Product Category Slider & Grid for WooCommerce vs WPB Category Slider for WooCommerce
Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.
Product Category Slider & Grid for WooCommerce is the safest pick: health A · 90 against 84 for WPB Category Slider for WooCommerce, led by stronger rating quality.
Active-install trajectory
Product Category Slider & Grid for WooCommerce moved down one install band, 10K+ to 9K+; WPB Category Slider for WooCommerce moved down one install band, 800+ to 700+. 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 Slider & Grid for WooCommerce | WPB Category Slider for WooCommerce |
|---|---|---|
| Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. | 9K–10K ✓ | 700–800 |
| Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. | -10% ✓ | -13% |
| Overall health | A · 90 ✓ | B · 84 |
| Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. | 100/100 | 100/100 |
| Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. | 93/100 ✓ | 75/100 |
| Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. | 70/100 | 70/100 |
| Rating (weighted for review count) | 4.7★ ✓ | 4.0★ |
| Reviews | 91 ✓ | 9 |
| Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. | 98/100 ✓ | 91/100 |
| Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. | Low | Low |
| Last updated | 9d ago ✓ | 3mo ago |
| Downloads, last 30d | 4.8K ✓ | 304 |
| 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. | -18% | +12% |
| Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. | 3.3% ✓ | 1.7% |
| Category | eCommerce | Media |
✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.
Release activity
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.