Accept Stripe Payments vs Stripe Payment Forms by WP Simple Pay

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

Accept Stripe Payments

by mra13 / Team Tips and Tricks HQ

Health A85

Stripe Payment Forms by WP Simple Pay

by Syed Balkhi

Health A87

Active-install trajectory

Accept Stripe Payments Stripe Payment Forms by WP Simple Pay

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	Accept Stripe Payments	Stripe Payment Forms by WP Simple Pay
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20K–30K ✓	8K–9K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-11%
Overall health	A · 85	A · 87 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	85/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.13★	4.38★ ✓
Reviews	114	117 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	81/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	7d ago ✓	2mo ago
Downloads · 30d	38.9K ✓	2.2K
Category	Payments	Payments

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

Release activity

Accept Stripe Payments Stripe Payment Forms by WP Simple Pay

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.