Stripe Tax – Sales tax automation for WooCommerce

72 Quality Score

Active Installs

20/30

Popularity scores 67 out of a possible 30, which is unusual: the 30,000 active installs are respectable, but the score indicates either inflated weighting or a modest install base relative to the broader Stripe payment ecosystem.

Update Freshness

25/25

Maintenance hits a perfect 100, with the plugin last updated in July 2026 and tested against WordPress 7.0, suggesting the author is actively keeping pace with core releases.

User Rating

5/15

User ratings come in at just 12 out of 15, dragged down by a dismal 20 out of 100 average from only 3 ratings, which is far too small a sample to draw strong conclusions but still a red flag.

Support Health

8/15

Support health scores 50 out of 15, reflecting the concern that 2 support threads exist and 0 are resolved, though the volume is too low to treat this as a systemic problem.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Compatibility earns a full 100, with minimum requirements of WordPress 6.3 and PHP 7.4 that are well within the range of any reasonably maintained WooCommerce store.

Scores higher than 29% of indexed plugins

About

Stripe Tax for WooCommerce allows you to easily calculate and collect sales tax, VAT, and GST on WooCommerce orders.

Active Installs 30k+

Rating ★★ 2/5

Last Updated 2026-09-02 2:55pm GMT

Requires WordPress 6.3+

Tested Up To 7.1

Requires PHP 7.4+

✓ No known vulnerabilities

What It Does

Stripe Tax for WooCommerce calculates and collects sales tax, VAT, and GST on orders processed through Stripe on a WooCommerce store. It pulls real-time tax rates from Stripe Tax and applies them at checkout based on the customer's location. Essentially, it offloads the heavy lifting of figuring out tax obligations to Stripe's tax engine rather than relying on manual rate tables.

Who It's For

This plugin is a good fit for WooCommerce store owners who already use Stripe as their payment processor and sell across multiple tax jurisdictions. It is especially useful for small to mid-sized merchants without a dedicated finance team who need automated tax compliance without subscribing to a full tax service like TaxJar or Avalara.

Who Should Skip It

If you do not already use Stripe for payments, or if you only sell within a single tax jurisdiction with a flat rate, you should skip this and use WooCommerce's built-in tax settings. Stores needing product-level tax exemptions, custom rate overrides, or integrations with non-Stripe gateways will also want to look elsewhere.

The Bottom Line

Stripe Tax for WooCommerce is a narrowly focused utility that does one job, automated tax calculation via Stripe, and does it on a modern, well-maintained codebase. However, the 20 out of 100 user rating from only 3 reviews and a 0 percent support resolution rate give real pause, and most users will get more value from pairing a mainstream Stripe gateway like WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway with a dedicated tax service. Try it if Stripe is your only gateway and you want to avoid paying for Avalara or TaxJar, but test it on a staging site first.

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