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Role Based Tax Exclusion vs WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & T

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

Role Based Tax Exclusion is the safest pick: health B · 78 against 67 for WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & T, led by stronger rating quality.

Active-install trajectory

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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	Role Based Tax Exclusion	WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & T
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	30–40	500K–600K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	600K+ → 500K+
Overall health	B · 78 ✓	C · 67
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	90/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	71/100 ✓	28/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	68/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.9★ ✓	2.3★
Reviews	3	106 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	85/100	85/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	6mo ago	2d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	226	1.1M ✓
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.	+19%	+33%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.4%	0.9% ✓
Category	eCommerce	Payments

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

Release activity

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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.