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Easy Digital Downloads vs Simple Download Monitor

Easy Digital Downloads

by Syed Balkhi

90+ installs

Simple Download Monitor

by mra13 / Team Tips and Tricks HQ

20K+ installs4.7

At a glance

  • Simple Download Monitor has more active installs: 20K+, against 90+ for Easy Digital Downloads.
  • On a typical day, Simple Download Monitor is downloaded about 475 times, Easy Digital Downloads about 3.
  • Easy Digital Downloads has no reviews yet.
  • Simple Download Monitor was updated more recently: Nov 10, 2026, against Mar 29, 2021 for Easy Digital Downloads.
  • Simple Download Monitor is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 5.7.21 for Easy Digital Downloads.
  • Simple Download Monitor has been around longer: since 2009, against 2013 for Easy Digital Downloads.

Line by line

Simple Download Monitor leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

MetricEasy Digital DownloadsSimple Download Monitor
Popular rank#17,395#1,146
Active installs90+20K+
Downloads, last 30 days4135.9K
RatingNo ratings4.7(158)
Support threads resolved–100%
Tested up to5.7.217.1.4
Search multiplier×0.00×1.08
Last release5 years ago1 day ago
Requires PHP5.3–

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