Very Simple PayPal Donation Form vs Donations via PayPal

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

Very Simple PayPal Donation Form

by springthistle

Health D45

Donations via PayPal

by mra13 / Team Tips and Tricks HQ

Health A88

Active-install trajectory

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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	Very Simple PayPal Donation Form	Donations via PayPal
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300	20K–30K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-33%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 45	A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	4/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	87/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★	4.43★ ✓
Reviews	1	27 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	46/100	82/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	3.7y ago	13d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	77	1.4K ✓
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.