WordPress plugin comparison

Prevent Purchase for WooCommerce vs WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax)

Prevent Purchase for WooCommerce

by Andrew Munro / AffiliateWP

70+ 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 70+ for Prevent Purchase for WooCommerce.
On a typical day, WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax) is downloaded about 12,234 times, Prevent Purchase for WooCommerce about 3.
Prevent Purchase for WooCommerce is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 2.1 from 106 reviews.
WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax) was updated more recently: Nov 3, 2026, against Nov 2, 2025 for Prevent Purchase for WooCommerce.
WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax) is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.8.12 for Prevent Purchase for WooCommerce.
Prevent Purchase for WooCommerce has been around longer: since 2015, against 2017 for WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax).

WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax) leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Prevent Purchase for WooCommerce	WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax)
Popular rank	#18,449	#115
Active installs	70+	500K+
Downloads, last 30 days	51	737K
Rating	5.0(1)	2.1(106)
Support threads resolved	–	71%
Tested up to	6.8.12	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.19	×1.67
Last release	1 year ago	7 days ago
Requires PHP	–	7.4

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