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ELEX WooCommerce USPS Shipping Method vs Google for WooCommerce

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

ELEX WooCommerce USPS Shipping Method is the safest pick: health B · 84 against 62 for Google for WooCommerce, led by stronger support.

Active-install trajectory

Google for WooCommerce moved down one install band, 900K+ to 800K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	ELEX WooCommerce USPS Shipping Method	Google for WooCommerce
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	800–900	800K–900K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	-11%
Overall health	B · 84 ✓	C · 62
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	77/100 ✓	43/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	27/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★ ✓	2.8★
Reviews	7	269 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	90/100 ✓	78/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2mo ago	16d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	363	786.7K ✓
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.	-40%	-5%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.5% ✓	1.7%
Category	eCommerce	eCommerce

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

Release activity

ELEX WooCommerce USPS Shipping MethodGoogle 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.