By WooCommerceWooCommerce PayPal Here Payment Gateway Plugin
Accept payment in-person using PayPal Here as a point-of-sale system.
PayPal Here™ is a mobile payment solution that lets you accept multiple forms of payment simply and securely, wherever your business takes you. Using a PayPal card reader, you can accept payments in-person for WooCommerce orders.
You’ll need the PayPal Here app for your iOS or Android device to use the PayPal Here point-of-sale solution. Click here to learn more about PayPal Here.
Powering simple in-person payments
PayPal Here allows you to take payments for your WooCommerce store, wherever you are.
The PayPal Here plugin for WooCommerce simplifies order creation in WooCommerce on mobile devices to let you quickly create an order for PayPal Here.
- Once this order is created, you can click a button to open the PayPal Here app to take payment.
- Swipe a card or take payment via cash in the PayPal Here app.
- Order details and status are automatically updated in WooCommerce behind the scenes from PayPal!
Using a desktop in-store to add or scan items? A QR code is generated for every order that needs payment. This lets you scan the QR code from a mobile device with a card reader attached, and immediately take payment for any pending or previously created order.
Installation
Minimum Requirements
- WordPress 4.4 or greater
- WooCommerce 3.0 or greater
- PHP version 5.3 or greater
- PayPal Here app installed on a compatible iOS or Android Device
- PayPal Here-compatible card reader
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 this plugin, log in to your WordPress dashboard, navigate to the Plugins menu and click Add New.
In the search field type WooCommerce PayPal Here 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”.
Manual installation
The manual installation method involves downloading our plugin and uploading it to your webserver via your favorite FTP application. The WordPress codex contains instructions on how to do this here.
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.
Screenshots
Configure your PayPal Here settings.
Start a new order on mobile.
Simplified mobile order creation.
Open PayPal Here app from a mobile device.
Open PayPal Here via QR code.
PayPal Here in action!
FAQ
No, PayPal Here is a point-of-sale (POS) solution. It’s designed to take payments in-person, while syncing them to your WooCommerce store.
No – this plugin helps you connect your store to PayPal for in-person (card present) transactions. As such, saving cards to a vault for later is not supported.
This plugin supports all currencies allowed by PayPal Here. Supported currencies are: USD, GBP, and AUD.
No. PayPal Here requires an iOS or Android app on your device to process payments when a credit or debit card is swiped. These apps do not have a sandbox or test mode available, so only live payments can be processed.
You must use a live PayPal account to test transactions as a result. We recommend testing by using the “Cash” method in the PayPal Here app, or using a small transaction if you need to test credit card payments (PayPal’s minimum transaction is $1).
Most extensions are supported. Some plugins (Local Pickup Plus is an example) make pretty advanced changes to the “Create order” screen in WooCommerce, and therefore aren’t supported. If you need to create orders that support specific plugins to pay using PayPal Here, you can:
- Create the order by browsing your shop and adding items to the cart.
- Create an order that needs payment by using a “pay later” gateway, such as the “Check” gateway.
- Open that order in your store admin, and pay in PayPal Here using the PayPal Here action or QR code.
If you get stuck, you can ask for help in the Plugin Forum, or reach out to WooCommerce support for support via email.
Changelog
2021.04.01 – version 1.1.3
- Misc – Add support for WooCommerce 5.1
2020.05.04 – version 1.1.2
- Misc – Add support for WooCommerce 4.1
2020.03.10 – version 1.1.1
- Misc – Add support for WooCommerce 4.0
2020.01.09 – version 1.1.0
- Misc – Add support for WooCommerce 3.9
2019.01.22 – version 1.0.1
- Tweak – Limit overall invoice ID length to 25 characters for compatibility with PayPal API
- Fix – Only display PayPal Here metabox for orders that require payment
2018.12.12 – version 1.0.0
- Hello world! Initial release