WooCommerce vs WooCommerce Gift Cards
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| Feature | WooCommerce v11.2.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.5/5 Visit Details | WooCommerce Gift Cards v2.7.2 · 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 Gift Cards |
| 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 | Unique code per gift card, emailed to the recipient automatically; Codes can be applied at checkout or stored in the customer account; Activity log, CSV import and refunds back to a gift card code |
| 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 | Digital gift cards only; Requires WooCommerce 8.2 or newer; Card data lives in three custom database tables |
| 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 | Gift card product type for simple and variable products, Apply gift card codes to the cart and checkout, Gift cards shown in the customer My Account area, Gift card emails sent to the recipient, CSV import of gift cards from the admin, Refunds credited back to a gift card code, Admin activity log of gift card use, Block cart and checkout support through the Store API |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | PayPal | Stripe, PayPal Payments |
| Analytics | WooCommerce usage tracking service | — |
| Plugins | WooCommerce.com | Elementor |
| Other | — | WooCommerce AvaTax |
| Requires WordPress | 7.0 | 6.2 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.9 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | Only if you agree |
| 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 | 3 |