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TaxCloud for WooCommerce vs WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & T

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

TaxCloud for WooCommerce is the safest pick: health B · 83 against 67 for WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & T, led by stronger rating quality.

Active-install trajectory

WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & T moved down one install band, 600K+ to 500K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	TaxCloud for WooCommerce	WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & T
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	500–600	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 · 83 ✓	C · 67
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	73/100 ✓	28/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	68/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.9★ ✓	2.3★
Reviews	11	106 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	91/100 ✓	85/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	yesterday ✓	2d ago
Downloads, last 30d	2.3K	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.	+8%	+33%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.8%	0.9% ✓
Category	eCommerce	Payments

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

Release activity

TaxCloud for WooCommerceWooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & T

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.