Hosted Checkout For WC Stripe vs Stripe Payment Forms by WP Simple Pay

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

Stripe Payment Forms by WP Simple Pay is the safest pick: health A · 87 against 43 for Hosted Checkout For WC Stripe, led by lower removal risk.

Hosted Checkout For WC Stripe

by aquaninjas

Health D43

Stripe Payment Forms by WP Simple Pay

by Syed Balkhi

Health A87

Active-install trajectory

Stripe Payment Forms by WP Simple Pay moved down one install band, 9K+ to 8K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Hosted Checkout For WC Stripe	Stripe Payment Forms by WP Simple Pay
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	8K–9K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	9K+ → 8K+
Overall health	D · 43	A · 87 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	69/100	85/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.8★	4.4★ ✓
Reviews	2	117 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	38/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	6.6y ago	yesterday ✓
Downloads, last 30d	153	13K ✓
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.	-20%	+69%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.3%	0.9% ✓
Category	eCommerce	Payments

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

Release activity

Hosted Checkout For WC StripeStripe 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.