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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.

Weight Based Shipping Table Rate for WooCommerce is the safest pick: health A · 92 against 88 for Custom Shipping Methods for WooCommerce, led by stronger rating quality.

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 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 ✓
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	A · 88	A · 92 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	87/100	98/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.4★	4.9★ ✓
Reviews	18	707 ✓
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	2mo ago	6d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	875	285K ✓
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.	-29%	+123%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	5.6% ✓	1.0%
Category	eCommerce	eCommerce

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

Release activity

Custom Shipping Methods for WooCommerceWeight 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.