WooCommerce vs Simple Shopping Cart

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

WooCommerce

by Automattic

Health A93

Simple Shopping Cart

by mra13 / Team Tips and Tricks HQ

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

WooCommerce Simple Shopping Cart

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	WooCommerce	Simple Shopping Cart
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	7M–8M ✓	10K–20K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	A · 93 ✓	A · 89
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	89/100	90/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	86/100 ✓	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.50★	4.55★ ✓
Reviews	4,819 ✓	215
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	95/100 ✓	93/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	15d ago	8d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	5.0M ✓	17.0K
Category	eCommerce	eCommerce

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

Release activity

WooCommerce Simple Shopping Cart

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.