Meta for WooCommerce vs WooCommerce
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| Feature | Meta for WooCommerce v3.7.8 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 2.1/5 Visit Details | WooCommerce v11.2.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.5/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 400,000+ | 7M+ |
| Last updated | October 8, 2026 | October 9, 2026 |
| Editions | Meta for WooCommerce | WooCommerce |
| Pros | Official Meta plugin for product catalog sync; Meta Pixel and Conversions API events; WhatsApp order updates and product feed generation | Simple and variable products, cart, checkout and coupons; Built-in payment, shipping zone, tax and email tools; REST API and WP-CLI commands for store management |
| Cons | Needs a Meta business account and connection; Sends plugin configuration to Meta on a schedule; Large codebase with many moving parts | Payments, shipping and tax all need setup before selling; Many advanced features come from paid marketplace add-ons; Contacts Woo and WordPress services for some optional features |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 2 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Product catalog sync to Meta, Meta Pixel event tracking, Conversions API calls to the Graph API, WhatsApp connection for order updates, Product set sync into a catalog, Product feed file generation, Catalog support for Polylang and WPML languages | Simple and variable products, Cart and checkout, Built-in offline payment methods and gateway API, Shipping zones and methods, Tax rates and calculation, Coupons, Order query API, REST API for products and orders, WP-CLI commands, Analytics reports |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | — | PayPal |
| Analytics | Meta Pixel | WooCommerce usage tracking service |
| Social | Facebook and Instagram (Meta), WhatsApp (Meta) | — |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | Polylang, WPML | WooCommerce.com |
| Requires WordPress | 5.6 | 7.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Yes | Only if you agree |
| External services | cdn.jsdelivr.net, unpkg.com, graph.facebook.com, www.commercepartnerhub.com, api.facebook.com, api.woocommerce.com, api.wordpress.org | public-api.wordpress.com, woocommerce.com, api.webflow.com, tracking.woocommerce.com, www.paypal.com, www.sandbox.paypal.com, api-3t.sandbox.paypal.com, api-3t.paypal.com, dzv365zjfbd8v.cloudfront.net, api.wordpress.org, plugins.svn.wordpress.org, translate.wordpress.com, api64.ipify.org, ipecho.net, ident.me, tnedi.me, ipinfo.io, api.country.is |
| Blocks | — | 60 |
| Shortcodes | — | 7 |
| Custom tables | — | 31 |