Advanced Shipment Tracking Pro vs WooCommerce PayPal Payments
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| Feature | Advanced Shipment Tracking Pro v4.6.8 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid 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 | — | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | — | October 21, 2026 |
| Editions | Advanced Shipment Tracking for WooCommerce · Advanced Shipment Tracking Pro ($) | WooCommerce PayPal Payments |
| Pros | Tracking numbers and carrier detection on WooCommerce orders; Fulfilment dashboard and customer shipping emails; Integrations with several shipping and fulfilment services | Official PayPal gateway with smart buttons on product and checkout pages; Pay Later, card fields and Apple Pay or Google Pay wallets; Subscriptions, saved payment methods and ShipStation order tracking |
| Cons | Needs a vendor licence key and updates from the vendor; Several integrations depend on vendor-hosted services | Available payment methods depend on PayPal account and country eligibility; Many modules are switched on in settings, so the setup has several steps |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Fulfilment dashboard under WooCommerce ($), Shipment emails to customers ($), Tracking info on the customer order pages ($), Carrier auto-detection from tracking number ($), Send tracking to PayPal for an order ($), Vendor fulfilment dashboard ($), Tracking display options in the customizer ($) | 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 ($) | PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce ($) | — |
| Plugins | — | ShipStation |
| Other | ShipStation ($), TrackShip ($) | — |
| Requires WordPress | — | 6.5 |
| Requires PHP | — | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | — | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | tracking.zorem.com, api.trackship.com, www.zorem.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 | — | 6 |