50
WC Hide Shipping Methods
Simple setups find peace while complex shipping rules cause friction.
Declining
50/100
The plugin performs well for basic needs but struggles with complex shipping rules.
Active installs
~25,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 20k+
Rating
4.2★
44 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-49%
Declining fast
83 → 42 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORreviews unevenly distributed over time
- MINORdownloads down 49% vs a year ago
- MINORnot updated in 7 months
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Declining fast · -49% in the last year
83/day a year ago→42/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayWC Hide Shipping Methods is a lightweight plugin that reliably handles its core use case — hiding other shipping methods when free shipping is available — but struggles with edge cases like multiple free shipping options, multiple local pickup options, and third-party plugin compatibility.
What people like
- +Works reliably for its primary purpose: hiding other shipping methods when free shipping is available×6
- +Simple to install and configure without any coding×4
- +Responsive support
Common complaints
- −Does not work correctly when multiple free shipping options are configured — only one is displayed×2
- −Does not work correctly when multiple local pickup options are configured — hides the second one×2
- −No granular control over which methods are hidden or shown; users cannot selectively keep paid options like Express shipping visible
- −Incompatible with the Dokan plugin
- −Reported incompatibility with WooCommerce High Performance Order Storage (HPOS)
- −Plugin was reportedly installed on customer sites without user consent
- −Free shipping label must be named exactly 'Free shipping' for the plugin to function correctly
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.19★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.20★
- 5%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 30% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 44 total
Latest reviews · 44 analyzed
- 2025-11-17★★★★★it doesn't support Dokan plugin.Abdolaziz
- 2025-06-13★★★★★Auto install on a couple customer sites…simeon78
- 2025-03-05★★★★★Really needs more optionsJayden Lawson
- 2025-01-14★★★★★Not showing Local Pickupmiruko
- 2024-10-29★★★★★A nice-to-haveiz4atkal
- 2024-08-17★★★★★Thanks for the updatesNick M
- 2024-08-16★★★★★5 Startarikozaslan
- 2024-08-16★★★★★Not compatible anymorecarl074
- 2023-08-29★★★★★GREAT pluginkloader04
- 2023-06-28★★★★★Doesn’t work with multiple local pickup shipping optionsalexio101
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to WC Hide Shipping Methods
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For developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
38
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
46
Prior 7-day baseline
32
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
87
Mean release-day peak (30d)
88
Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)
-17.4%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
30%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.18
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
80%
5★ share in analyzed sample
5%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.23 → 4.19★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered