Shipping Methods By Classes vs Flat Rate Shipping Method for WooCommerce

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

Health B80

Flat Rate Shipping Method for WooCommerce

Health A85

Active-install trajectory

Flat Rate Shipping Method for WooCommerce moved down one install band, 6K+ to 5K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Shipping Methods By Classes	Flat Rate Shipping Method for WooCommerce
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	5K–6K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-17%
Overall health	—	A · 85 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	78/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.1★ ✓
Reviews	0	76 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100 ✓	82/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	29d ago	13d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	135	1.2K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.6%	1.3% ✓
Category	eCommerce	eCommerce

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

Release activity

Shipping Methods By ClassesFlat Rate Shipping Method 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.