WooCommerce vs WooCommerce Legacy REST API
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| Feature | WooCommerce v11.2.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.5/5 Visit Details | WooCommerce Legacy REST API v1.0.6 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 1.5/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 7M+ | 400,000+ |
| Last updated | October 9, 2026 | October 14, 2026 |
| Editions | WooCommerce | WooCommerce Legacy REST API |
| 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 | Keeps older REST integrations working after WooCommerce 9.0; Does nothing on WooCommerce 8.9 and older; Free and maintained by WooCommerce |
| 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 | Not compatible with High-Performance Order Storage; Shows a HPOS incompatibility warning in admin; Legacy endpoints are a migration stopgap, not a long-term API |
| 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 | Legacy wc/v1, wc/v2 and wc/v3 REST namespaces, Legacy ?wc-api request endpoint, Legacy v1 API authentication, Legacy coupons controller, Admin notice when HPOS and the legacy API are both active |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | PayPal | — |
| Analytics | WooCommerce usage tracking service | — |
| Plugins | WooCommerce.com | — |
| Requires WordPress | 7.0 | 6.2 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 9.5 |
| 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 | — |