10 Best WooCommerce Alternatives in 2026
Updated October 22, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
WooCommerce sits at #1 in the WordPress.org Ecommerce Plugins ranking. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to WooCommerce
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Easy Digital Downloads
Closest matchEasy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy
4.7 (591) 40,000+ active installsThe #1 eCommerce plugin to sell digital products & subscriptions. Accept payments with Stripe & PayPal. Sell ebooks, software & more.
#2 in the WordPress.org Ecommerce Plugins ranking. 40,000+ installs against 7 million+, rated 4.7 against 4.5, last updated 7 days ago.
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SureCart – Ecommerce Made Easy For Selling Physical Products, Digital Downloads, Subscriptions, Donations, & Payments
4.8 (288) 80,000+ active installsSell online with a fast WordPress shop: Stripe & PayPal checkout, digital downloads, subscriptions, order bumps, upsells & affiliates.
#4 in the WordPress.org Ecommerce Plugins ranking. 80,000+ installs against 7 million+, rated 4.8 against 4.5, last updated 2 days ago.
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eCommerce Product Catalog
Paid version available4.7 (270) 7,000+ active installseCommerce Product Catalog is a powerful and free plugin to sell with a beautiful eCommerce or request for a quote WordPress website.
#8 in the WordPress.org Ecommerce Plugins ranking. 7,000+ installs against 7 million+, rated 4.7 against 4.5, last updated 10 days ago.
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CleanTalk Anti-Spam – Complete Spam Protection
4.8 (3,219) 200,000+ active installsAdvanced antispam for comments, registrations, contact forms, WooCommerce, plus email validation and protection. We catch spam others miss!
200,000+ installs against 7 million+, rated 4.8 against 4.5, last updated today.
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2.9 (582) 800,000+ active installsPayPal's latest payment processing solution. Accept PayPal, Pay Later, credit/debit cards, alternative digital wallets and bank accounts.
#3 in the WordPress.org Ecommerce Plugins ranking. 800,000+ installs against 7 million+, rated 2.9 against 4.5, last updated today.
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4.5 (228) 20,000+ active installsPowerful, easy to use ecommerce shopping cart for WordPress. Sell on Facebook and Instagram. iPhone & Android apps. Superb support.
#6 in the WordPress.org Ecommerce Plugins ranking. 20,000+ installs against 7 million+, last updated 21 days ago.
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ProfilePress
Paid version availablePaid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content – ProfilePress
3.1 (938) 100,000+ active installsSetup paid membership, accept payment, sell subscription & digital product, paywall, create login & registration form, user profile & member directory
#5 in the WordPress.org Ecommerce Plugins ranking. 100,000+ installs against 7 million+, rated 3.1 against 4.5, last updated 7 days ago.
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4.0 (726) 200,000+ active installsConnect your store to your Mailchimp audience to track sales, create targeted emails, send abandoned cart emails, and more.
#9 in the WordPress.org Ecommerce Plugins ranking. 200,000+ installs against 7 million+, rated 4.0 against 4.5, last updated 29 days ago.
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Popup Builder & Popup Maker for WordPress – OptinMonster Email Marketing and Lead Generation
4.3 (821) 1 million+ active installs🤩 Make popups & optin forms to get more email newsletter subscribers, leads, and sales - #1 most popular popup builder plugin! 🚀
#7 in the WordPress.org Ecommerce Plugins ranking. 1 million+ installs against 7 million+, rated 4.3 against 4.5, last updated August 14, 2026.
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3.9 (693) 100,000+ active installsOffer to your clients the best experience in e-Commerce by using Mercado Pago as your payment method.
#10 in the WordPress.org Ecommerce Plugins ranking. 100,000+ installs against 7 million+, rated 3.9 against 4.5, last updated 14 days ago.
WooCommerce against each of them
Head to head on installs, ratings, reviews and updates. Each measure names its own leader; there is no overall winner.
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WooCommerce vs Easy Digital Downloads7 million+ vs 40,000+ installs · 4.5 vs 4.7
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WooCommerce vs SureCart7 million+ vs 80,000+ installs · 4.5 vs 4.8
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WooCommerce vs eCommerce Product Catalog7 million+ vs 7,000+ installs · 4.5 vs 4.7
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WooCommerce vs WooCommerce PayPal Payments7 million+ vs 800,000+ installs · 4.5 vs 2.9
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WooCommerce vs Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart7 million+ vs 20,000+ installs · 4.5 vs 4.5
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WooCommerce vs ProfilePress7 million+ vs 100,000+ installs · 4.5 vs 3.1
Switching from WooCommerce: common questions
What is the best alternative to WooCommerce?
Easy Digital Downloads is the closest match: it shares the Ecommerce Plugins top 10 with WooCommerce and has 40,000+ active installs with a 4.7 out of 5 rating.
Which WooCommerce alternative has the most users?
OptinMonster, with 1 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which WooCommerce alternative is rated highest?
CleanTalk Anti-Spam, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 3,219 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these WooCommerce alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with WooCommerce score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against WooCommerce on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Easy Digital Downloads is the closest match to WooCommerce by the data we track, and OptinMonster has the widest reach with 1 million+ active installs. CleanTalk Anti-Spam shipped the most recent release, on October 21, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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