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Wanderlust vs Google for WooCommerce

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

Google for WooCommerce is the safest pick: health C · 62 against 57 for Wanderlust, led by stronger maintenance.

Active-install trajectory

Wanderlust moved down one install band, 200+ to 100+; Google for WooCommerce moved down one install band, 900K+ to 800K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Wanderlust	Google for WooCommerce
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	800K–900K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-50%	-11% ✓
Overall health	C · 57	C · 62 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	33/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100 ✓	43/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	29/100
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.	60/100	79/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.7y ago	18d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	111	738.5K ✓
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.	+5%	-24%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.7% ✓	1.7%
Category	eCommerce	eCommerce

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

Release activity

WanderlustGoogle 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.