Cart Reports for WooCommerce vs WooCommerce PayPal Payments
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| Feature | Cart Reports for WooCommerce v1.5.0 · 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 | Cart Reports for WooCommerce ($) | WooCommerce PayPal Payments |
| Pros | Open, abandoned and converted cart reports; Dashboard widgets and WooCommerce report pages; Excludes chosen user roles from tracking | Official PayPal gateway with smart buttons on product and checkout pages; Pay Later, card fields and Apple Pay or Google Pay wallets; Subscriptions, saved payment methods and ShipStation order tracking |
| Cons | Paid Woo.com extension; the code has no free edition; Guest cart tracking depends on cookies; Admin pages load scripts and styles from unpkg and Google CDNs | Available payment methods depend on PayPal account and country eligibility; Many modules are switched on in settings, so the setup has several steps |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Records carts when they change or convert ($), Tracks guest carts from cookies ($), Carts by date and by product reports ($), Dashboard widgets for cart status ($), Cart detail screen with items and actions ($), Clear carts by timestamp ($), Excluded user roles from tracking ($) | 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 |
| Other | unpkg CDN libraries | — |
| Requires WordPress | 4.0 | 6.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 10.2.2 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | unpkg.com, ajax.googleapis.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 |