← Compare

ShopMagic vs CartBay

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

ShopMagic is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Active-install trajectory

CartBay moved up one install band, 10+ to 20+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	ShopMagic	CartBay
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10K–20K ✓	20–30
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable	10+ → 20+ ✓
Overall health	A · 89 ✓	—
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	90/100 ✓	—
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	—
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.5★ ✓	—
Reviews	78 ✓	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	97/100 ✓	88/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	17d ago	17d ago
Downloads, last 30d	20.6K ✓	179
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.	+57%	+33%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.2%	4.0% ✓
Category	eCommerce	eCommerce

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

Release activity

ShopMagicCartBay

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.