MCP Abilities for WooCommerce vs WooCommerce PayPal Payments
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| Feature | MCP Abilities for WooCommerce v0.2.17 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free 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 | — | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | — | October 21, 2026 |
| Editions | MCP Abilities for WooCommerce | WooCommerce PayPal Payments |
| Pros | Covers products, orders, customers, coupons, reports and settings; Destructive actions need an exact confirmation token; Works with HPOS order storage | 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 | Gives an AI assistant write access to store data; Needs WordPress 6.9 or newer and PHP 8.0 or newer; Depends on WooCommerce being active | 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, variation, stock and category abilities, Order, line item, note and refund abilities, Customer, coupon and review abilities, Sales and product sales reports, Store settings, tax and shipping abilities, Exact confirmation token for destructive actions, High-performance order storage support | 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 | — | ShipStation |
| Requires WordPress | 6.9 | 6.5 |
| Requires PHP | 8.0 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | — | 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 |