WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments vs Payment Plugins for Stripe WooCommerce

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

WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments

by WooCommerce

Health B83

Payment Plugins for Stripe WooCommerce

by Payment Plugins

Health A92

Active-install trajectory

WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments Payment Plugins for Stripe WooCommerce

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	WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments	Payment Plugins for Stripe WooCommerce
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	800K–900K ✓	100K–200K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-11%	0% ✓
Overall health	B · 83	A · 92 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	60/100	95/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	86/100 ✓	73/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.40★	4.76★ ✓
Reviews	167	300 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	91/100	93/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	5d ago	2d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	840.6K ✓	164.2K
Category	Payments	Payments

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

Release activity

WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments Payment Plugins for Stripe WooCommerce

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.