payOS vs WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & T

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

payOS

by Loc Bui

Health B73

WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & T

by WooCommerce

Health C67

Active-install trajectory

payOS 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	payOS	WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & T
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	500–600	500K–600K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-17%
Overall health	B · 73 ✓	C · 67
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	73/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100 ✓	27/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.06★ ✓	2.24★
Reviews	2	105 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	83/100	91/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	9mo ago	4d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	269	804.0K ✓
Category	Payments	Payments

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

Release activity

payOS 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.