YITH WooCommerce Waitlist vs Waitlist Woocommerce ( Back in stock notifier )

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

Waitlist Woocommerce ( Back in stock notifier ) is the safest pick: health A · 89 against 79 for YITH WooCommerce Waitlist, led by stronger rating quality.

YITH WooCommerce Waitlist

by YITHEMES

Health B79

Waitlist Woocommerce ( Back in stock notifier )

by xootix

Health A89

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	YITH WooCommerce Waitlist	Waitlist Woocommerce ( Back in stock notifier )
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	3K–4K	4K–5K ✓
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	B · 79	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	61/100	89/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.4★	4.5★ ✓
Reviews	26	113 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	94/100	96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	8d ago	4d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	2.9K	8.1K ✓
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.	+2%	+163%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.1%	3.0% ✓
Category	Email & Marketing	Email & Marketing

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

Release activity

YITH WooCommerce WaitlistWaitlist Woocommerce ( Back in stock notifier )

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.