Back In Stock Notifier for WooCommerce vs GTM4WP - Google Tag Manager for WordPress
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| Feature | Back In Stock Notifier for WooCommerce v7.5.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | GTM4WP - Google Tag Manager for WordPress v2.0.6 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.5/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 20,000+ | 700,000+ |
| Last updated | October 15, 2026 | October 12, 2026 |
| Editions | Back In Stock Notifier for WooCommerce | GTM4WP - Google Tag Manager for WordPress |
| Pros | Waitlist form and restock emails work out of the box; Built-in bot protection with reCAPTCHA or Turnstile | Places GTM containers without editing theme files; Data layer for WooCommerce, forms and media events; Consent mode and a tag blocklist are built in |
| Cons | Mailchimp, Klaviyo and SMS notifications need separate paid add-ons; Pro add-on banners appear in the admin | Tags, triggers and consent rules must be set up in Google Tag Manager; Tracking setup is complex and needs a tag manager account |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Waitlist form on out-of-stock products, Restock emails to subscribers, Triggers on stock status change, reCAPTCHA and Turnstile bot protection, Scheduled removal of old subscribers, REST endpoint for subscriptions | GTM container snippets in head and body, Multiple containers, Page variables in the data layer, Google Consent Mode, Tag blocklist for pages and elements, WooCommerce event tracking in the data layer, Contact Form 7 tracking, Media (video and audio) events, User events in the data layer, Visitor data module, AMP support |
| Integrations | ||
| Analytics | — | Google Tag Manager |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | — | Contact Form 7, Polylang, WPML |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.3 | 6.3 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 8.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | propluginslab.io | www.googletagmanager.com |