Continue Shopping Anywhere for WooCommerce vs Continue Shopping for WooCommerce
Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.
Continue Shopping for WooCommerce is the safest pick: health C · 66 against 47 for Continue Shopping Anywhere for WooCommerce, led by lower removal risk.
Active-install trajectory
Continue Shopping Anywhere for WooCommerce moved down one install band, 800+ to 700+; Continue Shopping for WooCommerce moved down one install band, 5K+ to 4K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.
| Metric | Continue Shopping Anywhere for WooCommerce | Continue Shopping for WooCommerce |
|---|---|---|
| Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. | 700–800 | 4K–5K ✓ |
| Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. | -13% ✓ | -20% |
| Overall health | D · 47 | C · 66 ✓ |
| Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. | 3/100 | 55/100 ✓ |
| Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. | 81/100 ✓ | 77/100 |
| Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. | 70/100 | 70/100 |
| Rating (weighted for review count) | 4.2★ ✓ | 4.1★ |
| Reviews | 5 | 12 ✓ |
| Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. | 46/100 | 74/100 ✓ |
| Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. | Elevated | Low ✓ |
| Last updated | 4.2y ago | 1.2y ago ✓ |
| Downloads, last 30d | 229 | 519 ✓ |
| 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. | +11% | +26% |
| Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. | 7.0% ✓ | 4.7% |
| Category | eCommerce | eCommerce |
✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.
Release activity
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.