AJAX Heartbeat Tool vs OrderPulse: Auto Refresh Orders for WooCommerce

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

OrderPulse: Auto Refresh Orders for WooCommerce is the safest pick: health B · 83 against 45 for AJAX Heartbeat Tool, led by lower removal risk.

AJAX Heartbeat Tool

by Mikel King

Health D45

OrderPulse: Auto Refresh Orders for WooCommerce

by RoundBorders

Health B83

Active-install trajectory

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Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	AJAX Heartbeat Tool	OrderPulse: Auto Refresh Orders for WooCommerce
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	300–400 ✓	20–30
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-40%	+100% ✓
Overall health	D · 45	B · 83 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100 ✓	74/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★ ✓	4.0★
Reviews	4 ✓	1
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	35/100	88/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	5.2y ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	132 ✓	71
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.	+32%	-5%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.2%	2.7% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	eCommerce

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

Release activity

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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.