WooCommerce PayPal Checkout V2.1.1
1.Go to: Plugins > Add New on your WordPress site.
2.Enter WooCommerce PayPal Checkout in the Search Plugins bar. The author is WooCommerce.
3.Install Now and Activate.
Minimum Requirements
- WordPress 4.4 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, log in to your WordPress dashboard, navigate to the Plugins menu and click Add New.
- In the search field type “WooCommerce PayPal Checkout” and click Search Plugins. Once you’ve found our 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”.
Updating
- Automatic updates should work like a charm; as always though, ensure you backup your site just in case.
- If on the off-chance you do encounter issues with the shop/category pages after an update you simply need to flush the permalinks by going to WordPress > Settings > Permalinks and hitting ‘save’. That should return things to normal.
To set up PayPal Checkout:
- Go to WooCommerce > Settings > Payments.
- Use the toggle next to PayPal Checkout to Enable it.
- Click Set up or Manage to configure your PayPal Checkout settings.
If you want to test before going live, you can switch the Environment, above the button, to Sandbox.
API Settings
Connect a new or existing PayPal account.
- Click the Setup or link an existing PayPal Account button to add your API Credentials automatically by logging into your PayPal account.
- When prompted log into your PayPal account.
- Click Activity near the top of the page and select API Access
- Scroll to NVP/SOAP API Integration (Classic) and click Manage API Credentials.
- Copy and paste the credentials into the corresponding fields on your WooCommerce site:
- Live API Username
- Live API Password
API Certificate and Signature, and Live API Subject are optional.
Click the “Setup or link an existing PayPal account” button. If you want to test before going live, you can switch the Environment, above the button, to Sandbox.
How to obtain PayPal credentials
This applies if you choose to manually enter your PayPal credentials.
1. Log into your PayPal Business account at: https://www.paypal.com/us/signin
2. From the navigation menu click Activity > API Access.
3. Scroll to NVP/SOAP API Integration (Classic) and click Manage API credentials.
4. Ensure Request an API Signature is checked and click Agree and Submit
5. Click Show to reveal your credentials and copy the API Username, Password and Signature into your WooCommerce PayPal Checkout settings.
