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TaxJar

TaxJar - Sales Tax Automation for WooCommerce
by Sean Voss · 5,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: maintained, last release 5 Oct 2026, 8 releases in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.

91/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for TaxJar
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security100
Support70
Reputation70

How the score works

Quick answers

Is TaxJar still maintained?
Yes. Last release 5 Oct 2026, 8 releases in the last 24 months. 5 Oct 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns TaxJar, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer taxjar since Aug 2016. 3 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was TaxJar removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026. 3 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is TaxJar safe?
No known vulnerabilities on record. 3 Nov 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest TaxJar update safe to install?
No ownership change before 4.2.11. No one-star spike after it. 5 Oct 2026 · Release history

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
taxjar31 Aug 2016 to 5 Oct 2026, 145 commits

1 committer recorded. No ownership change since 2014.

Maintenance

Last release
30 days ago
Releases, 24 months
8
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
7.0 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for TaxJar
Q1 20240
Q2 20240
Q3 20242
Q4 20240
Q1 20250
Q2 20250
Q3 20251
Q4 20252
Q1 20261
Q2 20261
Q3 20262
Q4 20261

Last release 5 Oct 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Reputation

Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 2.6.

Rating distribution
5 star10
4 star1
3 star1
2 star0
1 star16

Security record

No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.

Sources: Wordfence Intelligence, CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, readme changelogs.

Support

Support history appears after our first snapshots of the forum counts.

Momentum

5,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for TaxJar
4 May 2026218
11 May 2026411
18 May 2026373
25 May 2026439
1 Jun 2026360
8 Jun 2026351
15 Jun 2026360
22 Jun 20262,449
29 Jun 2026900
6 Jul 20261,074
13 Jul 2026502
20 Jul 2026531
27 Jul 2026490
3 Aug 2026464
10 Aug 2026385
17 Aug 2026275
24 Aug 2026453
31 Aug 20262,454
7 Sep 20262,898
14 Sep 20261,235
21 Sep 2026882
28 Sep 2026578
5 Oct 20263,389
12 Oct 2026598
19 Oct 2026641
26 Oct 2026598
2 Nov 2026113

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 44% below the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

Same job, rated Healthy, higher Canary Score and at least 10,000 installs. Never sponsored.

Germanized for WooCommerceScore 95 · 70,000+Stripe TaxScore 93 · 30,000+

Facts

Version4.2.11
AuthorSean Voss
Added8 Mar 2014
Last updated5 Oct 2026
Active installs5,000+
Requires WordPress5.4
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP7.0
CategoryE-commerce & Shopping
Tagstax, taxes, taxjar, sales tax, woocommerce

Other plugins by this author: Shatner - Name your Own Price Integration for WooCommerce, EasyShipper - EasyPost Integration for WooCommerce

Questions

Is TaxJar still maintained?

Yes. Last release 5 Oct 2026, 8 releases in the last 24 months.

Who owns TaxJar, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer taxjar since Aug 2016.

Was TaxJar removed from wordpress.org?

No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026.

Is TaxJar safe?

No known vulnerabilities on record.

Is the latest TaxJar update safe to install?

No ownership change before 4.2.11. No one-star spike after it.

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