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StoreContrl Woocommerce vs Google for WooCommerce

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

StoreContrl Woocommerce is the safest pick: health B · 77 against 62 for Google for WooCommerce, led by stronger support.

Active-install trajectory

StoreContrl WoocommerceGoogle for WooCommerce

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	StoreContrl Woocommerce	Google for WooCommerce
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	60–70	800K–900K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	-11%
Overall health	B · 77 ✓	C · 62
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	84/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100 ✓	43/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	27/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★ ✓	2.8★
Reviews	1	269 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	82/100 ✓	78/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	7mo ago	16d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	115	786.7K ✓
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.	-17%	-5%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.3%	1.7% ✓
Category	eCommerce	eCommerce

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

Release activity

StoreContrl WoocommerceGoogle 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.