Kit (formerly ConvertKit) for WooCommerce vs WooCommerce PayPal Payments
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| Feature | Kit (formerly ConvertKit) for WooCommerce v2.2.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 5.0/5 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 | 4,000+ | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | October 15, 2026 | October 21, 2026 |
| Editions | Kit (formerly ConvertKit) for WooCommerce | WooCommerce PayPal Payments |
| Pros | Sends WooCommerce customers and purchase data to Kit automatically; Checkout opt-in checkbox, plus a block-editor opt-in block; Per-product tags, forms and sequences in the product editor | 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 | Requires a Kit account and an OAuth connection to work; Abandoned cart capture is optional and must be switched on | 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 | Send orders to Kit as purchases, Checkout opt-in checkbox, Block-editor checkout opt-in block, Per-product Kit tags, forms and sequences, Optional abandoned cart email capture, WooCommerce Subscriptions support, WP-CLI command to sync past orders | 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 |
| Kit (ConvertKit) API | — | |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | WooCommerce Subscriptions | ShipStation |
| Requires WordPress | 5.0 | 6.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.1 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | api.kit.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 |