Shipping Method Description for WooCommerce vs WooCommerce Shipping

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

Shipping Method Description for WooCommerce

by thomascharbit

Health D48

WooCommerce Shipping

by WooCommerce

Health B70

Active-install trajectory

Shipping Method Description for WooCommerce WooCommerce Shipping

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	Shipping Method Description for WooCommerce	WooCommerce Shipping
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K	70K–80K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	+17% ✓
Overall health	D · 48	B · 70 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	84/100 ✓	45/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	57/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.34★ ✓	2.82★
Reviews	8	17 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	46/100	84/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	4.1y ago	5d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	159	134.4K ✓
Category	eCommerce	eCommerce

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

Release activity

Shipping Method Description for WooCommerce WooCommerce Shipping

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.