How To Change Payment Method On Woocommerce

There are a number of ways you can extend your WooCommerce integration so that it suits all your business needs.

In this guide, you'll find how to:

add more payment methods
enable 3D Secure payments
capture payments manually
accept recurring payments via the WooCommerce Subscriptions extension
configure order statuses

Add more payment methods

In order to start accepting an alternative payment method, we first need to enable it on your account. Please contact your customer success manager or our Sales team to get started.

We currently support the following payment methods on WooCommerce:

Alipay
Boleto Bancário
Giropay
iDEAL
Klarna
Poli
SEPA Direct Debit
Sofort
EPS
Bancontact
KNET
Fawry
QPay
Apple Pay
Google Pay

Enable alternative payments

Log in to WordPress as an administrator.
In the left menu, clickPlugins.
ClickSettings underWooCommerce Checkout.com Gateway.
ClickAlternative Payments.
TickEnable Checkout.com.
Enter aTitle. This is what the customer will see on the Checkout page. For example,Pay with Klarna orUse one of these methods.
Click the empty box next toAlternative Payment Methods. A drop-down menu of all available methods appears.
Click on the method you want to add. If you want to add more, repeat this step.
ClickSave changes.

That's it! Your checkout page now includes the option to pay using your additional payment method(s).

Apple Pay

Apple Pay is only supported on self-hosted instances of Wordpress.

Before you start

If you're located in the UAE or Saudi Arabia, please contact your Customer Success manager or our Sales team to activate Apple Pay on your account.

To get started with Apple Pay payments, you must first download your Certificate Signing Request from the Hub sandbox and upload it to the Apple Development Center. You can find step-by-step instructions for this underSettings >Apple Pay in the Hub sandbox.

Once this is done, you'll need to complete the certification process. Read our Apple Pay guide to configure your environment.

Enable Apple Pay

Log in to WordPress as an administrator.
In the left menu, clickPlugins.
ClickSettings underWooCommerce Checkout.com Gateway.
ClickApple Pay.
TickEnable Checkout.com.
Choose a title and description. These will be displayed to customers on your checkout page.
Enter your merchant identifier. You can find it in the Apple Development Center.
Enter the absolute path to your merchant certificate and merchant certificate key.
Select a button type and button theme. You can see what these will look like in the official Apple Pay demo.
Set the button language using a two-digit ISO 639-1 code (e.g., useen for English).
ClickSave changes.

That's it! Your checkout page now includes the option to pay using Apple Pay. In order to test it, you'll need to use one of our Apple test cards.

Google Pay

Before you start

If you're located in the UAE or Saudi Arabia, please contact your Customer Success manager or our Sales team to activate Google Pay on your account.

To get started with Google Pay payments, you must first register with Google Pay and select Checkout.com as your payment processor.

Enable Google Pay

Log in to WordPress as an administrator.
In the left menu, clickPlugins.
ClickSettings underWooCommerce Checkout.com Gateway.
ClickGoogle Pay.
TickEnable Checkout.com.
Choose a title and description. These will be displayed to customers on your checkout page.
Leave the merchant identifier set to01234567890123456789. This is for testing purposes.
Select a button style.
ClickSave changes.

That's it! Your checkout page now includes the option to pay using Google Pay.

Enable 3D Secure payments

Log in to WordPress as an administrator.
In the left menu, clickPlugins.
ClickSettings underWooCommerce Checkout.com Gateway.
ClickCard Settings.
SetUse 3D Secure toYes.
ClickSave changes.

3D Secure payments are now enabled on your account.

Capture payments manually

Enable manual captures

Log in to WordPress as an administrator.
In the left menu, clickPlugins.
ClickSettings underWooCommerce Checkout.com Gateway.
ClickCard Settings.
SetPayment Action toAuthorize Only.
ClickSave changes.

Any payments that come through will only be authorized. You then have seven days to manually capture them, or they will automatically be voided.

Capture a payment

In the Hub sandbox, clickPayments.
Click on the test payment. TheCustomer details pane opens.
ClickCapture in the top right.
ClickCapture payment. The payment'sAction column is updated to sayCAPTURE. The totals on your dashboard are also updated.
Log in to Wordpress as an administrator.
ClickWooCommerce in the left menu.
Click on your test order to display the order details. You should see something like this:

The order note confirms that your payment has been successfully captured.

Accept recurring payments via the WooCommerce Subscriptions extension

Recurring payments allows you to enable shopper interactions for scheduled payments like subscription payments.

The Checkout.com WooCommerce plugin registers with payment events triggered byWooCommerce Subscriptions to support the following actions:

Cancellation of a subscription
Suspension of a subscription
Re-activation of a subscription
Change of amount for a subscription
Change of date for a subscription
Management of multiple subscriptions

Order statuses

These settings allow you to edit the order statuses in line with the status of the payment. They are automatically set to WooCommerce's default values, so be aware that editing them may cause problems with the order flow.

To find these settings:

Log into your Wordpress admin dashboard.
Go toWooCommerce > Settings > Payments.
Find the Checkout.com plugin.
ClickManage and thenOrder Settings.