WooCommerce Stripe Gateway vs Square for WooCommerce
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| Feature | WooCommerce Stripe Gateway v11.1.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.1/5 Visit Details | Square for WooCommerce v5.5.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 2.1/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 700,000+ | 80,000+ |
| Last updated | October 16, 2026 | October 15, 2026 |
| Editions | WooCommerce Stripe Gateway | WooCommerce Square |
| Pros | Cards plus many local and buy-now-pay-later methods; Apple Pay, Google Pay and Link express checkout; Subscriptions and pre-orders support | Card and digital wallet payments through Square; Product and inventory sync with Square POS |
| Cons | Needs a Stripe account and API keys; Many payment methods to enable and check per country; Requires WooCommerce 11.0 or newer | Requires a Square account and connection; Background sync can lag behind live stock changes |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Unified payment element gateway, Card payments, Local and buy-now-pay-later methods, Express checkout with wallets and Link, Subscriptions support, Pre-orders support, Emails for failed refunds and authentication, Agentic commerce product feed, behind a feature flag | Square payment gateway, Product and inventory sync with Square, Order handling for Square payments, Digital wallet payments, Import products from Square |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Stripe, Affirm (via Stripe), Klarna (via Stripe) | Square |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | WooCommerce |
| Requires WordPress | 6.9 | 6.9 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | js.stripe.com, api.stripe.com, api.woocommerce.com, files.stripe.com, dashboard.stripe.com | api.woocommerce.com, connect.squareup.com, connect.squareupsandbox.com |
| Custom tables | — | 1 |