WordPress plugin comparison

Product Author for WooCommerce vs WooCommerce PayPal Payments

Product Author for WooCommerce

by Nitin Prakash

500+ installs5.0

WooCommerce PayPal Payments

by WooCommerce

700K+ installs2.9

At a glance

WooCommerce PayPal Payments has more active installs: 700K+, against 500+ for Product Author for WooCommerce.
On a typical day, WooCommerce PayPal Payments is downloaded about 8,944 times, Product Author for WooCommerce about 7.
Product Author for WooCommerce is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 4 reviews, against 2.9 from 588 reviews.
WooCommerce PayPal Payments was updated more recently: Nov 9, 2026, against Sep 1, 2026 for Product Author for WooCommerce.
Both are tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.
Product Author for WooCommerce has been around longer: since 2019, against 2020 for WooCommerce PayPal Payments.

WooCommerce PayPal Payments leads on 5 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Product Author for WooCommerce	WooCommerce PayPal Payments
Popular rank	#9,018	#82
Active installs	500+	700K+
Downloads, last 30 days	141	735K
Rating	5.0(4)	2.9(588)
Support threads resolved	–	59%
Tested up to	7.1.4	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.56	×3.90
Last release	2 months ago	2 days ago
Requires PHP	7.4	7.4

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