WooCommerce Memberships vs WooPayments
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| Feature | WooCommerce Memberships v1.30.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details | WooPayments v11.2.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.4/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | — | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | — | October 8, 2026 |
| Editions | WooCommerce Memberships ($) | WooPayments |
| Pros | Restrict posts, pages and products by membership plan; Immediate or delayed access per plan rule; Import and export of memberships from admin | Card payments managed from the WordPress dashboard; Built-in fraud screening and duplicate payment detection; Multi-currency pricing with a currency switcher block |
| Cons | Paid extension sold separately from WooCommerce core; Integrations such as LearnDash and Subscriptions add extra rules to manage | Needs a WooPayments account before it can take payments; Only available in the countries WooPayments supports |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Membership plans as a custom post type ($), Restrict posts, pages and products to members ($), Immediate or delayed access per plan rule ($), Per-customer membership records and status ($), Import and export of memberships ($), Membership profile fields in admin ($), Free trial handling for membership subscriptions ($) | Card payment gateway for WooCommerce, Checkout integration and payment fields, Fraud screening service, Duplicate payment detection, Multi-currency pricing, Multi-currency switcher block, WooPay express checkout scheduling and session handling |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | — | Stripe |
| Plugins | bbPress ($), LearnDash ($), Elementor ($), WooCommerce Subscriptions ($) | — |
| Other | — | FedEx |
| Requires WordPress | 5.6 | 6.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1.3 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | api.wordpress.org | translate.wordpress.com, pay.woo.com, public-api.wordpress.com, jetpack.wordpress.com |
| Blocks | — | 1 |