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WPshop 2 vs Simple Catalog for WooCommerce

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

Simple Catalog for WooCommerce is the safest pick: health B · 83 against 63 for WPshop 2, led by stronger maintenance.

Active-install trajectory

WPshop 2 moved down one install band, 40+ to 30+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	WPshop 2	Simple Catalog for WooCommerce
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	30–40	1K–2K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-25%	Stable ✓
Overall health	C · 63	B · 83 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	41/100	89/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	83/100	84/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.3★	4.3★ ✓
Reviews	27 ✓	8
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	76/100	91/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.5y ago	6mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	376	407 ✓
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.	+25%	+30%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.0%	3.3% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	eCommerce

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

Release activity

WPshop 2Simple Catalog 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.