GLS Shipping for WooCommerce vs Advanced Free Shipping for WooCommerce

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

GLS Shipping for WooCommerce

by GLS

Health B82

Advanced Free Shipping for WooCommerce

by Jeroen Sormani

Health B78

Active-install trajectory

GLS Shipping for WooCommerce Advanced Free Shipping for WooCommerce

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	GLS Shipping for WooCommerce	Advanced Free Shipping for WooCommerce
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	2K–3K	40K–50K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+100% ✓	0%
Overall health	B · 82 ✓	B · 78
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	68/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	71/100	95/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.87★	4.74★ ✓
Reviews	5	122 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	78/100	92/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	25d ago ✓	11mo ago
Downloads · 30d	2.6K ✓	2.1K
Category	eCommerce	eCommerce

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

Release activity

GLS Shipping for WooCommerce Advanced Free Shipping 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.