WooCommerce vs Woocommerce additional product identifier fields
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| Feature | WooCommerce v11.2.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.5/5 Visit Details | Woocommerce additional product identifier fields v1.4.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 7M+ | — |
| Last updated | October 9, 2026 | — |
| Editions | WooCommerce | Woocommerce additional product identifier fields |
| Pros | Simple and variable products, cart, checkout and coupons; Built-in payment, shipping zone, tax and email tools; REST API and WP-CLI commands for store management | Adds identifier fields to simple, external and variable products; Includes identifier values in the admin product search; Free and GPL licensed |
| Cons | Payments, shipping and tax all need setup before selling; Many advanced features come from paid marketplace add-ons; Contacts Woo and WordPress services for some optional features | Values are stored only and not shown on the storefront; Identifier values are not format-checked; No settings screen; a feed plugin must read the fields |
| Mentioned in our posts | 2 | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Simple and variable products, Cart and checkout, Built-in offline payment methods and gateway API, Shipping zones and methods, Tax rates and calculation, Coupons, Order query API, REST API for products and orders, WP-CLI commands, Analytics reports | Brand, MPN, UPC, EAN and GTIN fields on products, Identifier fields on product variations, Optimized title field for feeds, Product search matches identifier values |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | PayPal | — |
| Analytics | WooCommerce usage tracking service | — |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | WooCommerce.com | — |
| Requires WordPress | 7.0 | — |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | — |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | public-api.wordpress.com, woocommerce.com, api.webflow.com, tracking.woocommerce.com, www.paypal.com, www.sandbox.paypal.com, api-3t.sandbox.paypal.com, api-3t.paypal.com, dzv365zjfbd8v.cloudfront.net, api.wordpress.org, plugins.svn.wordpress.org, translate.wordpress.com, api64.ipify.org, ipecho.net, ident.me, tnedi.me, ipinfo.io, api.country.is | — |
| Blocks | 60 | — |
| Shortcodes | 7 | — |
| Custom tables | 31 | — |