Afterpay Gateway for WooCommerce vs WooCommerce
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| Feature | Afterpay Gateway for WooCommerce v3.9.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.6/5 Visit Details | WooCommerce v11.2.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.5/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 10,000+ | 7M+ |
| Last updated | October 14, 2026 | October 9, 2026 |
| Editions | Afterpay Gateway for WooCommerce | WooCommerce |
| 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 | Simple and variable products, cart, checkout and coupons; Built-in payment, shipping zone, tax and email tools; REST API and WP-CLI commands for store management |
| 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 | Payments, shipping and tax all need setup before selling; Many advanced features come from paid marketplace add-ons; Contacts Woo and WordPress services for some optional features |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 2 |
| 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 | Simple and variable products, Cart and checkout, Built-in offline payment methods and gateway API, Shipping zones and methods, Tax rates and calculation, Coupons, Order query API, REST API for products and orders, WP-CLI commands, Analytics reports |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Afterpay, Square (marketplace script) | PayPal |
| Analytics | — | WooCommerce usage tracking service |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | — | WooCommerce.com |
| Requires WordPress | 6.0.3 | 7.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| 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 | public-api.wordpress.com, woocommerce.com, api.webflow.com, tracking.woocommerce.com, www.paypal.com, www.sandbox.paypal.com, api-3t.sandbox.paypal.com, api-3t.paypal.com, dzv365zjfbd8v.cloudfront.net, api.wordpress.org, plugins.svn.wordpress.org, translate.wordpress.com, api64.ipify.org, ipecho.net, ident.me, tnedi.me, ipinfo.io, api.country.is |
| Blocks | 2 | 60 |
| Shortcodes | 2 | 7 |
| Custom tables | — | 31 |