WooCommerce PayPal Payments vs YITH WooCommerce Wishlist Premium
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| Feature | WooCommerce PayPal Payments v4.2.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 2.9/5 Visit Details | YITH WooCommerce Wishlist Premium v4.15.0 · 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 Wishlist Premium ($) |
| Pros | Official PayPal gateway with smart buttons on product and checkout pages; Pay Later, card fields and Apple Pay or Google Pay wallets; Subscriptions, saved payment methods and ShipStation order tracking | Several named wishlists per customer; Wishlists can be shared by link; Wishlist emails and promotion emails; Widgets, shortcodes and a REST endpoint |
| Cons | Available payment methods depend on PayPal account and country eligibility; Many modules are switched on in settings, so the setup has several steps | Requires a paid YITH licence and WooCommerce; Contacts YITH licence servers for activation and updates; Some display options are only in the newer React templates |
| More features | ||
| Other features | PayPal smart buttons on product, mini-cart and checkout, Pay Later messages on product, cart and checkout blocks, Apple Pay gateway, Google Pay gateway, Card fields module, Pay upon invoice alternative payment method, PayPal subscriptions and renewals, Saved payment methods, Fraud protection module, Order tracking through the ShipStation plugin | Several named wishlists per customer ($), Share a wishlist with social buttons and links ($), Wishlist emails ($), Scheduled wishlist tasks ($), Add to wishlist button ($), Wishlist widgets ($), Wishlist shortcodes ($), REST endpoint for wishlists ($), Privacy data export and erase for wishlists ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay | — |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce ($) |
| Plugins | ShipStation | WPML ($), Polylang ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 6.5 | 6.8 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.0 |
| 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 | — | 3 |