Pixel Manager for WooCommerce vs WooCommerce PayPal Payments
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| Feature | Pixel Manager for WooCommerce v1.71.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 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 | 40,000+ | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | October 20, 2026 | October 21, 2026 |
| Editions | Pixel Manager for WooCommerce · Pixel Manager for WooCommerce Pro ($) | WooCommerce PayPal Payments |
| Pros | Tracks purchases and funnel events for several ad platforms at once; Google Consent Mode settings included; Configured from the admin with no tag code to write | Official PayPal gateway with smart buttons on product and checkout pages; Pay Later, card fields and Apple Pay or Google Pay wallets; Subscriptions, saved payment methods and ShipStation order tracking |
| Cons | Some options, including server-side events, need the paid Pro version; Browser pixels are exposed to ad blockers and consent tools; Licensing runs through the Freemius SDK | Available payment methods depend on PayPal account and country eligibility; Many modules are switched on in settings, so the setup has several steps |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Meta (Facebook) pixel events, TikTok pixel events, Pinterest tag events, OpenAI ads pixel for ChatGPT ads, Google Consent Mode settings, Google tag proxy for first-party loading, Server-side event processing ($) | 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 |
| Marketing | OpenAI | — |
| Analytics | Google Tag Manager | — |
| Social | Meta Pixel, TikTok, Pinterest | — |
| Plugins | — | ShipStation |
| Requires WordPress | 6.2 | 6.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.3 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | pmw.sweetcode.com, www.googletagmanager.com, www.cloudflare.com, www.google-analytics.com, graph.facebook.com, connect.facebook.net | 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 |
| Shortcodes | 2 | — |