PayPal For Easy Digital Downloads (EDD)
by gmexsoftware · eCommerce
PayPal for Easy Digital Downloads. Develop by Official PayPal Partner.
44 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30, 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 3667 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 2022-10-05 · 1,428 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
56
now · peak 90
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
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
10.0y ago
latest release · v1.0.6
7
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.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2017-02-27 · 1,383 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 ↗- ★★★★★ Basilis Kanonidis9.3y ago
Developers are nowhere to be found, they do not reply support tickets they do not take care of their plugin and it is also trhroughing errors on it IPN that makes issues with paypal.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jj.parejiya10.3y ago
A very easy plugin that even people without any knowledge of EDD can make use of and edit as they wish! Greatly recommended!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gmexsoftware10.3y ago
I’ve been using this for a while now (prior to releasing it) and I’m personally loving it! Let me know if need help 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-03-21 200+ → 100+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2024-03-14 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-03-13 200+ → 100+ 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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Easy PayPal & Stripe Buy Now Button 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Postepay Gateway per Woocommerce 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D -
WooCommerce 7M+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Popup Builder & Popup Maker for WordPress – OptinMonster Email Marketing and Lead Generation 1M+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ installs · 2.9★ · 1 shared tag B -
Mailchimp for WooCommerce 200K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B
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