WooCommerce PayPal Payments vs YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search Premium
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| Feature | WooCommerce PayPal Payments v4.2.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 2.9/5 Visit Details | YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search Premium v2.18.1 · 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 Ajax Search · YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search Premium ($) |
| Pros | Official PayPal gateway with smart buttons on product and checkout pages; Pay Later, card fields and Apple Pay or Google Pay wallets; Subscriptions, saved payment methods and ShipStation order tracking | Boost rules to promote chosen products in results; Overlay search layouts with popular searches; Related categories and related posts blocks; Premium product index and REST endpoint |
| Cons | Available payment methods depend on PayPal account and country eligibility; Many modules are switched on in settings, so the setup has several steps | Requires a paid YITH licence and WooCommerce; Contacts YITH licence servers for activation and updates |
| More features | ||
| Other features | PayPal smart buttons on product, mini-cart and checkout, Pay Later messages on product, cart and checkout blocks, Apple Pay gateway, Google Pay gateway, Card fields module, Pay upon invoice alternative payment method, PayPal subscriptions and renewals, Saved payment methods, Fraud protection module, Order tracking through the ShipStation plugin | Boost rules for chosen products in results ($), Overlay search layout ($), Popular searches block ($), Premium search history ($), Premium product search index ($), Premium REST endpoint for search ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay | — |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce ($) |
| Plugins | ShipStation | WPML ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 6.5 | 6.6 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.8 |
| 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 | 20 |
| Shortcodes | — | 1 |