Easy Digital Downloads – Checkout Notes
by Adam Pickering · eCommerce
Also makes 1 other plugin · 20+ installs across the portfolio →
Add a textarea to the checkout form where customers can leave notes about their order.
45 health vs 68 average across 5,562 eCommerce plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 4519 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-06 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
54
now · peak 121
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.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. 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 2015-03-22 · 1,384 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
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Elle11.7y ago
Thank you for this plugin!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ lestrade27911.9y ago
Very useful if you want to give your customers the option to send you some notes about the purchase, shipping, etc… 5 stars!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2022-11-08 20+ → 10+ down
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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Custom checkout fields for EDD 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Easy Digital Downloads – Empty Cart 80+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
Easy Digital Downloads – Continue Shopping 60+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
Brazilian Market on WooCommerce 60K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag C -
reCAPTCHA for WooCommerce 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Fluid Checkout for WooCommerce – Lite 20K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
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