SimplePDF Embed vs PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce

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

PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce is the safest pick: health A · 89 against 81 for SimplePDF Embed, led by stronger rating quality.

SimplePDF Embed

by bendersej

Health B81

PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce

by WP Overnight

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

SimplePDF EmbedPDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce

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	SimplePDF Embed	PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	90–100	300K–400K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	+50% ✓	Stable
Overall health	B · 81	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	68/100	99/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	59/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.8★	4.9★ ✓
Reviews	1	1,866 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100	92/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1mo ago	15d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	212	477.2K ✓
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.	+107%	+81%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.6% ✓	1.2%
Category	Forms	eCommerce

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

Release activity

SimplePDF EmbedPDF Invoices & Packing Slips 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.