Easy Digital Downloads – Continue Shopping vs WooCommerce
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.
At a glance
WooCommerce ranks #6 on the popular list; Easy Digital Downloads – Continue Shopping is outside the top 500 we capture daily. WooCommerce has the largest install base, roughly 116667× the next: 7M+ active installs against 60+ for Easy Digital Downloads – Continue Shopping. Downloads this week: WooCommerce 689,067 and Easy Digital Downloads – Continue Shopping 18. Ratings: Easy Digital Downloads – Continue Shopping 5★ from 2 and WooCommerce 4.5★ from 4,826 reviews.
| Metric | Easy Digital Downloads – Continue Shopping | WooCommerce |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank today | outside top 500 | #6 ▬ |
| Active installs | 60+ | 7M+ |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 18 | 689,067 |
| Rating | 5★ (2) | 4.5★ (4,826) |
| Last updated | Mar 25, 2021 | Oct 9, 2026 |
| Current version | 1.0.4 | 11.2.1 |
| Best rank on record | #18,723 | #6 |
| Days in the top 50 | 0 | 87 |
| On WordPress.org since | Jul 2015 | Sep 2011 |
| Sites detected by our detector | 0 | 251 |
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
Downloads per day
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Frequently asked questions
Which is more popular, Easy Digital Downloads – Continue Shopping or WooCommerce?
By active installs, WooCommerce: 7M+ 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 WooCommerce 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.