XL NMI Gateway for WooCommerce vs Pledged Plugins PCI Gateway for NMI and WooCommerc

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

Pledged Plugins PCI Gateway for NMI and WooCommerc is the safest pick: health B · 82 against 78 for XL NMI Gateway for WooCommerce, led by stronger rating quality.

XL NMI Gateway for WooCommerce

by XLPlugins

Health B78

Pledged Plugins PCI Gateway for NMI and WooCommerc

by mohsin.id

Health B82

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	XL NMI Gateway for WooCommerce	Pledged Plugins PCI Gateway for NMI and WooCommerc
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	800–900	2K–3K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-20% ✓	-33%
Overall health	B · 78	B · 82 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	89/100	91/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	71/100	80/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.8★	4.2★ ✓
Reviews	8 ✓	4
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	90/100 ✓	89/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	6mo ago	5mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	474	970 ✓
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.	-3%	+31%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.6%	2.7% ✓
Category	Payments	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.