WooCommerce Conditional Shipping and Payments vs WooCommerce PayPal Payments
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| Feature | WooCommerce Conditional Shipping and Payments v3.1.5 · 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 Conditional Shipping and Payments ($) | WooCommerce PayPal Payments |
| Pros | Hide shipping methods, payment gateways or countries with rules; Conditions cover cart, customer, shipping and order data; Compatibility modules for Subscriptions, Gift Cards and several gateways | Official PayPal gateway with smart buttons on product and checkout pages; Pay Later, card fields and Apple Pay or Google Pay wallets; Subscriptions, saved payment methods and ShipStation order tracking |
| Cons | Paid WooCommerce.com extension, not free; Needs WooCommerce 10.6 or newer; Rules are set up one by one, so larger rule sets take time | Available payment methods depend on PayPal account and country eligibility; Many modules are switched on in settings, so the setup has several steps |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Conditional rules on cart, customer and order data ($), Exclude shipping methods by rule ($), Exclude payment gateways by rule ($), Exclude shipping countries and states by rule ($), Checkout and cart validation against rules ($), WooCommerce Subscriptions compatibility ($), WooCommerce Gift Cards compatibility ($), Debugger for rule checks ($) | PayPal smart buttons on product, mini-cart and checkout, Pay Later messages on product, cart and checkout blocks, Apple Pay gateway, Google Pay gateway, Card fields module, Pay upon invoice alternative payment method, PayPal subscriptions and renewals, Saved payment methods, Fraud protection module, Order tracking through the ShipStation plugin |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Stripe ($), WooCommerce Payments ($), PayPal Express Checkout ($), PayPal Payments ($), Klarna ($) | PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce ($) | — |
| Plugins | WooCommerce Subscriptions ($), WooCommerce Gift Cards ($) | ShipStation |
| Requires WordPress | 6.8 | 6.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.0 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | 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 |