Web Stories vs WooPayments
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| Feature | Web Stories v1.42.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.2/5 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 | 60,000+ | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | May 15, 2025 | October 8, 2026 |
| Editions | Web Stories | WooPayments |
| Pros | Free and open source (Apache 2.0) from Google; Publishes tap-through, AMP-friendly visual stories; Optional ad, shopping and embed features | Card payments managed from the WordPress dashboard; Built-in fraud screening and duplicate payment detection; Multi-currency pricing with a currency switcher block |
| Cons | Stories are a separate post type, not ordinary page content; Ad and shopping features need third-party accounts; Opt-in usage tracking exists, off until a user opts in | 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 | Experiments admin page, AMP story player output, Google Ad Manager ads in stories, Google AdSense ads in stories, MGID ad widgets, WooCommerce product lookup for shopping tags, Shopify product lookup, oEmbed embeds in stories, Hotlinked media copied to the media library, Google Fonts for story text | 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 |
| Marketing | Google Ad Manager, Google AdSense, MGID | — |
| Analytics | Google Site Kit | — |
| Social | — | |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce, Shopify | — |
| Plugins | Advanced Custom Fields | — |
| Other | — | FedEx |
| Requires WordPress | 6.6 | 6.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 6.8 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | Only if you agree |
| External services | wp.stories.google, cdn.ampproject.org, fonts.googleapis.com | translate.wordpress.com, pay.woo.com, public-api.wordpress.com, jetpack.wordpress.com |
| Blocks | 1 | 1 |