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WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & T vs Payment Gateway Based Fees and Discounts for WooCo

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

Payment Gateway Based Fees and Discounts for WooCo is the safest pick: health A · 89 against 67 for WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & T, led by stronger rating quality.

Active-install trajectory

WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & T moved down one install band, 600K+ to 500K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & T	Payment Gateway Based Fees and Discounts for WooCo
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	500K–600K ✓	30K–40K
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	600K+ → 500K+	Stable ✓
Overall health	C · 67	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	28/100	90/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	68/100	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	2.3★	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	106 ✓	58
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	85/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	4d ago ✓	2mo ago
Downloads, last 30d	983.4K ✓	5.7K
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.	+17%	-10%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.9%	5.1% ✓
Category	Payments	Payments

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

Release activity

WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & TPayment Gateway Based Fees and Discounts for WooCo

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.