooCommerce vs WooCommerce PayPal Payments

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

Rapyd Payment Extension for WooCommerce is the safest pick: health B · 79 against 74 for WooCommerce PayPal Payments, led by stronger rating quality.

Rapyd Payment Extension for WooCommerce

by yuliaz

Health B79

WooCommerce PayPal Payments

by WooCommerce

Health B74

Active-install trajectory

Rapyd Payment Extension for WooCommerce moved up one install band, 400+ to 500+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Rapyd Payment Extension for WooCommerce	WooCommerce PayPal Payments
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	500–600	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% ✓	Stable
Overall health	B · 79 ✓	B · 74
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	62/100 ✓	47/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	72/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.5★ ✓	2.9★
Reviews	2	587 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	86/100	86/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2mo ago	16d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	419	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.	-3%	-17%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.3%	2.8% ✓
Category	SEO	eCommerce

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

Release activity

Rapyd Payment Extension for 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.