Backend Payments for WooCommerce vs WooPayments
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| Feature | Backend Payments for WooCommerce v2.8.11 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 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 | 800+ | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | August 20, 2026 | October 8, 2026 |
| Editions | Backend Payments for WooCommerce · Backend Payments for WooCommerce Pro ($) | WooPayments |
| Pros | Card payments from the Edit Order screen; Works with Stripe, Authorize.net and eWAY; Partial and multiple payments per order | Card payments managed from the WordPress dashboard; Built-in fraud screening and duplicate payment detection; Multi-currency pricing with a currency switcher block |
| Cons | Looking for new maintainers according to the readme; Needs a separate account with each payment gateway; Pro upgrade panel is present but its URL is empty in this code | Needs a WooPayments account before it can take payments; Only available in the countries WooPayments supports |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Payment box on the Edit Order screen, Process payments from the admin, Autofill the unpaid order balance, Stripe card payments, Authorize.net card payments, eWAY card payments, Pro edition detection and upgrade notice ($) | 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, Authorize.net, eWAY | Stripe |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Other | — | FedEx |
| Requires WordPress | 4.7 | 6.0 |
| Requires PHP | 5.6 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | api.authorize.net, apitest.authorize.net, api.sandbox.ewaypayments.com, api.ewaypayments.com, api.stripe.com | translate.wordpress.com, pay.woo.com, public-api.wordpress.com, jetpack.wordpress.com |
| Blocks | — | 1 |