WooCommerce Amazon Pay vs WordPress PayPal (WP PayPal)
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| Feature | WooCommerce Amazon Pay v2.6.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 2.5/5 Visit Details | WordPress PayPal (WP PayPal) v1.2.3.49 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.5/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 10,000+ | 4,000+ |
| Last updated | July 22, 2026 | October 13, 2026 |
| Editions | Amazon Pay for WooCommerce | WP PayPal · Payment Button for PayPal add-ons ($) |
| Pros | Shoppers pay with address and payment details saved at Amazon; Amazon widgets keep the buyer on the store during checkout; Block checkout blocks for changing the address and a logged-out banner | PayPal Checkout with a sandbox mode for testing; Product and checkout shortcodes for buy-now buttons; Orders kept in the dashboard with a debug page |
| Cons | Needs an Amazon Pay merchant account and Login with Amazon client ID; Relies on Amazon widget scripts loaded on checkout pages; Includes legacy code paths for older Amazon API versions | Many features are sold as separate paid add-ons; Needs PayPal API keys and sandbox setup before going live; Fewer store features than a full e-commerce plugin |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 2 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Login with Amazon and checkout session handling, Amazon address and wallet widgets, Amazon payment notifications handler, Blocks for changing the address and a logged-out banner, Recurring payments with WooCommerce Subscriptions (legacy), Buyer index table for Amazon buyers, WPML compatibility, Drip email marketing compatibility, Alexa delivery notifications | PayPal Checkout API payments, wp_paypal_product shortcode, wp_paypal_checkout shortcode, PayPal IPN listener, Orders stored as a custom post type, PayPal sandbox credentials, Configurable sender for order emails |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Amazon Pay | PayPal |
| Drip | — | |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | WooCommerce Subscriptions, WPML | — |
| Other | Alexa delivery tracker | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.5 | 5.3 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.0.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | static-na.payments-amazon.com, static-eu.payments-amazon.com, static-fe.payments-amazon.com, origin-na.ssl-images-amazon.com, payments.amazon.com, payments-eu.amazon.com, mws.amazonservices.com, mws-eu.amazonservices.com, mws.amazonservices.jp | api-m.paypal.com, api-m.sandbox.paypal.com |
| Blocks | 2 | — |
| Shortcodes | — | 2 |
| Custom tables | 1 | — |