WCFM – Direct PayPal Pay for WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace
It’s an addon plugin for – WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace
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WCFM shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 300+ sites, is rated 4/5 and was last updated 3 years ago, and scores 34/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (300+ active installs)
- No update in 2 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 6.4 (latest is 7.1)
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where WCFM stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| multi vendor | >100 |
| paypal | >100 |
| vendor | >100 |
| wcfm | #62 |
| woocommerce marketplace | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 4 from 9 reviews
About WCFM
From the official readme · v2.0.1Description
Direct vendor payment for WCFM Marketplace using PayPal.
It’s an addon plugin for –
WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace
WHY DIRECT PAYMENT REQUIRED?
Marketplace laws in some countries, do not allow platform owners to hold payment. This implies, any purchase made by the customer should go directly to the vendor account.
INTRODUCTION
By default, when customers made a purchase, the money goes to the marketplace owner, who then distributes it among vendors.
In case you want to enable direct payment, WCFM Marketplace offers that via Stripe. This feature is inbuilt and you don’t need any add-ons for this.
In direct payment, the customer’s money first gets split between the owner and vendors based on the commission settings, and then credited to their individual accounts.
WHY PAYPAL, THEN?
PayPal is available in more than 200 countries/regions and support 25 currencies, whereas Stripe is available for businesses in 34 countries. Got the point?
WHAT OPTIONS DO WE HAVE IN PAYPAL?
PayPal Marketplace API has been implemented from the version 2.0.0 of this plugin.
WHAT WCFM Marketplace – DIRECT PAYPAL PAY DO?
WCFM Direct PayPal Pay enables payment to be split between admin & vendors. The commission amount goes directly to vendor’s PayPal account & the admin fee also goes to admin’s PayPal account. This is now implemented by PayPal Marketplace API.
RESTRICTIONS
👉 One order will contain products from maximum 10 vendors (due to PayPal Marketplace API restrictions)
👉 Vendor’s PayPal account should be a business account
Feedback
All we want is love. We are extremely responsive about support requests – so if you face a problem or find any bugs, shoot us a mail or post it in the support forum, and we will respond within 6 hours(during business days). If you get the impulse to rate the plugin low because it is not working as it should, please do wait for our response because the root cause of the problem may be something else.
It is extremely disheartening when trigger happy users downrate a plugin for no fault of the plugin.
Really proud to serve and enhance WooCommerce.
Be with us … Team WC Lovers
Installation
Minimum Requirements
- WordPress 4.7 or greater
- WooCommerce 3.0 or greater
- PHP version 5.6 or greater
- MySQL version 5.0 or greater
Automatic installation
Automatic installation is the easiest option as WordPress handles the file transfers itself and you don’t need to leave your web browser. To do an automatic install of WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace, log in to your WordPress dashboard, navigate to the Plugins menu and click Add New.
In the search field type “WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace – Direct PayPal” and click Search Plugins. Once you’ve found our eCommerce plugin you can view details about it such as the point release, rating and description. Most importantly of course, you can install it by simply clicking “Install Now”.
Manual installation
The manual installation method involves downloading our eCommerce plugin and uploading it to your webserver via your favourite FTP application. The WordPress codex contains instructions on how to do this here.
Changelog
Enhance - WordPress 6.4+ compatibility added Enhance - WooCommerce 8.5.1+ & HPOS compatibility added Tweak - Settings added in backend to allow/disallow unbranded credit card Fix - Payment gateway not showing when WooCommerce Bookings plugin is activated Fix - Minor bug fixes
2.0.1
Updated – 19/01/2024
* Enhance – WordPress 6.4+ compatibility added
* Enhance – WooCommerce 8.5.1+ & HPOS compatibility added
* Tweak – Settings added in backend to allow/disallow unbranded credit card
* Fix – Payment gateway not showing when WooCommerce Bookings plugin is activated
* Fix – Minor bug fixes
2.0.0
Updated – 26/07/2022
* Enhance – WordPress 6.0.1+ compatibility added
* Enhance – WooCommerce 6.7.0+ compatibility added
* Feature – PayPal Commerce Platform Split Pay feature added
* Feature – WooCommerce orders can now be split between multiple vendors
1.1.1
Updated – 26/09/2021
- Enhance – WordPress 5.8+ compatibility added
- Enhance – WooCommerce 5.7+ compatibility added
1.1.0
Updated – 26/03/2021
- Enhance – WordPress 5.7+ compatibility added
- Enhance – WooCommerce 5.1+ compatibility added
1.0.6
Updated – 09/05/2020
- Enhance – WooCommerce 4.1+ compatibility added
- Tweak – If vendor not yet setup PayPal setting then PayPal payment method auto-disabled from checkout page
1.0.5
Updated – 15/03/2020
- Enhance – WordPress 5.4+ compatibility added
- Enhance – WooCommerce 4.0+ compatibility added
For developers
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FAQ
WCFM: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 27, 2026
Is WCFM free?
Yes. WCFM is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is WCFM safe to use in 2026?
WCFM shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 300+ sites, is rated 4/5 and was last updated 3 years ago, and scores 34/100 on our health check.
How many websites use WCFM?
WCFM is active on 300+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 20,463 times since it launched in August 2019. It was downloaded 101 times in the last 30 days.
Does WCFM work with WordPress 7.1?
WCFM is officially tested up to WordPress 6.4.12, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
What PHP version does WCFM need?
WCFM requires PHP 5.6 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.
When was WCFM last updated?
The latest version, 2.0.1, was released on January 19, 2024 (3 years ago).
Who makes WCFM?
WCFM is developed and maintained by WC Lovers.
What are the best alternatives to WCFM?
The most popular alternatives to WCFM are Dokan: AI Powered WooCommer… (30K+ installs), WCFM (20K+ installs) and WCFM Marketplace (10K+ installs).
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