Easy Digital Downloads – External Products
by DigitalME · Uncategorized
Also makes 27 other plugins · 150.4K+ installs across the portfolio →
Adds a robust third-party product system to Easy Digital Downloads
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Health
B 74/100
Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
+25%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “easy digital downloads” for “external products”. “easy digital downloads” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “external products” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
74 health vs 58 average across 25,736 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.6%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 6.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above 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.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 270 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
30
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 22d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 22d
-1.0
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| external products | #7 | #21 | down 1 |
| external your tag | #24 | #24 | 0 |
| external product | #14 | #24 | 0 |
| easy digital downloads your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| edd your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| remote your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| third party your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
3 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “easy digital downloads” for “external products”. “easy digital downloads” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “external products” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 186 · 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.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
9mo ago
latest release · v1.1.1 · 3 Feb 2026
3
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 2.6 years 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 20 Nov 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Oriol7.0y ago
I was looking just for this feature! works perfect. Thanks a lot!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Rogier Lankhorst9.8y ago
Was looking for exactly this: an option to add third party plugins on my own EDD shop.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 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
2 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 "Adds a robust third-party product system to Easy Digital Downloads"
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! 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 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 252 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("edd", "remote", "third party" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-03-29 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-03-28 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-03-27 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-03-25 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-03-23 200+ → 100+ down after 9 days in tier
- 2024-03-14 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-03-13 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-03-12 100+ → 200+ up after 1 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 Free Link 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Easy Digital Downloads Featured Downloads 900+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C -
EDD Auto Register 800+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D -
Counten- Sale Counter Advanced 200+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags - E EDD Downloads As Services 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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Help Scout integration for Easy Digital Downloads 100+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags C
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