Digital Goods for WooCommerce Checkout vs Checkout Field Editor / Checkout Manager for WooCo
Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.
Digital Goods for WooCommerce Checkout is the safest pick: health A · 88 against 83 for Checkout Field Editor / Checkout Manager for WooCo, led by stronger rating quality.
Active-install trajectory
Digital Goods for WooCommerce Checkout moved down one install band, 4K+ to 3K+; Checkout Field Editor / Checkout Manager for WooCo moved up one install band, 10+ to 20+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.
| Metric | Digital Goods for WooCommerce Checkout | Checkout Field Editor / Checkout Manager for WooCo |
|---|---|---|
| Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. | 3K–4K ✓ | 20–30 |
| Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. | 4K+ → 3K+ | 10+ → 20+ ✓ |
| Overall health | A · 88 ✓ | B · 83 |
| Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. | 100/100 | 100/100 |
| Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. | 86/100 ✓ | 74/100 |
| Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. | 70/100 | 70/100 |
| Rating (weighted for review count) | 4.4★ ✓ | 4.0★ |
| Reviews | 42 ✓ | 1 |
| Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. | 97/100 ✓ | 88/100 |
| Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. | Low | Low |
| Last updated | 8d ago ✓ | 3mo ago |
| Downloads, last 30d | 3.2K ✓ | 100 |
| 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. | +31% | +4% |
| Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. | 1.5% | 2.2% ✓ |
| Category | eCommerce | eCommerce |
✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.
Release activity
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.