WooCommerce Advanced Notifications vs WooPayments
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| Feature | WooCommerce Advanced Notifications v1.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid 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 | — | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | — | October 8, 2026 |
| Editions | WooCommerce Advanced Notifications ($) | WooPayments |
| Pros | Order, stock, backorder and refund emails to any address; Per-product notification settings; Plain text or HTML emails, with optional prices and totals | Card payments managed from the WordPress dashboard; Built-in fraud screening and duplicate payment detection; Multi-currency pricing with a currency switcher block |
| Cons | Needs WooCommerce; it is not a standalone plugin; Each recipient and trigger is set up by hand; Sold as a marketplace extension; the code has no free edition | Needs a WooPayments account before it can take payments; Only available in the countries WooPayments supports |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Emails on order status changes ($), Low stock, out of stock and backorder emails ($), Full and partial refund emails ($), Per-product notification settings ($), Recipient list under WooCommerce Notifications ($), Plain text and price or total options ($), Sent count per notification ($) | 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 |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce ($) | — |
| Other | — | FedEx |
| Requires WordPress | 7.0 | 6.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | — | translate.wordpress.com, pay.woo.com, public-api.wordpress.com, jetpack.wordpress.com |
| Blocks | — | 1 |
| Custom tables | 2 | — |