Custom Payment Gateway for WooCommerce vs Custom Payment Gateways for WooCommerce
Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.
Custom Payment Gateway for WooCommerce and Custom Payment Gateways for WooCommerce are close on health (A · 85 vs B · 82). Custom Payment Gateway for WooCommerce has the stronger rating quality.
Active-install trajectory
Custom Payment Gateway for WooCommerce moved down one install band, 8K+ to 7K+; Custom Payment Gateways for WooCommerce moved down one install band, 9K+ to 8K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.
| Metric | Custom Payment Gateway for WooCommerce | Custom Payment Gateways for WooCommerce |
|---|---|---|
| Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. | 7K–8K | 8K–9K ✓ |
| Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. | 8K+ → 7K+ | 9K+ → 8K+ ✓ |
| Overall health | A · 85 ✓ | B · 82 |
| Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. | 100/100 | 100/100 |
| Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. | 78/100 ✓ | 71/100 |
| Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. | 70/100 | 70/100 |
| Rating (weighted for review count) | 4.1★ ✓ | 3.8★ |
| Reviews | 16 | 21 ✓ |
| Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. | 93/100 | 94/100 ✓ |
| Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. | Low | Low |
| Last updated | 3mo ago | 2mo ago ✓ |
| Downloads, last 30d | 1.4K | 1.5K ✓ |
| 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. | -12% | -10% |
| Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. | 4.2% | 7.3% ✓ |
| Category | Payments | 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.