WordPress plugin comparison

Easy Digital Downloads vs Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart

Easy Digital Downloads

by Syed Balkhi

60+ installs5.0

Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart

by Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart

20K+ installs4.5

At a glance

Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart has more active installs: 20K+, against 60+ for Easy Digital Downloads.
On a typical day, Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart is downloaded about 289 times, Easy Digital Downloads about 3.
Easy Digital Downloads is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews, against 4.5 from 228 reviews.
Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart was updated more recently: Oct 1, 2026, against Mar 25, 2021 for Easy Digital Downloads.
Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 5.7.21 for Easy Digital Downloads.
Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart has been around longer: since 2009, against 2015 for Easy Digital Downloads.

Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Easy Digital Downloads	Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart
Popular rank	#19,511	#1,222
Active installs	60+	20K+
Downloads, last 30 days	45	8K
Rating	5.0(2)	4.5(228)
Support threads resolved	–	0%
Tested up to	5.7.21	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.90
Last release	5 years ago	1 month ago
Requires PHP	–	–

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