PayPal Donation vs WooCommerce Stripe Gateway
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| Feature | PayPal Donation v1.5.7 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.8/5 Visit Details | WooCommerce Stripe Gateway v11.1.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.1/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 10,000+ | 700,000+ |
| Last updated | October 7, 2026 | October 16, 2026 |
| Editions | Accept Donations with PayPal & Stripe · PayPal Donation Pro ($) | WooCommerce Stripe Gateway |
| Pros | Donation buttons by shortcode, widget or media button; PayPal and Stripe payment options; Donation orders listed in the admin | Cards plus many local and buy-now-pay-later methods; Apple Pay, Google Pay and Link express checkout; Subscriptions and pre-orders support |
| Cons | Needs a PayPal or Stripe account to take payments; Pro version with more features is sold separately | Needs a Stripe account and API keys; Many payment methods to enable and check per country; Requires WooCommerce 11.0 or newer |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Donation buttons admin, Donation button shortcode, Donation button widget, PayPal IPN handler for payment notifications, Stripe payments, PayPal Commerce Platform onboarding, Pro version upsell in admin ($) | Unified payment element gateway, Card payments, Local and buy-now-pay-later methods, Express checkout with wallets and Link, Subscriptions support, Pre-orders support, Emails for failed refunds and authentication, Agentic commerce product feed, behind a feature flag |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | PayPal, Stripe | Stripe, Affirm (via Stripe), Klarna (via Stripe) |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Requires WordPress | 3.1.0 | 6.9 |
| Requires PHP | 5.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | wpplugin.org, js.stripe.com, www.paypal.com | js.stripe.com, api.stripe.com, api.woocommerce.com, files.stripe.com, dashboard.stripe.com |
| Shortcodes | 1 | — |