EU/UK VAT Validation Manager for WooCommerce vs WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & T

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

EU/UK VAT Validation Manager for WooCommerce

by WPFactory

Health B83

WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & T

by WooCommerce

Health C67

Active-install trajectory

EU/UK VAT Validation Manager for WooCommerce WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & T

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	EU/UK VAT Validation Manager for WooCommerce	WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & T
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	6K–7K	500K–600K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+1900% ✓	-17%
Overall health	B · 83 ✓	C · 67
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	90/100 ✓	27/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	45/100	70/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	4.56★ ✓	2.24★
Reviews	38	105 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	87/100	91/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	11d ago	5d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	9.7K	800.1K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Payments

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

Release activity

EU/UK VAT Validation Manager for WooCommerce WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & T

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.