Accept PayPal & Stripe with Subscriptions for WooCommerce

77 Quality Score

Active Installs

16/30

Popularity scores 52 out of 30, reflecting a modest install base of 3,000 active sites that is niche but above baseline for this category.

Update Freshness

25/25

Maintenance scores a perfect 100 out of 25, with the plugin updated as recently as May 2026 and tested against WordPress 7.0, suggesting the author is actively keeping it current.

User Rating

14/15

User ratings are a perfect 100 out of 15, but only 8 ratings exist, which is too small a sample to draw strong conclusions.

Support Health

8/15

Support health is 50 out of 15, dragged down by 0 total threads and 0 resolved tickets, meaning there is no public track record of responsive help.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Compatibility scores 100 out of 15, having been tested with WordPress 7.0, requiring only PHP 5.6 and WordPress 5.6, which gives it very broad compatibility.

Scores higher than 60% of indexed plugins

About

Accept PayPal Standard, PayPal Commerce, and Stripe for WooCommerce, with a built-in subscription module.

Active Installs 3k+

Rating ★★★★½ 4.8/5

Last Updated 2026-08-14 5:03pm GMT

Requires WordPress 5.6+

Tested Up To 7.1

Requires PHP 5.6+

Security History

2 known vulnerabilities, all patched

2 Medium

Most recent: August 5, 2026

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What It Does

Restore PayPal Standard for WooCommerce re-enables the legacy PayPal Standard payment gateway inside WooCommerce, which was deprecated in newer WooCommerce releases. It registers PayPal Standard as an active payment option in your checkout settings without requiring manual code edits. In practice, it lets a store accept PayPal payments through the older IPN-based flow rather than the newer PayPal Checkout SDK.

Who It's For

This plugin is best suited for small store owners running older WooCommerce installations who relied on PayPal Standard before its removal and do not want to migrate to PayPal Checkout or Stripe. It also fits budget-conscious retailers, international sellers, and shops with established PayPal Standard workflows that would be disrupted by switching gateways. The minimal feature set makes it ideal for low-tech business owners who just need PayPal back as an option.

Who Should Skip It

Anyone running a current WooCommerce store who has not used PayPal Standard before should skip this plugin and use PayPal Checkout or Stripe directly, since PayPal Standard lacks modern features such as smart buttons, refunds via API, and improved buyer protection. Stores that need strong developer support or active issue resolution should also look elsewhere given the zero support threads.

The Bottom Line

Restore PayPal Standard for WooCommerce does one small job and appears to do it well, with fresh maintenance, broad compatibility, and a clean quality score of 78.07 out of 100. The major caveats are the tiny install base, the negligible public support history, and the fact that PayPal Standard itself is a deprecated flow most merchants should not be adopting in 2026. Use it only if you specifically need the old gateway back; otherwise go with Stripe or the modern PayPal plugin.

Pick Stripe instead if you want a modern, actively developed gateway with strong documentation and broader payment method support.

Payment Plugins for PayPal WooCommerce 91/100

Choose this alternative if you want PayPal but with modern features like smart buttons, subscriptions, and active developer support.

Germanized for WooCommerce 91/100

Pick Germanized only if you also need locale-specific WooCommerce features for the German market, since it covers far more than payments.

PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce 90/100

This is not a payment gateway, but it is worth installing alongside any payment option if you need invoice and packing slip PDFs.

Customer Reviews for WooCommerce 89/100

Consider this for adding product review functionality rather than payments, useful for stores that also want to build trust signals.