Payment Plugins for Stripe WooCommerce vs WooPayments
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| Feature | Payment Plugins for Stripe WooCommerce v4.0.19 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.8/5 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 | 100,000+ | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | October 22, 2026 | October 8, 2026 |
| Editions | Payment Plugins for Stripe WooCommerce | WooPayments |
| Pros | Cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Stripe Link in one plugin; Many bank debit, local and buy-now-pay-later methods; Refunds and webhook-driven order updates | Card payments managed from the WordPress dashboard; Built-in fraud screening and duplicate payment detection; Multi-currency pricing with a currency switcher block |
| Cons | Needs a Stripe account, keys and webhook setup; Each payment method must be enabled and tested separately; Large plugin with many gateway classes to review | 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 | Card payments through Stripe, Apple Pay, Google Pay and payment request buttons, Bank debit and local payment methods, Klarna, Afterpay, Affirm and Zip, Stripe Link checkout, Refunds through Stripe, Webhook handling for order updates, Payment method change for subscriptions, Admin check of Stripe keys | 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 | Stripe |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | WooCommerce Subscriptions | — |
| Other | — | FedEx |
| Requires WordPress | 4.7 | 6.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | api.stripe.com, js.stripe.com | translate.wordpress.com, pay.woo.com, public-api.wordpress.com, jetpack.wordpress.com |
| Blocks | — | 1 |