Drive Downloads Lite
by Drive Downloads Pro · eCommerce
Connect WooCommerce downloads to Google Drive and insert shared folders or files as download URLs directly from the product editor.
83 health vs 68 average across 5,562 eCommerce plugins
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Excellent listing optimization
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2025-12-10 · 264 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
126
now · peak 306
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
7
releases in the last 12 months
1mo ago
latest release · v2.1.2
7
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2025-12-11 · 218 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
A small install base leaves thin data to model from. A declining trend compresses what a buyer would pay. The range spans more than 10x because wp.org publishes install counts as broad bands, and conversion and price compound on top. Read the midpoint as an order of magnitude, not a valuation.
How we estimate this
Assumptions
- Free → paid conversion. 0.5%–2% of active installs pay for the pro tier. Typical for freemium WordPress plugins; the real rate varies a lot by product.
- Annual price per customer. $79–$199 a year, typical for eCommerce plugins rather than this plugin's own pricing.
- Acquisition multiple. 1.5x–2.5x annual revenue, the going range for small WordPress-plugin businesses, compressed because the install trend is declining.
- Install base. 10–20 active installs, from our install estimate (wp.org only publishes the floor).
Inputs
- Active installs
- 10–20
- Category
- eCommerce
- Pro tier
- detected ("Lite" naming, the free tier of a paid product)
- Download trend
- declining (30d downloads down vs prior 30d)
- Reviews
- 1
- Last updated
- 27 days ago
Revenue is installs × conversion × price; value is revenue × a typical acquisition multiple. Every factor is an assumption band, so the output is a wide range on purpose. If you're buying or selling, treat this as a starting point for due diligence.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 1 reviews to 2026-07-19The one review here is glowing, calling setup with Google Drive and WooCommerce easy and the Pro upgrade worth paying for.
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ David1mo ago
I started with Drive Downloads Lite and was genuinely impressed by how easy it was to connect Google Drive files and folders to my WooCommerce products. The setup is straightforward, the interface is clean, and it saves a lot of time compared with manually copying and managing download links. After testing the free version, I decided to upgrade to Pro, and it was absolutely worth it. The Pro version provides much better control over privacy and customer access, especially with private buyer-only permissions and automatic access management based on order status. The Lite version is an excellent way to test the workflow, but Pro takes it to another level and gives me much more confidence when selling digital products. Highly recommended for anyone using WooCommerce and Google Drive to deliver digital downloads!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-05 — → 10+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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