Hide Shipping Method For WooCommerce Pro vs WooCommerce PayPal Payments
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| Feature | Hide Shipping Method For WooCommerce Pro v1.5.5 · 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 | — | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | — | October 21, 2026 |
| Editions | Hide Shipping Method For WooCommerce Pro ($) | WooCommerce PayPal Payments |
| Pros | Hide shipping methods by product, category or cart rules; Conditions on quantity, weight, subtotal and country; Works on the WooCommerce shipping rates filter | Official PayPal gateway with smart buttons on product and checkout pages; Pay Later, card fields and Apple Pay or Google Pay wallets; Subscriptions, saved payment methods and ShipStation order tracking |
| Cons | Paid licence needed, and a licence check runs through Freemius; Marketing tracker posts the admin email on upgrade clicks; Rules are configured per shipping method in the admin | Available payment methods depend on PayPal account and country eligibility; Many modules are switched on in settings, so the setup has several steps |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Removes shipping methods from the available rates ($), Product quantity, weight and subtotal rules ($), Category quantity, weight and subtotal rules ($), Total cart quantity, weight and subtotal rules ($), Country-based hide rules ($), Shipping method rules list screen ($) | PayPal smart buttons on product, mini-cart and checkout, Pay Later messages on product, cart and checkout blocks, Apple Pay gateway, Google Pay gateway, Card fields module, Pay upon invoice alternative payment method, PayPal subscriptions and renewals, Saved payment methods, Fraud protection module, Order tracking through the ShipStation plugin |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | — | PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay |
| Analytics | theDotstore marketing tracker ($) | — |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce ($) | — |
| Plugins | Freemius ($), WPML ($) | ShipStation |
| Requires WordPress | 5.0 | 6.5 |
| Requires PHP | 5.3 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Yes | No |
| External services | www.thedotstore.com, pluginsdemo.thedotstore.com | 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 |