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WC Hide Shipping Methods vs Weight Based Shipping for WooCommerce

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

Weight Based Shipping for WooCommerce is the safest pick: health A · 90 against 85 for WC Hide Shipping Methods, led by stronger rating quality.

Active-install trajectory

Weight Based Shipping for WooCommerce moved down one install band, 60K+ to 50K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

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 ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. Stable ✓ 60K+ → 50K+
Overall health A · 85 A · 90 ✓
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 75/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count) 4.2★ 4.5★ ✓
Reviews 44 83 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 96/100 ✓ 93/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. Low Low
Last updated 16d ago ✓ 21d ago
Downloads, last 30d 12.5K 40.6K ✓
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. -15% -14%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 5.5% ✓ 1.7%
Category eCommerce eCommerce

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

Release activity

WC Hide Shipping MethodsWeight 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.