Hide Categories vs Hide Category by User Role for WooCommerce

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

Hide Categories

by Eduardo

Health D43

Hide Category by User Role for WooCommerce

by ThemeSupport

Health B84

Active-install trajectory

Hide Categories Hide Category by User Role 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	Hide Categories	Hide Category by User Role for WooCommerce
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300	300–400 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-33%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 43	B · 84 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	99/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	70/100	76/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.82★	4.04★ ✓
Reviews	6	6
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	33/100	91/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	15.4y ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	96	165 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	eCommerce

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

Release activity

Hide Categories Hide Category by User Role 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.