Ibtana vs ShopEngine

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

ShopEngine and Ibtana are close on health (A · 89 vs A · 86). ShopEngine has the stronger rating quality.

Ibtana

by VW THEMES

Health A86

ShopEngine

by Roxnor

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

IbtanaShopEngine

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	Ibtana	ShopEngine
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	5K–6K	100K–200K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-29%	Stable ✓
Overall health	A · 86	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	80/100	91/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.2★	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	4	212 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	85/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	3mo ago	today ✓
Downloads, last 30d	1.9K	45.5K ✓
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.	-1%	+6%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.0%	5.3% ✓
Category	Blocks	eCommerce

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

Release activity

IbtanaShopEngine

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.