Easy Digital Downloads – Continue Shopping vs Simple 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.
At a glance
Simple Shopping Cart ranks #1,814 on the popular list; Easy Digital Downloads – Continue Shopping is outside the top 500 we capture daily. Simple Shopping Cart has the largest install base, roughly 167× the next: 10K+ active installs against 60+ for Easy Digital Downloads – Continue Shopping. Downloads this week: Simple Shopping Cart 6,854 and Easy Digital Downloads – Continue Shopping 18. Ratings: Easy Digital Downloads – Continue Shopping 5★ from 2 and Simple Shopping Cart 4.6★ from 215 reviews.
| Metric | Easy Digital Downloads – Continue Shopping | Simple Shopping Cart |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank today | outside top 500 | #1,814 ▼ 3 |
| Active installs | 60+ | 10K+ |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 18 | 6,854 |
| Rating | 5★ (2) | 4.6★ (215) |
| Last updated | Mar 25, 2021 | Oct 13, 2026 |
| Current version | 1.0.4 | 5.3.3 |
| Best rank on record | #18,723 | #1,808 |
| Days in the top 50 | 0 | 0 |
| On WordPress.org since | Jul 2015 | Feb 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
Downloads per day
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Frequently asked questions
Which is more popular, Easy Digital Downloads – Continue Shopping or Simple Shopping Cart?
By active installs, Simple Shopping Cart: 10K+ 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 Simple 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.