Faire for WooCommerce vs WooCommerce PayPal Payments
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| Feature | Faire for WooCommerce v1.15.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.0/5 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 | 800+ | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | October 16, 2026 | October 21, 2026 |
| Editions | Faire for WooCommerce | WooCommerce PayPal Payments |
| Pros | Syncs products and orders between WooCommerce and Faire; Adds Faire shipment tracking to WooCommerce orders; Works with WPML product translations | 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 | Needs a Faire account with API access; Requires WooCommerce to be active; Depends on Faire's external API at www.faire.com | 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 | Product sync to Faire, Faire order import as WooCommerce orders, Faire shipment tracking added to WooCommerce orders, Brand sync, WPML product translation support, Sync report and import log | 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 | Faire, WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | WPML | ShipStation |
| Requires WordPress | 6.5 | 6.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | www.faire.com, www.staging.faire.dev | 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 |