Afterpay Gateway for WooCommerce vs GeneratePress
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| Feature | Afterpay Gateway for WooCommerce v3.9.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.6/5 Visit Details | GeneratePress v3.6.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 10,000+ | 500,000+ |
| Last updated | October 14, 2026 | December 1, 2025 |
| Editions | Afterpay Gateway for WooCommerce | GeneratePress · GP Premium ($) |
| 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 | Lightweight theme focused on speed; Customizer options for layout, typography and colour; WooCommerce, bbPress and BuddyPress compatibility |
| 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 | Many advanced options require the paid GP Premium add-on; Customizer shows premium-only sections for some settings |
| 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 | Customizer layout, typography and colour options, GeneratePress dashboard page, Widget areas, Premium options upsell in customizer |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Afterpay, Square (marketplace script) | — |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | — | bbPress, BuddyPress |
| Other | — | Google Fonts |
| Requires WordPress | 6.0.3 | 6.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.0.4 | 6.9 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | global-api.afterpay.com, global-api-sandbox.afterpay.com, static.afterpay.com, js.squarecdn.com, js-sandbox.squarecdn.com | — |
| Blocks | 2 | — |
| Shortcodes | 2 | — |