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Customer Notes for WooCommerce vs WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax)

Customer Notes for WooCommerce

by Dhruvin

200+ installs5.0

WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax)

by WooCommerce

500K+ installs2.1

At a glance

WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax) has more active installs: 500K+, against 200+ for Customer Notes for WooCommerce.
On a typical day, WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax) is downloaded about 12,234 times, Customer Notes for WooCommerce about 7.
Customer Notes for WooCommerce is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 3 reviews, against 2.1 from 106 reviews.
WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax) was updated more recently: Nov 3, 2026, against Aug 22, 2026 for Customer Notes for WooCommerce.
Customer Notes for WooCommerce resolves more of its support threads: 100% in the last two months, against 57% for WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax).
Both are tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.
WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax) has been around longer: since 2017, against 2023 for Customer Notes for WooCommerce.

WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax) leads on 5 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Customer Notes for WooCommerce	WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax)
Popular rank	#11,322	#115
Active installs	200+	500K+
Downloads, last 30 days	113	739.6K
Rating	5.0(3)	2.1(106)
Support threads resolved	100%	57%
Tested up to	7.1.4	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.54	×1.55
Last release	2 months ago	7 days ago
Requires PHP	–	7.4

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