SagePay Direct Gateway for Easy Digital Downloads
by PatSaTECH · eCommerce
Also makes 15 other plugins · 390+ installs across the portfolio →
SagePay Direct Gateway for accepting payments on your Easy Digital Downloads Store.
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Health
D 44/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈16 estimated
Momentum
0%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “ecommerce”, “payment gateway” and “sagepay” 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.
44 health vs 71 average across 9,877 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.6%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 1.6K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,185 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other eCommerce 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30, well behind 7.1.
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 3717 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.6.30; the current branch is 7.1
4.0★ over 1 review, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3717 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| easy digital downloads your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| ecommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| payment gateway your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| sagepay 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). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “ecommerce”, “payment gateway” and “sagepay” 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 · 1,492 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 52 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,400 to #44,800, alongside the other plugins at 10+ 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 1 Nov 2026.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
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
10.2y ago
latest release · v1.0.0 · 1 Sep 2016
1
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 “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Ashley11.0y ago
Overall this plugin works perfectly. I’ve been using it for a few months now and haven’t had any issues. My one suggestion is to strip spaces from card numbers. The EDD creditCardValidator.js script validates a card number with spaces (it adds the green tick next to the card number), which would make the user think it’s okay. But then when you actually submit the purchase, it says the card number is invalid, which might be confusing. I found this out when I used some of the Sage Pay test card numbers, which they give to you with spaces in. I ended up modifying the plugin to strip spaces then it worked exactly how I wanted. 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
2 of 8 pass · checked 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! 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 562 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 4 tags appear in the text; "ecommerce", "payment gateway" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
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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SumUp Payment Gateway For WooCommerce 10K+ installs · 2.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
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Piraeus Bank WooCommerce Payment Gateway 3K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Robokassa payment gateway for Woocommerce 3K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B -
Nexi Checkout 2K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Pay in Store WooCommerce Payment Gateway 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
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