Backend Payments for WooCommerce vs WooCommerce PayPal Payments
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| Feature | Backend Payments for WooCommerce v2.8.11 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 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+ | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | August 20, 2026 | October 21, 2026 |
| Editions | Backend Payments for WooCommerce · Backend Payments for WooCommerce Pro ($) | WooCommerce PayPal Payments |
| Pros | Card payments from the Edit Order screen; Works with Stripe, Authorize.net and eWAY; Partial and multiple payments per order | Official PayPal gateway with smart buttons on product and checkout pages; Pay Later, card fields and Apple Pay or Google Pay wallets; Subscriptions, saved payment methods and ShipStation order tracking |
| Cons | Looking for new maintainers according to the readme; Needs a separate account with each payment gateway; Pro upgrade panel is present but its URL is empty in this code | Available payment methods depend on PayPal account and country eligibility; Many modules are switched on in settings, so the setup has several steps |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Payment box on the Edit Order screen, Process payments from the admin, Autofill the unpaid order balance, Stripe card payments, Authorize.net card payments, eWAY card payments, Pro edition detection and upgrade notice ($) | 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 | Stripe, Authorize.net, eWAY | PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | — | ShipStation |
| Requires WordPress | 4.7 | 6.5 |
| Requires PHP | 5.6 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | api.authorize.net, apitest.authorize.net, api.sandbox.ewaypayments.com, api.ewaypayments.com, api.stripe.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 |