WooCommerce PayPal Payments vs WooCommerce Shipment Tracking
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| Feature | WooCommerce PayPal Payments v4.2.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 2.9/5 Visit Details | WooCommerce Shipment Tracking v2.7.8 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 800,000+ | — |
| Last updated | October 21, 2026 | — |
| Editions | WooCommerce PayPal Payments | WooCommerce Shipment Tracking |
| 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 | Tracking numbers on orders, shown in My Account and emails; Built-in links for many carriers, plus custom tracking URLs; REST API access and PIP, CSV and XML export compatibility |
| Cons | Available payment methods depend on PayPal account and country eligibility; Many modules are switched on in settings, so the setup has several steps | Carrier links are fixed templates; other carriers need a custom tracking URL; Carrier list depends on the built-in templates for each region; Tracking is entered by hand on each order |
| 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 | Tracking number box on the order edit screen, Tracking shown on the customer order view, Tracking shown in order emails, Built-in tracking links for UPS, FedEx, USPS and others, REST API for tracking items, PIP invoice tracking compatibility, Order CSV export compatibility, Privacy data handler |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay | — |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | ShipStation | PIP (WooCommerce Print Invoices/Packing Lists), WooCommerce CSV Import Suite |
| Other | — | UPS, FedEx, USPS |
| Requires WordPress | 6.5 | 7.0 |
| 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 | — |
| Blocks | 6 | — |