WooCommerce Product Dependencies vs Products Restricted Users for WooCommerce

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

WooCommerce Product Dependencies is the safest pick: health A · 89 against 84 for Products Restricted Users for WooCommerce, led by stronger rating quality.

WooCommerce Product Dependencies

by WooCommerce

Health A89

Products Restricted Users for WooCommerce

by Javier Carazo

Health B84

Active-install trajectory

No change to chart. WordPress.org reports active installs in coarse bands, so neither plugin crossed a band during this window. The download trend below moves daily and is the better read over a period this short.

Metric	WooCommerce Product Dependencies	Products Restricted Users for WooCommerce
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	3K–4K ✓	400–500
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable	Stable
Overall health	A · 89 ✓	B · 84
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	89/100 ✓	76/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.5★ ✓	4.0★
Reviews	16 ✓	6
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	84/100	90/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	today ✓	29d ago
Downloads, last 30d	844 ✓	796
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.	+30%	+76%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	4.4% ✓	2.3%
Category	eCommerce	Login & Users

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

Release activity

WooCommerce Product DependenciesProducts Restricted Users 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.