Easy Digital Downloads – Coming Soon
by Andrew Munro / AffiliateWP · Uncategorized
Also makes 15 other plugins · 2.4K+ installs across the portfolio →
Allows Coming Soon or Custom Status text instead of normal pricing for downloads in Easy Digital Downloads.
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
+21%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “coming soon”, “digital downloads” and “e downloads” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
45 health vs 58 average across 25,736 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.6%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 15.7K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,765 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34, well behind 6.8.
Details
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
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3329 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.8.34; the current branch is 6.8
4.5★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3329 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| coming soon your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| digital downloads your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| e downloads your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| easy digital downloads your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| edd your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “coming soon”, “digital downloads” and “e downloads” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 94 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
9.1y ago
latest release · v1.3.3 · 19 Sep 2017
6
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 9 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 21 Mar 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Arga906.4y ago
hi developers, please update this plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ iSaumya10.8y ago
Completely Extraordinary Plugin and can be used in many different ways. Just loved it. Thank you guys for making it. EDD is the best. So much customization unlike disgusting woo…. I love EDD and thank you guys for this plugin again….
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ viviosoft11.8y ago
Well done! Thank you for this great plugin. Couldn’t believe it’s free.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Pieter Bos12.6y ago
This is a cool little plugin that you can use as is or as a tool to adjust your main Downloads page with the useful edd_coming_soon_is_active() function. Thanks for developing it and making it available free of charge!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 2 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Allows Coming Soon or Custom Status text instead of normal pricing for downloads in Easy Digital Downloads."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 2 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("I’m not seeing the “Coming Soon” text on my download grid").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Easy Digital Downloads.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,524 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "e-downloads" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-01-29 200+ → 100+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2026-01-24 100+ → 200+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2026-01-16 200+ → 100+ down after 15 days in tier
- 2026-01-01 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-31 200+ → 100+ down after 20 days in tier
- 2025-12-11 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-10 200+ → 100+ down after 836 days in tier
- 2023-08-27 300+ → 200+ down after 6 days in tier
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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Easy Digital Downloads Featured Downloads 900+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags C -
EDD Auto Register 800+ installs · 4.4★ · 4 shared tags D - E EDD Downloads As Services 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 4 shared tags D
- E EDD Download Images 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags D
- E EDD Favorites 80+ installs · 3.7★ · 4 shared tags D
- E EDD Purchase Rewards 60+ installs · 4.2★ · 4 shared tags D
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