WordPress plugin comparison

Email Encoder vs Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce

Email Encoder

by Online Optimisation

90K+ installs4.9

Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce

by NOUS Open Usefull & Simple

10K+ installs4.1

At a glance

Email Encoder has more active installs: 90K+, against 10K+ for Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce.
On a typical day, Email Encoder is downloaded about 408 times, Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce about 95.
Email Encoder is rated higher: 4.9 out of 5 from 94 reviews, against 4.1 from 29 reviews.
Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce was updated more recently: Oct 1, 2026, against Sep 21, 2026 for Email Encoder.
Email Encoder resolves more of its support threads: 50% in the last two months, against 0% for Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce.
Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 7.0.8 for Email Encoder.
Email Encoder has been around longer: since 2010, against 2020 for Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce.

Email Encoder leads on 6 of 8 comparable lines.

Metric	Email Encoder	Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce
Popular rank	#463	#1,863
Active installs	90K+	10K+
Downloads, last 30 days	13.7K	3.2K
Rating	4.9(94)	4.1(29)
Support threads resolved	50%	0%
Tested up to	7.0.8	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×1.32	×0.79
Last release	1 month ago	1 month ago
Requires PHP	7.4	7.4

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