Afterpay Gateway for WooCommerce vs Astra
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| Feature | Afterpay Gateway for WooCommerce v3.9.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.6/5 Visit Details | Astra v4.14.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 10,000+ | 1M+ |
| Last updated | October 14, 2026 | October 15, 2026 |
| Editions | Afterpay Gateway for WooCommerce | Astra · Astra Pro ($) |
| Pros | Official plugin from Afterpay with automatic refunds; Instalment messaging on product, category and cart pages, plus blocks and shortcodes; Express checkout button on the cart page; Supports the WooCommerce block checkout; Sandbox mode with separate test credentials | Header and footer builder with schema markup; Compatibility layers for WooCommerce, Elementor, LearnDash and Yoast SEO; Lightweight front end and RTL and translation support |
| Cons | Needs an Afterpay merchant account and approval; Only available for the configured settlement currency unless multicurrency is enabled; Runs a cron job every 15 minutes to refresh payment limits | Astra Pro add-on and premium modules are sold separately; Free theme shows Pro upgrade notices in the admin; Optional usage tracking asks for consent first |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Afterpay payment method at checkout, Refunds sent to Afterpay from the order screen, Express checkout button on the cart page, Instalment messaging on product, category and cart pages, Product and cart messaging blocks, Logo and paragraph shortcodes, WooCommerce block checkout support, Exclude product categories from Afterpay, Cross-border trade and multicurrency option, Sends shipping courier data to Afterpay on order status change | Header and footer builder, Schema.org markup, WooCommerce compatibility layer, Elementor compatibility layer, LearnDash compatibility layer, Google Fonts in the typography options, Pro upgrade notices |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Afterpay, Square (marketplace script) | — |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | — | Elementor, LearnDash, Yoast SEO |
| Other | — | Google Fonts |
| Requires WordPress | 6.0.3 | 5.3 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 5.3 |
| Tested up to | 7.0.4 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | global-api.afterpay.com, global-api-sandbox.afterpay.com, static.afterpay.com, js.squarecdn.com, js-sandbox.squarecdn.com | fonts.googleapis.com, api.ipify.org |
| Blocks | 2 | — |
| Shortcodes | 2 | — |