An agent can list, create, update, and delete WooCommerce products, and list orders, add order notes, or change an order's status, all through the same REST layer as the wc/v3 API.
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Built-in integration tooView abilitiesWooCommerce PayPal Payments abilities, governed through the Bridge
An agent can check whether the store's PayPal account is connected, list configured payment methods, and look up a PayPal order's captures, refunds and shipment tracking, all read-only, once WooCommerce and the plugin's ability feature flag are both enabled.
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- Active installs
- 800K+
- Rating
- 58% (580 ratings)
- Version
- 4.1.3
- Requires
- WP 6.5+, PHP 7.4+
- Last updated
- 2026-09-09 1:34pm GMT
View WooCommerce PayPal Payments on WordPress.org
What has to be true first
This plugin needs WooCommerce 10.9 or later and WordPress 6.9 or later, with both WooCommerce and this plugin active. Every ability checks manage_woocommerce, the same capability WooCommerce's own REST controllers use for store-management access.
- WooCommerce 10.9 or later must be active; on older WooCommerce versions the abilities feature silently does nothing.
- The woocommerce_paypal_payments_abilities_enabled filter must be set to true; it defaults to false, so a site owner or another plugin has to flip it in code.
The 4 WooCommerce PayPal Payments abilities
Grouped by what each one can change. Every one starts off until you enable it.
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Get PayPal connection status
Returns whether the store's PayPal account is connected and its configuration state.
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Get PayPal payment methods
Returns the PayPal payment methods currently configured on the store.
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Get PayPal order tracking
Returns the shipment tracking entries registered with PayPal for a WooCommerce order.
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Get PayPal order
Returns a PayPal order's details, including captures, authorizations and refunds, for a given PayPal or WooCommerce order ID.
How to switch these on
Four steps from two active plugins to a governed connection.
Install WooCommerce PayPal Payments and Agent Abilities for MCP
Both plugins need to be active on the same WordPress site. WooCommerce PayPal Payments registers its own abilities; this plugin discovers and governs them.
Open the Other plugins screen
In Agent Abilities for MCP, open the Bridge tab (labeled "Other plugins" in the admin). Abilities from every registered plugin appear there, grouped by the plugin that registered them.
Enable one ability at a time
Every ability from WooCommerce PayPal Payments starts off. Turn on only the ones you want an agent to reach, or enable the whole set in one click.
Connect as a least-privilege user
Approve the connection as a WordPress account scoped to what you actually want the agent to do. Each call still re-checks that account’s capability before it runs.
Read more in how bridging works or the full documentation.
Frequently asked questions
Does WooCommerce PayPal Payments work with the Bridge?
Conditionally. The four abilities only reach the core Abilities API through WooCommerce 10.9's ability loader, and that path is itself gated behind a filter that defaults to false, so the Bridge sees nothing until both WooCommerce is new enough and the plugin's own feature flag is switched on.
What has to be true for WooCommerce PayPal Payments's abilities to register?
WooCommerce 10.9 or later must be active; on older WooCommerce versions the abilities feature silently does nothing.. The woocommerce_paypal_payments_abilities_enabled filter must be set to true; it defaults to false, so a site owner or another plugin has to flip it in code..
Does WooCommerce PayPal Payments need anything special to work with the Bridge?
This plugin needs WooCommerce 10.9 or later and WordPress 6.9 or later, with both WooCommerce and this plugin active. Every ability checks manage_woocommerce, the same capability WooCommerce's own REST controllers use for store-management access.
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Bridge WooCommerce PayPal Payments, keep the same control.
Every ability starts off, is scoped to the user you connect, and is written to the same audit log as core. Turn on only what you need.
Off by default. Capability checked on every call.