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Best PayPal checkout plugins for WordPress

The most popular PayPal checkout plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Payment Gateway for PayPal on WooCommerce leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Payment Gateway for PayPal Pro, PayPal Checkout & Subscriptions for WooCommerce (1K+) and Express Checkout via PayPal for WooCommerce (800+). All 5 plugins tagged “PayPal Checkout” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 5 PayPal checkout plugins

  1. 1.
    Payment Gateway for PayPal on WooCommerce

    The most installed PayPal checkout plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 73 reviews, updated 1 week ago.

  2. 2.
    Payment Gateway for PayPal Pro, PayPal Checkout & Subscriptions for WooCommerce

    1K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 9 reviews, updated 1 week ago.

  3. 3.
    Express Checkout via PayPal for WooCommerce

    800+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 22 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.

  4. 4.
    Complete PayPal Payments For WooCommerce

    80+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.

  5. 5.
    PAYHOW Checkout

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.

All 5 plugins tagged “PayPal Checkout”