WordPress plugin comparison

Force Default Variable vs WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax)

Force Default Variable

by Mehran Yavari

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 Force Default Variable.
On a typical day, WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax) is downloaded about 12,234 times, Force Default Variable about 2.
Force Default Variable has no reviews yet.
WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax) was updated more recently: Nov 3, 2026, against Jun 2, 2022 for Force Default Variable.
WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax) is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.0.18 for Force Default Variable.
WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax) has been around longer: since 2017, against 2022 for Force Default Variable.

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

Metric	Force Default Variable	WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax)
Popular rank	#45,567	#115
Active installs	10+	500K+
Downloads, last 30 days	41	737.4K
Rating	No ratings	2.1(106)
Support threads resolved	–	57%
Tested up to	6.0.18	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.55
Last release	4 years ago	6 days ago
Requires PHP	7.0	7.4

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