AutomateWoo - Refer A Friend Add-on vs WooPayments
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| Feature | AutomateWoo - Refer A Friend Add-on v2.13.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details | WooPayments v11.2.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.4/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | — | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | — | October 8, 2026 |
| Editions | AutomateWoo - Refer A Friend Add-on ($) | WooPayments |
| Pros | Referral links and coupons for customers; Referral status in the customer account area; Share buttons for social networks | Card payments managed from the WordPress dashboard; Built-in fraud screening and duplicate payment detection; Multi-currency pricing with a currency switcher block |
| Cons | Requires AutomateWoo to be installed; Share options depend on external social sites | Needs a WooPayments account before it can take payments; Only available in the countries WooPayments supports |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Referral page and share shortcodes ($), Referral tab in the customer account area ($), Referral rules for advocates and friends ($), Scheduled cleanup of advocate keys ($) | Card payment gateway for WooCommerce, Checkout integration and payment fields, Fraud screening service, Duplicate payment detection, Multi-currency pricing, Multi-currency switcher block, WooPay express checkout scheduling and session handling |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | — | Stripe |
| Social | Facebook share ($), X share ($), WhatsApp share ($) | — |
| Plugins | AutomateWoo ($) | — |
| Other | — | FedEx |
| Requires WordPress | 7.0 | 6.0 |
| Requires PHP | — | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | www.facebook.com, twitter.com, api.whatsapp.com | translate.wordpress.com, pay.woo.com, public-api.wordpress.com, jetpack.wordpress.com |
| Blocks | — | 1 |
| Shortcodes | 5 | — |