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Weight Based Shipping for WooCommerce
A solid choice for stores that need to weigh their options.
HealthyGrowing
90/100
Users appreciate the reliable weight tiers and responsive support despite some minor configuration confusion.
Active installs
~65,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 60k+
Rating
4.6★
83 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+21%
Growing
308 → 372 installs/day
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
Growing · +21% in the last year
308/day a year ago→372/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayWeight Based Shipping for WooCommerce is a well-regarded free plugin that reliably handles weight-based shipping rates with responsive developer support, though its separate settings tab can make initial configuration confusing.
What people like
- +Works reliably for weight-based shipping out of the box with minimal setup×6
- +Responsive and helpful developer/support team, including weekend replies×4
- +Flexible configuration options for a variety of shipping scenarios×3
Common complaints
- −Having a separate plugin settings tab alongside WooCommerce's standard shipping zones causes confusion about where to configure rates
- −Lacks percentage-based and mixed (% + fixed $) charge options
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.61★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.60★
- 4%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 29% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-08-192025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 83 total
Latest reviews · 83 analyzed
- 2025-11-10★★★★★This plugin is a quite brilliantgroggy72
- 2025-01-22★★★★★Does exactly as needed – Perfect!Zak Single
- 2024-09-15★★★★★Great Plugin, that saved me a lot of timeaminefaizdev
- 2024-09-15★★★★★A great reliable pluginSharon
- 2024-04-08★★★★★Great product, great supportcupperscoffee1-shot
- 2023-08-25★★★★★1st Class Plugin and Supportsolotk
- 2023-08-15★★★★★Very goodFabio Bernini
- 2023-04-15★★★★★Has potential but unnecessarily complicated to setupwpdevboy
- 2023-03-21★★★★★Present shipping cost in product pagemariosnft
- 2023-03-15★★★★★Free version are awesome!Bojan Denić
Releases
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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.
352
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
404
Prior 7-day baseline
254
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
1,537
Mean release-day peak (30d)
352
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-12.9%
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.
29%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.33
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
86%
5★ share in analyzed sample
4%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.63 → 4.61★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered