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Smart COD for WooCommerce
Pay for the Pro version or watch your checkout break.
Declining
47/100
The free version is broken after recent updates and requires a paid upgrade to work.
Active installs
~35,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 30k+
Rating
4.6★
52 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-64%
Declining fast
141 → 51 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 64% vs a year ago
- MINORnot updated in 8 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 · -64% in the last year
141/day a year ago→51/day today
Reviews
what people actually saySmart COD for WooCommerce has a mixed reputation — it once worked well for basic Cash on Delivery configuration, but is now broadly considered broken due to WooCommerce compatibility issues that are being withheld behind a paid upgrade, and support is widely reported as unresponsive.
What people like
- +Handles COD-specific needs in one place, including order amount limits and support for both free local pickup and paid postal COD simultaneously
- +Described as simple and easy to configure×2
Common complaints
- −Plugin is broken on WooCommerce 9.9.3+; the fix is only available in the paid Pro version, leaving free users with a non-functional plugin and an upsell notice (since 9.9.3)×2
- −Support is unresponsive — paid customers report going months without a reply on the forum or by email×3
- −Core functionality (extra fee at checkout) does not apply correctly
- −500 server error when attempting to access plugin settings
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.56★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.60★
- 2%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 50% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-04-152025-05-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 52 total
Latest reviews · 53 analyzed
- 2025-07-13★★★★★is a scamwbdv
- 2025-07-13★★★★★Plugin dont work and bad supportbrsi
- 2024-09-28★★★★★It does not workLuca
- 2024-04-10★★★★★Support disapeared or never existedSándor Ferenczi
- 2022-07-03★★★★★very good app and after sales service supportnatp
- 2021-12-14★★★★★Bad support !vinmad
- 2021-10-26★★★★★plugin doesn't work and gives 500 errortroyw2015
- 2021-08-26★★★★★Greatroopee1-shot
- 2021-04-07★★★★★Delivers as advertised!InfoBahn
- 2021-03-11★★★★★Solid and to the pointMicemade
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Smart COD for WooCommerce
Top WooCommerce plugins, ranked by score.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.
40
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
45
Prior 7-day baseline
39
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
66
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-11.1%
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.
50%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
3.02
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
89%
5★ share in analyzed sample
2%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.57 → 4.56★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered