Customer Reviews for WooCommerce vs WooCommerce PayPal Payments
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| Feature | Customer Reviews for WooCommerce v5.125.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 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 | 80,000+ | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | October 19, 2026 | October 21, 2026 |
| Editions | Customer Reviews for WooCommerce · Customer Reviews for WooCommerce Pro ($) | WooCommerce PayPal Payments |
| Pros | Automatic review request emails after orders; Product Q and A tab and review photos; Review reward coupons and a trust badge | Official PayPal gateway with smart buttons on product and checkout pages; Pay Later, card fields and Apple Pay or Google Pay wallets; Subscriptions, saved payment methods and ShipStation order tracking |
| Cons | Some features need a Pro licence and the vendor's service; Email verification and review feeds run on vendor servers | Available payment methods depend on PayPal account and country eligibility; Many modules are switched on in settings, so the setup has several steps |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Automatic review reminder emails after orders, Product question and answer tab, Captcha on review and question forms, Trust badge shortcode and block, Review grid, slider and rating blocks, Email verification through the vendor service, Licence key check against the vendor API ($) | 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 |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | WPML, Polylang | ShipStation |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile, hCaptcha | — |
| Requires WordPress | 4.5 | 6.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | z4jhozi8lc.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com, www.google.com, api.cusrev.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 | 4 | 6 |
| Shortcodes | 7 | — |