Restore PayPal Standard for WooCommerce
Re-enables the PayPal Standard payment gateway for WooCommerce.
5(7 reviews)
·4.0K+ active installs·Updated 3 months agoAs of April 2026, Restore PayPal Standard for WooCommerce is a WordPress paypal plugin with 4.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 7 reviews. It has been downloaded 31K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.6+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2022. Downloads are down 19% this week. Top alternative: WooCommerce PayPal Payments.
5/57 reviews
4.0K+active installs
31K+total downloads
4 yearssince 2022
Overview
Restore PayPal Standard For WooCommerce allows you to use the PayPal Standard gateway as a payment method for WooCommerce.
As of version 3.0, this plugin includes PayPal Standard code, ensuring it continues to work even if WooCommerce removes it entirely in future releases.
Previously, this plugin only re-enabled the menu item while PayPal Standard code was still bundled with WooCommerce. Since WooCommerce has been gradually deprecating PayPal Standard, this plugin offers a reliable way to keep using PayPal Standard in WooCommerce it without disruption.
PayPal has confirmed that they have no current plans to discontinue support for Standard PayPal.
This plugin is created by an official PayPal Partner. This plugin is not an official WooCommerce add-on or extension and is not affiliate in a…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Great Support
by PigeonLady·3 months ago
There was an issue and they resolved immediately. Thank you!
Great plugin!
by DodoDog·4 months ago
Thanks so much for this plug-in, needed it when WooCommerce decided to stop with PayPal Standard. Plugin works great!
Works great!
by magefix·7 months ago·1 reply
Simple plugin to restore PayPal standard, very happy!
Works correctly on WooCommerce
by Scott Paterson·10 months ago
The new version of this plugin works correctly on WooCommerce.
Restore Paypal Standard
by Paracelso is alive·2 years ago
Still fighting.
- This topic was modified 2 years, 2 months ago by Paracelso is alive.
- This topic was modified 2 years, 2 months ago by Paracelso is alive.
Download Trends
Today: 13Yesterday: 10This week: 83Period total: 12K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.6+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
| Dependencies | woocommerce |
Version Adoption
v3.1
42.7%
v3.0
32.5%
v1.0
24.8%
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Changelog
3.1.0
- 12/16/25
- New – Added full WooCommerce Blocks support for block-based checkout
- New – Added PayPal Standard Diagnostics to WooCommerce System Status page
- Enhancement – Updated payment method display to show PayPal logo only (removed text label)
- Enhancement – Improved description formatting with better spacing for sandbox mode message
…and 4 more changes
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