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EU VAT Guard for WooCommerce vs WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & T

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

EU VAT Guard for WooCommerce is the safest pick: health A · 85 against 67 for WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & T, led by stronger rating quality.

Active-install trajectory

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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 VAT Guard for WooCommerce	WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & T
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	300–400	500K–600K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	+1400% ✓	600K+ → 500K+
Overall health	A · 85 ✓	C · 67
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100 ✓	28/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	68/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★ ✓	2.3★
Reviews	3	106 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	89/100 ✓	85/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	3d ago ✓	4d ago
Downloads, last 30d	996	983.4K ✓
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.	+103%	+17%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	8.4% ✓	0.9%
Category	Uncategorized	Payments

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

Release activity

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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.