Custom Shipping Methods for WooCommerce vs Weight Based Shipping Table Rate for WooCommerce

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

Custom Shipping Methods for WooCommerce

by Dhruvin

Health A88

Weight Based Shipping Table Rate for WooCommerce

by Octolize Shipping Plugins

Health A99

Active-install trajectory

Custom Shipping Methods for WooCommerce Weight Based Shipping Table Rate for WooCommerce

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	Custom Shipping Methods for WooCommerce	Weight Based Shipping Table Rate for WooCommerce
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	3K–4K	100K–200K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	A · 88	A · 99 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	99/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	87/100	98/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	100/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	4.43★	4.90★ ✓
Reviews	18	703 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	94/100	99/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	3mo ago	10d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	378	173.9K ✓
Category	eCommerce	eCommerce

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

Release activity

Custom Shipping Methods for WooCommerce Weight Based Shipping Table Rate 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.