WordPress Payment gateway plugins: selection criteria and comparison
Compare features, licenses and deployment needs.
Source description: “The #1 eCommerce plugin to sell digital products & subscriptions. Accept payments with Stripe & PayPal. Sell ebooks,…” Deployment: WordPress 6.7 / PHP 8.0. Listed version 3.7.2. 40,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “PayPal's latest payment processing solution. Accept PayPal, Pay Later, credit/debit cards, alternative digital wallets and bank accounts.” Deployment: WordPress 6.5 / PHP 7.4. Listed version 4.1.3. 800,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “Accept debit and credit cards in 135+ currencies, many local methods like Alipay, ACH, and SEPA, and express…” Deployment: WordPress 6.9 / PHP 7.4. Listed version 11.1.1. 700,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “Accept Credit Cards, Google Pay, ApplePay, Afterpay, Affirm, ACH, Klarna, iDEAL and more all in one plugin for…” Deployment: WordPress 4.7 / PHP 7.4. Listed version 4.0.18. 100,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “Developed exclusively between Payment Plugins and PayPal, PayPal for WooCommerce integrates with PayPal's newest API's.” Deployment: WordPress 4.7 / PHP 7.4. Listed version 2.0.28. 80,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “Accept online payments through the ZarinPal payment gateway, the leading Iranian payment service provider, directly in WooCommerce.” Deployment: WordPress 5.8 / PHP 7.0. Listed version 5.1.1. 60,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “Set fees and discounts for WooCommerce payment gateways.” Deployment: WordPress 4.4 / PHP 7.4. Listed version 3.3.0. 30,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “Stripe Tax for WooCommerce allows you to easily calculate and collect sales tax, VAT, and GST on WooCommerce…” Deployment: WordPress 6.3 / PHP 7.4. Listed version 2.2.0. 30,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “Paystack for WooCommerce allows your WooCommerce store to accept secure payments from multiple local and global payment channels.” Deployment: WordPress 6.8 / PHP 7.4. Listed version 5.8.5. 20,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “Easy, simple setup to add a PayPal Donation button as a Widget or with a shortcode.” Deployment: WordPress 5.5 / PHP not specified. Listed version 1.9.11. 20,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “Easily accept payments on your WordPress site via Stripe payment gateway.” Deployment: WordPress 6.0 / PHP 7.4. Listed version 2.1.4. 20,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “FunnelKit Payment Gateway for Stripe WooCommerce is an integrated solution that lets you accept payments on your online…” Deployment: WordPress 5.4.0 / PHP 7.4. Listed version 1.16.0. 20,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.