Advanced Woo Search vs WooCommerce PayPal Payments
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| Feature | Advanced Woo Search v3.73 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | WooCommerce PayPal Payments v4.2.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 2.9/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 70,000+ | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | October 20, 2026 | October 21, 2026 |
| Editions | Advanced Woo Search · Advanced Woo Search PRO ($) | WooCommerce PayPal Payments |
| Pros | Live AJAX search across product fields with a dedicated index table; Gutenberg blocks, a widget and an Elementor widget for placing the form; Did-you-mean suggestions and search terms display | Official PayPal gateway with smart buttons on product and checkout pages; Pay Later, card fields and Apple Pay or Google Pay wallets; Subscriptions, saved payment methods and ShipStation order tracking |
| Cons | The readme lists several search sources and layouts as PRO-only; Index rebuilds run as background jobs, which need cron to run on time | Available payment methods depend on PayPal account and country eligibility; Many modules are switched on in settings, so the setup has several steps |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | AJAX live search results, Background search index table kept in sync with products, Search results page replacement, Did-you-mean and similar-term suggestions, Gutenberg search blocks, Elementor search widget, WP-CLI command to rebuild the index | PayPal smart buttons on product, mini-cart and checkout, Pay Later messages on product, cart and checkout blocks, Apple Pay gateway, Google Pay gateway, Card fields module, Pay upon invoice alternative payment method, PayPal subscriptions and renewals, Saved payment methods, Fraud protection module, Order tracking through the ShipStation plugin |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | — | PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, WPML | ShipStation |
| Requires WordPress | 4.0 | 6.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | — | api-m.paypal.com, www.paypal.com, api-m.sandbox.paypal.com, www.sandbox.paypal.com, api.woocommerce.com, www.paypal.ai, d.joinhoney.com, www.google.com |
| Blocks | 3 | 6 |
| Shortcodes | 6 | — |