Contact Form 7 – PayPal & Stripe Add-on vs Payment Plugins for PayPal WooCommerce
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| Feature | Contact Form 7 – PayPal & Stripe Add-on v2.5.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.2/5 Visit Details | Payment Plugins for PayPal WooCommerce v2.0.28 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 7,000+ | 80,000+ |
| Last updated | October 7, 2026 | October 16, 2026 |
| Editions | Contact Form 7 - PayPal & Stripe Add-on · Contact Form 7 - PayPal & Stripe Add-on Pro ($) | Payment Plugins for PayPal WooCommerce |
| Pros | Per-form PayPal and Stripe settings inside the Contact Form 7 editor; Payments history stored as a post type; PayPal sandbox mode, currency and language options; Works with PayPal only, Stripe only or both | PayPal, Pay Later, card and wallet payments in one plugin; Works with WooCommerce block checkout and subscriptions; Optional Google reCAPTCHA check on checkout |
| Cons | Free version adds a 2% per-transaction fee; Form email is sent before payment; payment-gated email is Pro; Stripe Connect and PayPal onboarding run through the vendor's server | Needs a PayPal Business account and API credentials; Some payment options depend on PayPal approval; Large plugin with many bundled integration packages |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | PayPal and Stripe tab in each Contact Form 7 form, Payments list stored as a custom post type, Cron job that checks pending payment status, Redirect to Stripe Checkout after submission, PayPal Commerce Platform and standard PayPal checkout, Sandbox mode, currency and PayPal language settings, Custom cancel and success return URLs, Dashboard widget with payment summary, No 2% per-transaction fee ($) | PayPal checkout buttons and payment gateway, Card payments through PayPal (advanced card processing), Google Pay, Apple Pay gateway, PayPal Fastlane guest checkout, Links from orders to the PayPal transaction, Google reCAPTCHA check on checkout, Bundled packages for subscriptions, pre-orders, Stripe, Elementor and ShipStation |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | PayPal, Stripe | PayPal, Stripe |
| E-commerce | — | ShipStation, WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Contact Form 7 | Elementor |
| Other | — | Google reCAPTCHA |
| Requires WordPress | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| Requires PHP | 5.5 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | api.stripe.com, wpplugin.org, www.paypal.com, ipnpb.paypal.com, api.wordpress.org | sandbox.paypal.com, www.google.com, www.paypal.com |