Afterpay Gateway for WooCommerce vs WooCommerce PayPal Payments
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| Feature | Afterpay Gateway for WooCommerce v3.9.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.6/5 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 | 10,000+ | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | October 14, 2026 | October 21, 2026 |
| Editions | Afterpay Gateway for WooCommerce | WooCommerce PayPal Payments |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | Available payment methods depend on PayPal account and country eligibility; Many modules are switched on in settings, so the setup has several steps |
| 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 | 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 | Afterpay, Square (marketplace script) | PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | — | ShipStation |
| Requires WordPress | 6.0.3 | 6.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.0.4 | 7.1 |
| 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 | 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 | 2 | 6 |
| Shortcodes | 2 | — |