WooCommerce vs Easy Digital Downloads

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

WooCommerce

by Automattic

Health A92

Easy Digital Downloads

by Syed Balkhi

Health A93

Active-install trajectory

WooCommerce Easy Digital Downloads

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	Easy Digital Downloads
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	7M–8M ✓	40K–50K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	A · 92	A · 93 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	89/100	93/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	85/100 ✓	82/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.50★	4.69★ ✓
Reviews	4,820 ✓	590
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	95/100	95/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	16d ago	12d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	5.0M ✓	56.9K
Category	eCommerce	eCommerce

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

Release activity

WooCommerce Easy Digital Downloads

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.