WooCommerce Advanced Notifications vs WooCommerce PayPal Payments
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| Feature | WooCommerce Advanced Notifications v1.7.2 · 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 | WooCommerce Advanced Notifications ($) | WooCommerce PayPal Payments |
| Pros | Order, stock, backorder and refund emails to any address; Per-product notification settings; Plain text or HTML emails, with optional prices and totals | Official PayPal gateway with smart buttons on product and checkout pages; Pay Later, card fields and Apple Pay or Google Pay wallets; Subscriptions, saved payment methods and ShipStation order tracking |
| Cons | Needs WooCommerce; it is not a standalone plugin; Each recipient and trigger is set up by hand; Sold as a marketplace extension; the code has no free edition | Available payment methods depend on PayPal account and country eligibility; Many modules are switched on in settings, so the setup has several steps |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Emails on order status changes ($), 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 ($), Sent count per notification ($) | 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 |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce ($) | — |
| Plugins | — | ShipStation |
| Requires WordPress | 7.0 | 6.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | — | 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 |
| Custom tables | 2 | — |