Running audit
WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & T
- Pulling install history
- Scoring plugin health
- Checking ranking factors
- Reading recent reviews
- Writing your report
Plugin audit
WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & T
WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & T is solid but leaving growth on the table.
Active installs
500K+
Rating
2.1★
106 reviews
Downloads / 30d
879.6K
Momentum
-12%
30d vs the 30d before
Against 1685 tracked Payments plugins: health 71 vs 68 average · rating 2.26★ vs 3.75★.
What we found
Unusually few reviews for its size
Critical500K+ installs but only 106 reviews (2.1★ from those who did review). Plugins bundled with a host, shipped alongside a parent product, or installed once and never thought about again all show this shape. Read the ratio as a question, not a verdict.
What to do: Watch the surge: sustained growth with improving reviews clears this flag.
Downloads are cooling
Needs work30-day download momentum is -12% while the Payments category median is +10%. The decline is steeper than the market, which points at something plugin-specific.
What to do: A coordinated content + outreach push can re-ignite installs.
Rating below category benchmark
Needs workYour adjusted 2.26★ trails the Payments average of 3.75★.
What to do: Close the gap with targeted UX fixes and review recovery.
Readme fails 3 of 8 AI readiness checks
Needs workAI assistants recommend what they can quote. Failing: names who it is for, headings and lists and tags match the text. Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
What to do: Rewrite the readme so each failed check passes: say the job in the first line, answer real questions in the FAQ, name who it is for and what it works with, and use headings and lists. For the same check on your plugin's own website, run the free AI visibility scan from AgentVania.
Run the free AI visibility scan →Actively maintained. Updated within the last quarter, a strong trust and ranking signal.
Downloads, last 2 years
From our own archive, not wp.org's current-week figure.
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