ShapedCart vs Modern Cart

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

Modern Cart and ShapedCart are close on health (A · 88 vs A · 85). Modern Cart has the stronger rating quality.

ShapedCart

by ShapedPlugin LLC

Health A85

Modern Cart

by Brainstorm Force

Health A88

Active-install trajectory

ShapedCartModern Cart

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	ShapedCart	Modern Cart
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40–50	60K–70K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	+300% ✓	+50%
Overall health	A · 85	A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	88/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.5★ ✓
Reviews	3	16 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	89/100	94/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	21d ago ✓	28d ago
Downloads, last 30d	326	42.9K ✓
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.	—	+33%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	5.7%	13% ✓
Category	eCommerce	eCommerce

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

Release activity

ShapedCartModern Cart

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.