WooCommerce vs Custom Product Tabs for WooCommerce
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| Feature | WooCommerce v11.2.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.5/5 Visit Details | Custom Product Tabs for WooCommerce v1.8.6 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.4/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 7M+ | 80,000+ |
| Last updated | October 9, 2026 | April 12, 2025 |
| Editions | WooCommerce | Custom Product Tabs for WooCommerce · Custom Product Tabs Pro ($) |
| 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 | Free; tabs are managed in the product editor; Saved tabs can be reused across products; Tab content supports shortcodes; Tabs are copied when a product is duplicated |
| 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 | Does nothing unless WooCommerce is active; Advanced features are only in the paid Pro version; Readme says WPML compatible; no WPML code found |
| 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 | Custom tabs added per product, Saved tabs reused across products, Shortcodes run in tab content, Tabs copied when a product is duplicated, Reorder and remove tabs with arrow buttons, WooCommerce HPOS compatibility declared |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | PayPal | — |
| Analytics | WooCommerce usage tracking service | — |
| Social | — | X (Twitter) tweet button |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | WooCommerce.com | — |
| Requires WordPress | 7.0 | 3.8 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.7 |
| 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 | platform.twitter.com |
| Blocks | 60 | — |
| Shortcodes | 7 | — |
| Custom tables | 31 | — |