WooCommerce PayPal Payments vs Yotpo Product Reviews
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| Feature | WooCommerce PayPal Payments v4.2.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 2.9/5 Visit Details | Yotpo Product Reviews v2.0.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.5/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 800,000+ | 2,000+ |
| Last updated | October 21, 2026 | October 22, 2026 |
| Editions | WooCommerce PayPal Payments | Yotpo Product Reviews |
| 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 | Syncs products and completed orders to Yotpo in the background; Star ratings, reviews tab and carousel widgets on product pages; Replaces the native WooCommerce review system on product pages |
| 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 Yotpo account and API keys; Review data lives on Yotpo servers, not in your database; Needs WooCommerce and PHP 8.2 or newer |
| 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 | Background product sync to Yotpo via Action Scheduler, Order sync to Yotpo on fulfilment, status change and refund, Backfill of past orders and daily sweep, Star ratings widget, Reviews tab on product pages, Reviews carousel widget, Q and A widget, Promoted products widget, Turns off native WooCommerce reviews on product pages |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay | — |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | ShipStation | — |
| Other | — | Yotpo |
| Requires WordPress | 6.5 | 6.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 8.2 |
| 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 | api.yotpo.com |
| Blocks | 6 | — |