10 Best WooCommerce PayPal Payments Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
WooCommerce PayPal Payments sits at #2 in the WordPress.org Payment Gateway 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 PayPal Payments
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Easy Digital Downloads
Closest matchEasy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy
4.7 (590) 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 800,000+, rated 4.7 against 2.8, last updated 24 days ago.
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SureCart – Ecommerce Made Easy For Selling Physical Products, Digital Downloads, Subscriptions, Donations, & Payments
4.8 (282) 80,000+ active installsMake ecommerce easy with a simple-to-use, all-in-one platform that anyone can set up in just a few minutes!
#4 in the WordPress.org Ecommerce Plugins ranking. 80,000+ installs against 800,000+, rated 4.8 against 2.8, last updated 4 days ago.
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Payment Gateway of PayPal for WooCommerce
Paid version available4.2 (79) 7,000+ active installsEnable faster checkout with PayPal for WooCommerce. Add PayPal Express/PayPal Standard gateways that accept PayPal, Pay Later, debit & credit cards.
#9 in the WordPress.org Payment Gateway Plugins ranking. 7,000+ installs against 800,000+, rated 4.2 against 2.8, last updated 7 days ago.
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2.2 (40) 10,000+ active installsThe SumUp plugin for WooCommerce allows businesses to securely process payments online. Accept payments from customers using a range of payment method …
#10 in the WordPress.org Payment Gateway Plugins ranking. 10,000+ installs against 800,000+, last updated July 6, 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.
#8 in the WordPress.org Ecommerce Plugins ranking. 100,000+ installs against 800,000+, rated 3.9 against 2.8, last updated 14 days ago.
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WooCommerce
Paid version available4.5 (4,821) 7 million+ active installsEverything you need to launch an online store in days and keep it growing for years. From your first sale to millions in revenue, Woo is with you.
#1 in the WordPress.org Ecommerce Plugins ranking. About 8.8 times the installs, rated 4.5 against 2.8, last updated 4 days ago.
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4.7 (58) 30,000+ active installsSet fees and discounts for WooCommerce payment gateways.
#3 in the WordPress.org Payment Gateway Plugins ranking. 30,000+ installs against 800,000+, rated 4.7 against 2.8, last updated 6 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
#7 in the WordPress.org Ecommerce Plugins ranking. 100,000+ installs against 800,000+, rated 3.1 against 2.8, last updated 2 days ago.
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Popup Builder & Popup Maker for WordPress – OptinMonster Email Marketing and Lead Generation
4.3 (816) 1 million+ active installs🤩 Make popups & optin forms to get more email newsletter subscribers, leads, and sales - #1 most popular popup builder plugin! 🚀
#5 in the WordPress.org Ecommerce Plugins ranking. A similar number of installs, rated 4.3 against 2.8, last updated 24 days ago.
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4.0 (725) 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. About a quarter of the installs, rated 4.0 against 2.8, last updated August 7, 2026.
WooCommerce PayPal Payments 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 PayPal Payments vs Easy Digital Downloads800,000+ vs 40,000+ installs · 2.8 vs 4.7
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WooCommerce PayPal Payments vs SureCart800,000+ vs 80,000+ installs · 2.8 vs 4.8
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WooCommerce PayPal Payments vs Payment Gateway of PayPal for WooCommerce800,000+ vs 7,000+ installs · 2.8 vs 4.2
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WooCommerce PayPal Payments vs SumUp Payment Gateway For WooCommerce800,000+ vs 10,000+ installs · 2.8 vs 2.2
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WooCommerce PayPal Payments vs Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce800,000+ vs 100,000+ installs · 2.8 vs 3.9
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WooCommerce PayPal Payments vs WooCommerce800,000+ vs 7 million+ installs · 2.8 vs 4.5
Switching from WooCommerce PayPal Payments: common questions
What is the best alternative to WooCommerce PayPal Payments?
Easy Digital Downloads is the closest match: it shares the Ecommerce Plugins top 10 with WooCommerce PayPal Payments and has 40,000+ active installs with a 4.7 out of 5 rating.
Which WooCommerce PayPal Payments alternative has the most users?
WooCommerce, with 7 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which WooCommerce PayPal Payments alternative is rated highest?
SureCart, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 282 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these WooCommerce PayPal Payments 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 PayPal Payments 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 PayPal Payments 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 PayPal Payments by the data we track, and WooCommerce has the widest reach with 7 million+ active installs. ProfilePress shipped the most recent release, on September 5, 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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