WooCommerce PayPal Payments vs YITH WooCommerce Product Add-ons & Extra Options Premium
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| Feature | WooCommerce PayPal Payments v4.2.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 2.9/5 Visit Details | YITH WooCommerce Product Add-ons & Extra Options Premium v4.36.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 800,000+ | — |
| Last updated | October 21, 2026 | — |
| Editions | WooCommerce PayPal Payments | YITH WooCommerce Product Add-ons & Extra Options · YITH WooCommerce Product Add-ons & Extra Options Premium ($) |
| Pros | Official PayPal gateway with smart buttons on product and checkout pages; Pay Later, card fields and Apple Pay or Google Pay wallets; Subscriptions, saved payment methods and ShipStation order tracking | Many field types, including file upload and calendar; Options can be shown only to chosen user roles; Product add-on type can bundle or upsell other products; Works with WPML and several WooCommerce extensions |
| Cons | Available payment methods depend on PayPal account and country eligibility; Many modules are switched on in settings, so the setup has several steps | Large settings surface that takes time to learn; Requires a paid YITH licence and WooCommerce; Stores its options in custom database tables |
| More features | ||
| Other features | PayPal smart buttons on product, mini-cart and checkout, Pay Later messages on product, cart and checkout blocks, Apple Pay gateway, Google Pay gateway, Card fields module, Pay upon invoice alternative payment method, PayPal subscriptions and renewals, Saved payment methods, Fraud protection module, Order tracking through the ShipStation plugin | File upload field with drag and drop ($), Calendar field with date and time ranges ($), Number fields with min, max and free-selection rules ($), Colour swatch options with single or multiple selection ($), Show options only to chosen user roles ($), Product add-on that adds other products to the order ($), Edit add-on values of a cart item ($), Colour label variations module ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay | — |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce ($) |
| Plugins | ShipStation | WPML ($), WooCommerce Product Bundles ($), YITH WooCommerce Multi Currency Switcher ($), YITH WooCommerce Multi Vendor ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 6.5 | 6.9 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 8.0 |
| 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 | support.yithemes.com, o37n31x524.execute-api.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com, yithemes.com, licence.yithemes.com, casper.yithemes.com |
| Blocks | 6 | — |
| Shortcodes | — | 1 |
| Custom tables | — | 3 |