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PayPal Payflow Pro Payment gateway for WooCommerce vs WooCommerce PayPal Payments

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

WooCommerce PayPal Payments is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Active-install trajectory

No change to chart. WordPress.org reports active installs in coarse bands, so neither plugin crossed a band during this window. The download trend below moves daily and is the better read over a period this short.

Metric PayPal Payflow Pro Payment gateway for WooCommerce WooCommerce PayPal Payments
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 20–30 800K–900K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. Stable Stable
Overall health — B · 74 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 3/100 100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. — 47/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. — 72/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count) — 2.9★ ✓
Reviews 0 587 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 43/100 86/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. Elevated Low ✓
Last updated 10.3y ago 16d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d 44 514.3K ✓
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. -41% -17%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 0.7% 2.8% ✓
Category Payments eCommerce

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

Release activity

PayPal Payflow Pro Payment gateway for WooCommerceWooCommerce 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.