ShopWP vs External Store for Shopify

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

ShopWP

by Andrew

Health D51

External Store for Shopify

by Fahad Mahmood

Health B76

Active-install trajectory

ShopWP External Store for Shopify

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	ShopWP	External Store for Shopify
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	700–800	2K–3K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-13% ✓	-33%
Overall health	D · 51	B · 76 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	18/100	87/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	75/100 ✓	68/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.02★ ✓	3.75★
Reviews	65 ✓	5
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	66/100	89/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	2.4y ago	6mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	229	410 ✓
Category	eCommerce	eCommerce

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

Release activity

ShopWP External Store for Shopify

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.