WordPress plugin comparison

Essiow vs WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax)

Essiow

by boni58

10+ installs

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 10+ for Essiow.
On a typical day, WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax) is downloaded about 12,234 times, Essiow about 7.
Essiow has no reviews yet.
WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax) was updated more recently: Nov 3, 2026, against Oct 18, 2026 for Essiow.
WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax) is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.9.11 for Essiow.
WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax) has been around longer: since 2017, against 2026 for Essiow.

WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax) leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Essiow	WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax)
Popular rank	#33,882	#115
Active installs	10+	500K+
Downloads, last 30 days	215	739.6K
Rating	No ratings	2.1(106)
Support threads resolved	–	57%
Tested up to	6.9.11	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.12	×1.55
Last release	23 days ago	7 days ago
Requires PHP	7.4	7.4

From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.

Track your plugin against its rivals every day: rank, installs, downloads, ratings and their releases, with alerts when anything moves.