WowSubscription Free includes recurring and split-payment plan configuration, subscription administration screens, and shared store settings. Pro extends the same plugin interface with additional plan options and management tools.
Keep WowSubscription Free installed and active when using Pro.
Subscription plans and billing
| Feature | Free | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Recurring plans | Available | Available |
| Split Payment plans | Available | Available |
| Prepaid plans | Not available | Available |
| Day, Week, Month, and Year recurring intervals | Available | Available |
| Percentage and fixed discounts | Available | Available |
| Free-trial and sign-up-fee controls | Available | Available |
| Maximum billing-cycle setting | Available | Available |
| Minimum billing cycles | Not available | Available |
| Split-plan down payment | Not available | Available |
| Delivery synchronization for recurring and split plans | Not available | Available |
| Gift rewards in selling plans | Not available | Available |
Prepaid plans require Pro in their entirety. An existing prepaid plan may still appear when Pro is unavailable, but its presence does not make prepaid creation or editing a Free capability.
Widget layouts
| Layout | Free | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Radio | Available | Available |
| Dropdown | Not available | Available |
| Stacked card | Not available | Available |
| Card grid | Not available | Available |
Shared widget controls include color, theme, size, default purchase selection, and expanded/collapsed presentation. The plan builder also contains widget-title and button-text fields.
Stacked card refers to a visual layout. It does not describe how multiple discount rules are calculated.
Payment integrations
The Payment Gateways area provides Stripe and PayPal Payments integration entry points. Pro also provides WooPayments and Square integrations.
An integration being available does not mean its payment service is connected. You must also meet its requirements, install any required gateway plugin, and configure the account for the subscription actions you intend to support.
Additional Pro tools
Pro adds the following areas or controls:
- Analytics: Subscription, subscriber, recurring-revenue, churn, and cancellation reports.
- Growth: Frequency upgrade offers and product-swap rule configuration.
- Delivery Fulfilment: A subscription-delivery list with order references and status filters.
- Subscription gifting: Settings for offering subscriptions as gifts.
- Inventory sync: Configurable actions for subscription products going out of stock or returning to stock.
- Win-back Campaigns: Campaign configuration for re-engaging cancelled subscribers.
- Cancellation counter-offers: Offer discount and Product swaps in addition to the choices visible in Free.
- Portal order and delivery controls: Order now, reschedule-next-order, reschedule-next-prepaid-delivery, and skip-next-order permission controls.
Shared screens and dependencies
Both editions include customer-portal permissions, shared storefront text, team settings, and subscription detail screens. Some actions depend on additional configuration or Pro tools.
For example, a visible Swap product portal permission is not sufficient to establish a complete Free product-swapping workflow. Replacement eligibility and swap rules must also be configured.
This comparison describes confirmed feature differences. It does not promise compatibility with every gateway, theme, product type, or third-party plugin. Features labeled Soon or Coming Soon are not available configuration workflows.
Related: What Is WowSubscription? and Subscription Models and Key Terms.