MAS Variation Swatches for WooCommerce vs WCBoost

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

MAS Variation Swatches for WooCommerce

by MadrasThemes

Health B76

WCBoost

by WCBoost

Health A85

Active-install trajectory

MAS Variation Swatches for WooCommerce WCBoost

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	MAS Variation Swatches for WooCommerce	WCBoost
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	50K–60K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-50%	+25% ✓
Overall health	B · 76	A · 85 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	89/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	79/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.16★ ✓
Reviews	0	5 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100	90/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	6mo ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	98	5.7K ✓
Category	eCommerce	eCommerce

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

Release activity

MAS Variation Swatches for WooCommerce WCBoost

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.