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PayPal Express Checkout For Woo vs PayPal For Easy Digital Downloads (EDD)

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

PayPal Express Checkout For Woo and PayPal For Easy Digital Downloads (EDD) are close on health (D · 45 vs D · 44). PayPal Express Checkout For Woo has the lower removal risk.

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	PayPal Express Checkout For Woo	PayPal For Easy Digital Downloads (EDD)
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	50–60	100–200 ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-29%	Stable ✓
Overall health	D · 45 ✓	D · 44
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100 ✓	71/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★ ✓	3.9★
Reviews	1	3 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	42/100 ✓	37/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated ✓	High
Last updated	4.9y ago ✓	10.2y ago
Downloads, last 30d	85	111 ✓
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.	+42%	+43%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.7% ✓	0.7%
Category	eCommerce	eCommerce

✓ 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.