WooCommerce
Self-hosted commerce solution for WordPress that enables customizable online stores
- Vendor
- Automattic
- Also known as
- woocommerce
Available worldwide · Popular in: US, GB
What is WooCommerce?
Commerce platform for WordPress that merchants self-host, with customizable checkout workflows, data management options, flexible hosting choices, and omnichannel selling capabilities including marketplace synchronization.
WooCommerce pricing
We don't have WooCommerce's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
What WooCommerce does
The capabilities that matter for e-commerce platforms, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Platform type
- Self-host OSS
- Open-source
- ✓
- Self-hostable
- ✓
- Free / open tier
- ✓
- Transaction fees beyond plan
- -
- Payments model
- Built-in + BYO gateway
- Headless / API-first storefront
- -
- PCI-DSS compliance provided
- -
- Multi-currency / multi-language
- ✓
- B2B / wholesale features
- ✓
- POS / omnichannel
- ✓
- App / extension ecosystem size
- WordPress plugin and extension ecosystem
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Self-hosted
Integrations (6)
Independently observed- Apple Pay→•
- TikTok⇄•
- Amazon⇄•
- PayPal
- YouTube Shopping
- Jetpack
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 5 (0 in the last 12 months), max severity HIGH sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
WooCommerce FAQ
Common questions about WooCommerce, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is WooCommerce?
An open-source commerce software integrated with WordPress that enables merchants to build and manage customizable online retail operations. It is indexed under E-commerce Platforms.
Source: https://woocommerce.com
Is WooCommerce free to use?
WooCommerce is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://woocommerce.com
What platforms does WooCommerce support?
We have confirmed browser-based access to WooCommerce. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.
Source: https://woocommerce.com
Can WooCommerce be self-hosted?
Yes. WooCommerce can be deployed on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://woocommerce.com
What does WooCommerce integrate with?
We have confirmed 3 integrations for WooCommerce, including PayPal, YouTube Shopping and Jetpack. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://woocommerce.com
What security certifications does WooCommerce have?
We have independently confirmed GDPR for WooCommerce. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as WooCommerce not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Source: https://woocommerce.com/posts/gdpr-compliance-woocommerce/
Where is WooCommerce available?
WooCommerce is available worldwide. Its primary markets are the United States and the United Kingdom.
Source: https://woocommerce.com
WooCommerce alternatives
Other e-commerce platforms we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- BigCommerceA hosted e-commerce platform enabling multi-channel selling with integrated product feed managementmedium · 70%
- ShopifyPlatform for launching and managing online stores and e-commerce businessesmedium · 72%
- SwellA modern ecommerce platform for building and scaling online stores with subscription and multichannel commerce capabilities.medium · 54%
- MedusaFlexible commerce platform designed for developers to build custom e-commerce applications with AI automation capabilitieshigh · 76%
- commercetoolsAPI-first commerce platform enabling enterprises to rapidly build and scale flexible digital storefronts with AI automationmedium · 56%
- EcwidE-commerce platform that removes technical barriers to online sellingmedium · 53%
Compare WooCommerce
Side by side against other e-commerce platforms, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for WooCommerce, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 81 | 0.08 | 6.8 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 80 | 0.08 | 6.7 | ✓ |
| Development activity | 63 | 0.09 | 5.9 | ✓ |
| Price level | 100 | 0.05 | 5.2 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 98 | 0.05 | 5.1 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 36 | 0.06 | 2.3 | ✓ |
| Stars | 76 | 0.03 | 2.0 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 20 | 0.09 | 1.9 | ✓ |
| Security score | 46 | 0.04 | 1.9 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 20 | 0.07 | 1.5 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.14 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 100 | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 7 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 64% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Free tier: Yes · Open source: Yes · B2b features: Yes · Platform type: self_host · Self hostable: Yes · Payments model: both | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 4 | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | PHP | highsource · 2026-10-13 · 90% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-12 · 75% |
Pricing
Release
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Trust center | https://woocommerce.com/posts/gdpr-compliance-woocommerce/ | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60% |
| Gdpr | Yes | highsource · 2026-10-13 · 75% |
| Pci | Yes | highsource · 2026-08-12 · 75% |
| Scorecard | 4.6 | highsource · 2026-10-13 · 90% |
| Vulnerabilities | Count: 5 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=packagist&package_name=woocommerce%2Fwoocommerce&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH | highsource · 2026-10-13 · 90% |
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