Minimum Periods for WooCommerce Subscriptions vs WooPayments
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| Feature | Minimum Periods for WooCommerce Subscriptions v2.8 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free Visit Details | WooPayments v11.2.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.4/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | — | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | — | October 8, 2026 |
| Editions | Minimum Periods for WooCommerce Subscriptions | WooPayments |
| Pros | Store-wide or per-product minimum periods; Works with variable subscription products; Shows the minimum term to customers | Card payments managed from the WordPress dashboard; Built-in fraud screening and duplicate payment detection; Multi-currency pricing with a currency switcher block |
| Cons | Needs WooCommerce Subscriptions to be active; Only affects the cancel action, not other ways to end a subscription; The Elementor connector link points to a separate product | Needs a WooPayments account before it can take payments; Only available in the countries WooPayments supports |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Store-wide minimum period setting, Minimum period per subscription product, Minimum period for variable subscriptions, Hide the cancel button until the minimum period ends, Show the minimum term to customers, Shortcodes for minimum period output, Minimum period column on the products list | Card payment gateway for WooCommerce, Checkout integration and payment fields, Fraud screening service, Duplicate payment detection, Multi-currency pricing, Multi-currency switcher block, WooPay express checkout scheduling and session handling |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | — | Stripe |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | WooCommerce Subscriptions | — |
| Other | — | FedEx |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | 6.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 5.9 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | — | translate.wordpress.com, pay.woo.com, public-api.wordpress.com, jetpack.wordpress.com |
| Blocks | — | 1 |
| Shortcodes | 2 | — |