WooCommerce PayPal Payments vs YITH WooCommerce Affiliates
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| Feature | WooCommerce PayPal Payments v4.2.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 2.9/5 Visit Details | YITH WooCommerce Affiliates v3.31.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.2/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 800,000+ | 6,000+ |
| Last updated | October 21, 2026 | October 7, 2026 |
| Editions | WooCommerce PayPal Payments | YITH WooCommerce Affiliates · YITH WooCommerce Affiliates 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 | Referral links with click tracking; Commissions per affiliate; Affiliate dashboard in My Account; PayPal payout gateway and privacy export |
| Cons | Available payment methods depend on PayPal account and country eligibility; Many modules are switched on in settings, so the setup has several steps | Requires WooCommerce; Premium version is referenced for extra features; Affiliate payouts need a payment setup by the store owner |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 1 |
| 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 | Affiliate profiles and registration, Referral click tracking, Commission tracking per affiliate, Affiliate payments, Affiliate pages in My Account, Affiliate dashboard shortcodes, Set referrer block, Scheduled affiliate tasks, Privacy data export and erase for affiliates |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay | PayPal |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | ShipStation | WPML |
| 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, yithemes.com |
| Blocks | 6 | 1 |