WC Hide Shipping Methods vs Weight Based Shipping for WooCommerce

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

WC Hide Shipping Methods

by Saad Iqbal

Health A85

Weight Based Shipping for WooCommerce

by Dan

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

WC Hide Shipping Methods Weight Based Shipping 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	WC Hide Shipping Methods	Weight Based Shipping for WooCommerce
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20K–30K	50K–60K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-17%
Overall health	A · 85	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	79/100	89/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.16★	4.53★ ✓
Reviews	44	83 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	82/100	93/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2mo ago	8d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	3.0K	28.1K ✓
Category	eCommerce	eCommerce

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

Release activity

WC Hide Shipping Methods Weight Based Shipping 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.