WooCommerce PayPal Payments vs PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce
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| Feature | WooCommerce PayPal Payments v4.2.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 2.9/5 Visit Details | PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce v5.16.6 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 5.0/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 800,000+ | 300,000+ |
| Last updated | October 21, 2026 | October 22, 2026 |
| Editions | WooCommerce PayPal Payments | PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce · PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce - Professional ($) |
| Pros | Official PayPal gateway with smart buttons on product and checkout pages; Pay Later, card fields and Apple Pay or Google Pay wallets; Subscriptions, saved payment methods and ShipStation order tracking | Invoices and packing slips attached to order emails; Customers can download documents from My Account; UBL and PEPPOL e-invoice XML included in the free plugin |
| Cons | Available payment methods depend on PayPal account and country eligibility; Many modules are switched on in settings, so the setup has several steps | Credit notes, proforma invoices and cloud uploads need the paid Professional add-on; Premium templates are sold separately |
| More features | ||
| Other features | PayPal smart buttons on product, mini-cart and checkout, Pay Later messages on product, cart and checkout blocks, Apple Pay gateway, Google Pay gateway, Card fields module, Pay upon invoice alternative payment method, PayPal subscriptions and renewals, Saved payment methods, Fraud protection module, Order tracking through the ShipStation plugin | PDF invoice and packing slip documents, Download and document link shortcodes, Setup wizard, UBL XML e-invoice builder, PEPPOL settings in My Account, PEPPOL endpoint REST route, Document types gated behind the Professional add-on ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay | — |
| Plugins | ShipStation | — |
| Other | — | PEPPOL directory |
| Requires WordPress | 6.5 | 4.4 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | 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 | plugins.svn.wordpress.org, directory.peppol.eu |
| Blocks | 6 | — |
| Shortcodes | — | 3 |