Knit Pay vs WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & T

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

Knit Pay

by knitpay

Health A91

WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & T

by WooCommerce

Health C67

Active-install trajectory

Knit Pay WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & T

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	Knit Pay	WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & T
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	2K–3K	500K–600K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-17%
Overall health	A · 91 ✓	C · 67
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	97/100 ✓	27/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.83★ ✓	2.24★
Reviews	100	105 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	84/100	91/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1mo ago	5d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	1.4K	800.1K ✓
Category	Payments	Payments

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

Release activity

Knit Pay WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & T

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.