Easy Digital Downloads – Continue Shopping vs Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart
Two WordPress plugins head to head: ranking, active installs, downloads and ratings, from our daily tracking of the WordPress.org directory.
These aren’t all alternatives to each other — they do different jobs — so this page compares popularity only, not features.
Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart E-commerce
by Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart
At a glance
Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart ranks #1,226 on the popular list; Easy Digital Downloads – Continue Shopping is outside the top 500 we capture daily. Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart has the largest install base, roughly 333× the next: 20K+ active installs against 60+ for Easy Digital Downloads – Continue Shopping. Downloads this week: Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart 1,913 and Easy Digital Downloads – Continue Shopping 18. Ratings: Easy Digital Downloads – Continue Shopping 5★ from 2 and Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart 4.5★ from 228 reviews.
| Metric | Easy Digital Downloads – Continue Shopping | Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank today | outside top 500 | #1,226 ▲ 2 |
| Active installs | 60+ | 20K+ |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 18 | 1,913 |
| Rating | 5★ (2) | 4.5★ (228) |
| Last updated | Mar 25, 2021 | Oct 1, 2026 |
| Current version | 1.0.4 | 7.0.10 |
| Best rank on record | #18,723 | #1,226 |
| Days in the top 50 | 0 | 0 |
| On WordPress.org since | Jul 2015 | Oct 2009 |
Highlighted cells mark the strongest figure in each row. Rank and installs are from the latest WordPress.org capture; downloads are the last seven captured days.
Ranking history Lower is better
Active installs
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Frequently asked questions
Which is more popular, Easy Digital Downloads – Continue Shopping or Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart?
By active installs, Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart: 20K+ sites run it against 60+ for Easy Digital Downloads – Continue Shopping, according to WordPress.org figures captured on October 19, 2026.
Are Easy Digital Downloads – Continue Shopping or Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart alternatives to each other?
Not all of them. Some of these plugins do different jobs and many sites run more than one. This page compares their popularity, not their features.
Where do these numbers come from?
WordPress.org publishes each plugin’s active install count and its position on the popular list. This site records both every day, along with per-day downloads and ratings, so the charts above show how the plugins have moved over time rather than a single day.