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Hide Shop Categories for Woocommerce vs VVBC In-Store Product categories

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

Hide Shop Categories for Woocommerce is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Active-install trajectory

Hide Shop Categories for Woocommerce moved down one install band, 60+ to 50+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Hide Shop Categories for Woocommerce	VVBC In-Store Product categories
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	50–60 ✓	—
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	60+ → 50+ ✓	—
Overall health	D · 45 ✓	—
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100 ✓	—
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	—
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★ ✓	—
Reviews	2 ✓	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	37/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	7.9y ago ✓	8.7y ago
Downloads, last 30d	80 ✓	32
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.	+25%	-50%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.8% ✓	—
Category	eCommerce	eCommerce

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

Release activity

Hide Shop Categories for WoocommerceVVBC In-Store Product categories

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.