VIESAC vs WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & T

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

Health B83

WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & T

Health C67

Active-install trajectory

VIESAC moved up one install band, 10+ to 20+; 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	VIESAC	WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & T
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20–30	500K–600K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+100% ✓	-17%
Overall health	B · 83 ✓	C · 67
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100 ✓	28/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	68/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★ ✓	2.3★
Reviews	1	106 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	85/100	85/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2d ago	yesterday ✓
Downloads · 30d	448	951.1K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.4% ✓	0.9%
Category	eCommerce	Payments

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

Release activity

VIESACWooCommerce 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.