Force Authentification Before Checkout for WooComm vs Menu Cart for WooCommerce
Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.
Force Authentification Before Checkout for WooComm and Menu Cart for WooCommerce are close on health (A · 91 vs A · 89). Force Authentification Before Checkout for WooComm has the stronger rating quality.
Active-install trajectory
Force Authentification Before Checkout for WooComm moved down one install band, 6K+ to 5K+; Menu Cart for WooCommerce moved down one install band, 80K+ to 70K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.
| Metric | Force Authentification Before Checkout for WooComm | Menu Cart for WooCommerce |
|---|---|---|
| Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. | 5K–6K | 70K–80K ✓ |
| Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. | 6K+ → 5K+ | -13% ✓ |
| Overall health | A · 91 ✓ | A · 89 |
| Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. | 100/100 | 100/100 |
| Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. | 95/100 ✓ | 89/100 |
| Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. | 70/100 | 70/100 |
| Rating (weighted for review count) | 4.8★ ✓ | 4.5★ |
| Reviews | 57 | 99 ✓ |
| Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. | 98/100 ✓ | 97/100 |
| Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. | Low | Low |
| Last updated | 1mo ago | 18d ago ✓ |
| Downloads, last 30d | 1.5K | 50.9K ✓ |
| 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. | +125% | +99% |
| Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. | 4.9% ✓ | 2.2% |
| Category | eCommerce | eCommerce |
✓ 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.