USPS Simple Shipping for Woocommerce vs Shipping Live Rates for USPS for WooCommerce

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

Shipping Live Rates for USPS for WooCommerce is the safest pick: health A · 95 against 86 for USPS Simple Shipping for Woocommerce, led by stronger support.

USPS Simple Shipping for Woocommerce

by Dan (weight based shipping)

Health A86

Shipping Live Rates for USPS for WooCommerce

by Octolize Shipping Plugins

Health A95

Active-install trajectory

Shipping Live Rates for USPS for WooCommerce moved up one install band, 2K+ to 3K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	USPS Simple Shipping for Woocommerce	Shipping Live Rates for USPS for WooCommerce
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	8K–9K ✓	3K–4K
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable	2K+ → 3K+ ✓
Overall health	A · 86	A · 95 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	81/100	87/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	100/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.2★	4.4★ ✓
Reviews	28	30 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	94/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	21d ago	10d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	7.5K	7.9K ✓
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.	-20%	+18%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.0%	2.5% ✓
Category	eCommerce	eCommerce

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

Release activity

USPS Simple Shipping for WoocommerceShipping Live Rates for USPS 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.