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Easy Digital Downloads vs Sparkle Paddle Payment Gateway Lite

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

Sparkle Paddle Payment Gateway Lite is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Active-install trajectory

Easy Digital DownloadsSparkle Paddle Payment Gateway Lite

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	Easy Digital Downloads	Sparkle Paddle Payment Gateway Lite
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20–30	40–50 ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-33%	-20% ✓
Overall health	—	D · 44 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	14/100 ✓	5/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	69/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	3.8★ ✓
Reviews	0	2 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	50/100 ✓	47/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Elevated
Last updated	2.6y ago ✓	3.6y ago
Downloads, last 30d	74	86 ✓
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.	+100%	+11%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.7%	1.3% ✓
Category	Payments	Payments

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

Release activity

Easy Digital DownloadsSparkle Paddle Payment Gateway Lite

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.