Minimum Periods for WooCommerce Subscriptions vs WooCommerce PayPal Payments
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| Feature | Minimum Periods for WooCommerce Subscriptions v2.8 · 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 | Minimum Periods for WooCommerce Subscriptions | WooCommerce PayPal Payments |
| Pros | Store-wide or per-product minimum periods; Works with variable subscription products; Shows the minimum term to customers | 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 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | WooCommerce Subscriptions | ShipStation |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | 6.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 5.9 | 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 |
| Shortcodes | 2 | — |