WooCommerce Legacy REST API vs WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway

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

WooCommerce Legacy REST API

by Automattic

Health D42

WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway

by WooCommerce

Health B81

Active-install trajectory

WooCommerce Legacy REST API WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway

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	WooCommerce Legacy REST API	WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	400K–500K	700K–800K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 42	B · 81 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	38/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	26/100	53/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	91/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	2.19★	3.13★ ✓
Reviews	29	235 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	47/100	91/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.6y ago	8d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	10.9K	571.1K ✓
Category	eCommerce	Payments

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

Release activity

WooCommerce Legacy REST API WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway

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.