Product Category Showcase for WooCommerce vs YITH WooCommerce Product Gallery & Image Zoom
Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.
Product Category Showcase for WooCommerce is the safest pick: health A · 86 against 80 for YITH WooCommerce Product Gallery & Image Zoom, led by stronger rating quality.
YITH WooCommerce Product Gallery & Image Zoom moved down one install band, 20K+ to 10K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.
Metric
Product Category Showcase for WooCommerce
YITH WooCommerce Product Gallery & Image Zoom
Active installsModeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.
1K–2K
10K–20K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 monthsCompares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.
Stable ✓
20K+ → 10K+
Overall health
A · 86 ✓
B · 80
MaintenanceHow recently the plugin was updated.
100/100
100/100
Rating qualityVolume-adjusted review quality.
81/100 ✓
65/100
SupportShare of forum threads marked resolved.
70/100
70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)
4.2★ ✓
3.6★
Reviews
5
71 ✓
Ranking optimizationHow well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.
90/100
94/100 ✓
Removal riskMaintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.
Low
Low
Last updated
2mo ago
yesterday ✓
Downloads, last 30d
543
4.2K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30dDips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.
-2%
+21%
Install conversionActive installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.
1.8% ✓
0.3%
Category
eCommerce
Media
✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.
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.