WooCommerce Google Analytics Pro vs WooCommerce PayPal Payments
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| Feature | WooCommerce Google Analytics Pro v2.2.3 · 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 Google Analytics Pro ($) | WooCommerce PayPal Payments |
| Pros | Sends e-commerce events to GA4 with revenue options; Can exclude admins and chosen user roles from tracking; Consent mode defaults and user ID tracking included | Official PayPal gateway with smart buttons on product and checkout pages; Pay Later, card fields and Apple Pay or Google Pay wallets; Subscriptions, saved payment methods and ShipStation order tracking |
| Cons | Needs a Google account authorisation before events are sent; Paid product, overlapping with the free Google Analytics for WooCommerce plugin; Setup spans the WooCommerce settings page and Google Analytics | Available payment methods depend on PayPal account and country eligibility; Many modules are switched on in settings, so the setup has several steps |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Server-side events through the Google Analytics Collect API ($), E-commerce event tracking ($), Email event tracking ($), Optional user ID tracking ($), Option to include tax and shipping in revenue ($), Exclude admins and chosen user roles from tracking ($), Google Consent Mode default settings ($), utm_nooverride added to return URLs for Google Ads referrals ($) | PayPal smart buttons on product, mini-cart and checkout, Pay Later messages on product, cart and checkout blocks, Apple Pay gateway, Google Pay gateway, Card fields module, Pay upon invoice alternative payment method, PayPal subscriptions and renewals, Saved payment methods, Fraud protection module, Order tracking through the ShipStation plugin |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | — | PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay |
| Analytics | Google Analytics ($) | — |
| Plugins | — | ShipStation |
| Requires WordPress | 5.6 | 6.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.0 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | api.wordpress.org | 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 |