Easy Digital Downloads vs Sparkle Paddle Payment Gateway Lite

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

Easy Digital Downloads

by Syam Mohan

Health D47

Sparkle Paddle Payment Gateway Lite

by Sparkle WP

Health D44

Active-install trajectory

Easy Digital Downloads Sparkle 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.	30–40	40–50 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-33%
Overall health	D · 47 ✓	D · 44
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	18/100 ✓	6/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	69/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	3.77★ ✓
Reviews	0	2 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	57/100 ✓	52/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Elevated
Last updated	2.4y ago ✓	3.4y ago
Downloads · 30d	55 ✓	43
Category	Payments	Payments

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

Release activity

Easy Digital Downloads Sparkle 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.