Custom WooCommerce Checkout Fields Editor vs Flexible Checkout Fields for WooCommerce

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Flexible Checkout Fields for WooCommerce is the safest pick: health A · 90 against 80 for Custom WooCommerce Checkout Fields Editor, led by stronger rating quality.

Custom WooCommerce Checkout Fields Editor

by themelocation

Health B80

Flexible Checkout Fields for WooCommerce

by wpdesk

Health A90

Active-install trajectory

No change to chart. WordPress.org reports active installs in coarse bands, so neither plugin crossed a band during this window. The download trend below moves daily and is the better read over a period this short.

Metric	Custom WooCommerce Checkout Fields Editor	Flexible Checkout Fields for WooCommerce
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	2K–3K	80K–90K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable	Stable
Overall health	B · 80	A · 90 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	92/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.6★	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	18	296 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	93/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	yesterday ✓	15d ago
Downloads, last 30d	1.1K	63.1K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	+23%	+8%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.5% ✓	2.1%
Category	eCommerce	eCommerce

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Custom WooCommerce Checkout Fields EditorFlexible Checkout Fields for WooCommerce

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.