Custom Payment Gateways for WooCommerce vs Payment Gateway Based Fees and Discounts for WooCo

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

Custom Payment Gateways for WooCommerce

by Richard Muvirimi

Health B84

Payment Gateway Based Fees and Discounts for WooCo

by tychesoftwares

Health B79

Active-install trajectory

Custom Payment Gateways for WooCommerce Payment Gateway Based Fees and Discounts for WooCo

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	Custom Payment Gateways for WooCommerce	Payment Gateway Based Fees and Discounts for WooCo
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	3K–4K	30K–40K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+50% ✓	0%
Overall health	B · 84 ✓	B · 79
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	86/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	93/100 ✓	90/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	29/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.67★ ✓	4.55★
Reviews	28	58 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	97/100 ✓	85/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	6mo ago	26d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	689	18.0K ✓
Category	Payments	Payments

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

Release activity

Custom Payment Gateways for WooCommerce Payment Gateway Based Fees and Discounts for WooCo

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.