Multistore Multivendor vs WooCommerce PayPal Payments
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| Feature | Multistore Multivendor v1.1.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid 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 | 10+ | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | February 17, 2024 | October 21, 2026 |
| Editions | Multistore Multivendor | WooCommerce PayPal Payments |
| Pros | One install serves several storefront domains; Products are split by author, with no extra install; Small codebase that is easy to audit | 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 | Hard-coded author ID 6 in the related-products query; Domain matching depends on each user's website field; Needs WooCommerce and per-domain DNS setup | Available payment methods depend on PayPal account and country eligibility; Many modules are switched on in settings, so the setup has several steps |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Domain to contributor user mapping via the user website field, Product list filtered to the domain's author, Related products restricted to one author, Per-domain siteurl and home option rewrite, Author support added to products, Subscribers added to the author dropdown in admin | 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 | 5.0 | 6.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 6.4.3 | 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 |