Gift Ladder for WooCommerce vs Force Authentification Before Checkout for WooComm
Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.
Force Authentification Before Checkout for WooComm is the safest pick: health A · 91 against 81 for Gift Ladder for WooCommerce, led by stronger rating quality.
Active-install trajectory
Gift Ladder for WooCommerce moved up one install band, 10+ to 20+; Force Authentification Before Checkout for WooComm moved down one install band, 6K+ to 5K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.
| Metric | Gift Ladder for WooCommerce | Force Authentification Before Checkout for WooComm |
|---|---|---|
| Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. | 20–30 | 5K–6K ✓ |
| Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. | 10+ → 20+ ✓ | 6K+ → 5K+ |
| Overall health | B · 81 | A · 91 ✓ |
| Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. | 94/100 | 100/100 ✓ |
| Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. | 74/100 | 95/100 ✓ |
| Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. | 70/100 | 70/100 |
| Rating (weighted for review count) | 4.0★ | 4.8★ ✓ |
| Reviews | 1 | 57 ✓ |
| Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. | 88/100 | 98/100 ✓ |
| Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. | Low | Low |
| Last updated | 4mo ago | 1mo ago ✓ |
| Downloads, last 30d | 90 | 1.5K ✓ |
| 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. | +15% | +125% |
| Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. | 4.6% | 4.9% ✓ |
| Category | eCommerce | eCommerce |
✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.
Release activity
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.