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Stitch Express vs WooCommerce PayPal Payments

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

Stitch Express is the safest pick: health B · 83 against 74 for WooCommerce PayPal Payments, led by stronger rating quality.

Active-install trajectory

Stitch ExpressWooCommerce PayPal Payments

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	Stitch Express	WooCommerce PayPal Payments
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	600–700	800K–900K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	+100% ✓	Stable
Overall health	B · 83 ✓	B · 74
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100 ✓	47/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★ ✓	2.9★
Reviews	1	588 ✓
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	today ✓	16d ago
Downloads, last 30d	2.2K	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.	+148%	-17%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	6.0% ✓	2.8%
Category	Payments	eCommerce

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

Release activity

Stitch ExpressWooCommerce 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.