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Shipping by Rules for WooCommerce vs WooCommerce Shipping

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

WooCommerce Shipping is the safest pick: health C · 60 against 46 for Shipping by Rules for WooCommerce, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

No change to chart. WordPress.org reports active installs in coarse bands, so neither plugin crossed a band during this window. The download trend below moves daily and is the better read over a period this short.

Metric	Shipping by Rules for WooCommerce	WooCommerce Shipping
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	500–600	70K–80K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable	Stable
Overall health	D · 46	C · 60 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	79/100 ✓	43/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	18/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★ ✓	2.8★
Reviews	8	18 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	78/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	8.7y ago	8d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	187	93.5K ✓
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.	+51%	-16%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.0%	3.0% ✓
Category	eCommerce	eCommerce

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

Release activity

Shipping by Rules for WooCommerceWooCommerce Shipping

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.