BigCommerce for WordPress vs WooCommerce PayPal Payments
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| Feature | BigCommerce for WordPress v5.1.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.9/5 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 | 300+ | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | December 12, 2024 | October 21, 2026 |
| Editions | BigCommerce for WordPress | WooCommerce PayPal Payments |
| Pros | WordPress front end with BigCommerce catalogue and checkout; Gutenberg blocks for cart, checkout and gift certificates | 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 separate BigCommerce store account; Tied to BigCommerce; not a standalone WooCommerce store | Available payment methods depend on PayPal account and country eligibility; Many modules are switched on in settings, so the setup has several steps |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | BigCommerce checkout block, BigCommerce cart block, Gift certificate blocks, OAuth connection to a BigCommerce store, Storefront API tokens over GraphQL, Scheduled route update from BigCommerce, Matomo analytics compatibility | 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, Apple Pay, Google Pay |
| Analytics | Matomo | — |
| E-commerce | BigCommerce | — |
| Plugins | — | ShipStation |
| Requires WordPress | 5.2 | 6.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4.0 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 6.7 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | api.bigcommerce.com, login.bigcommerce.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 |