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Omnivore vs Google for WooCommerce

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

Omnivore is the safest pick: health B · 80 against 62 for Google for WooCommerce, led by stronger support.

Active-install trajectory

Omnivore moved down one install band, 200+ to 100+; Google for WooCommerce moved down one install band, 900K+ to 800K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Omnivore	Google for WooCommerce
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	800K–900K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-50%	-11% ✓
Overall health	B · 80 ✓	C · 62
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	97/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	68/100 ✓	43/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	27/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.8★ ✓	2.8★
Reviews	5	269 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	82/100 ✓	78/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	4mo ago	16d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	220	786.7K ✓
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.	+13%	-5%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.5%	1.7% ✓
Category	eCommerce	eCommerce

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

Release activity

OmnivoreGoogle 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.