PayPal Donation vs WooCommerce Amazon Pay
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| Feature | PayPal Donation v1.5.7 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.8/5 Visit Details | WooCommerce Amazon Pay v2.6.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 2.5/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 10,000+ | 10,000+ |
| Last updated | October 7, 2026 | July 22, 2026 |
| Editions | Accept Donations with PayPal & Stripe · PayPal Donation Pro ($) | Amazon Pay for WooCommerce |
| Pros | Donation buttons by shortcode, widget or media button; PayPal and Stripe payment options; Donation orders listed in the admin | Shoppers pay with address and payment details saved at Amazon; Amazon widgets keep the buyer on the store during checkout; Block checkout blocks for changing the address and a logged-out banner |
| Cons | Needs a PayPal or Stripe account to take payments; Pro version with more features is sold separately | Needs an Amazon Pay merchant account and Login with Amazon client ID; Relies on Amazon widget scripts loaded on checkout pages; Includes legacy code paths for older Amazon API versions |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Donation buttons admin, Donation button shortcode, Donation button widget, PayPal IPN handler for payment notifications, Stripe payments, PayPal Commerce Platform onboarding, Pro version upsell in admin ($) | Login with Amazon and checkout session handling, Amazon address and wallet widgets, Amazon payment notifications handler, Blocks for changing the address and a logged-out banner, Recurring payments with WooCommerce Subscriptions (legacy), Buyer index table for Amazon buyers, WPML compatibility, Drip email marketing compatibility, Alexa delivery notifications |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | PayPal, Stripe | Amazon Pay |
| — | Drip | |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | — | WooCommerce Subscriptions, WPML |
| Other | — | Alexa delivery tracker |
| Requires WordPress | 3.1.0 | 5.5 |
| Requires PHP | 5.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.0.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | wpplugin.org, js.stripe.com, www.paypal.com | static-na.payments-amazon.com, static-eu.payments-amazon.com, static-fe.payments-amazon.com, origin-na.ssl-images-amazon.com, payments.amazon.com, payments-eu.amazon.com, mws.amazonservices.com, mws-eu.amazonservices.com, mws.amazonservices.jp |
| Blocks | — | 2 |
| Shortcodes | 1 | — |
| Custom tables | — | 1 |