How to setup PayPal Checkout on WooCommerce?

In this guide, you will learn how to setup PayPal Express Checkout for your WooCommerce store. To use PayPal Express Checkout, you must have a PayPal business account.
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▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
00:00 Introduction
00:19 Install PayPal Checkout plugin
02:00 Get PayPal API credentials
03:20 Set up PayPal Checkout
07:28 Test PayPal Checkout setup
09:53 Summary
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👉 WooCommerce PayPal Express Checkout: sgwp.dev/paypal-express
👉 WooCommerce PayPal Express Checkout docs: sgwp.dev/ppec-docs
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NOTE: This video is outdated and now called just PayPal. The PayPal Checkout extension is no longer available on WooCommerce.com, and as of September 1, 2021, we will officially sunset this product. As a result, active development for the PayPal Checkout extension will halt on September 1, and support for this product will end as of March 1, 2022.
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[@vanessagomezgamboa7670]

Hi Simon! I just wanted to say, thank you very much for this video. It was easy to follow and I just did as you said and it worked! very simple! thank you :)

[@simongondeck]

Glad it was helpful Vanessa!

[@jdleon2055]

finally a tutorial that really helps, thanks a lot!

[@simongondeck]

Glad it was helpful JD!

[@pleasesamba501]

Thanks Simon

[@saleslucky272]

Thank you!! This is great and helpful content!!

[@simongondeck]

Glad it was helpful!

[@c90adventures]

Thank you for doing a better job than the Woocommerce docs did. cheers

[@altarian]

Thank you so much, great video. I've spent the last few hours and woocommerce's guide is not up to date, and paypals info was way too convoluted. Thanks!

[@simongondeck]

No problem Ryan - glad it was helpful!

[@Rippleaffect2]

Very helpful and it helped me fast - Thanks

[@simongondeck]

@Frank Smolle, glad it was helpful!

[@blessingadazeobose1939]

Great video. Thanks

[@shawnzhang9120]

You rock my friend，great content！

[@simongondeck]

@Shawn Thank you!

[@mitylene_bailey]

Thank you!

[@simongondeck]

glad it was helpful!

[@checkyz1321]

Amazing video as always, could yo please go over the invoice prefix if you have multiple stores (i have a multivendor website) and am paranoid about setting it up wrong?

[@topten9024]

Thanks dode :)

[@constrictschoenveters3215]

Hey Simon, great video! I really love the way the checkout and cart page look at your website. Can you maybe do a video on the custom CSS that comes into play for this? Thanks again for the awesome videos!

[@simongondeck]

Great suggestion! Yes I am planning creating custom CSS videos in the future.

[@coriassphenix]

SG Web Partners can please share the video. How you customize the payment method. Please thanks you

[@nicolasserrano3624]

I want your checkout! looks amazing

[@Jacob-iv7qg]

thanks for your very well explained video, I'm quite confused (about the sandbox account) and wonder if you can help, sorry, if it sounds very stupid so my question is: I want to integrate PayPal into WooCommerce, 1, should I use a sandbox account? 2, is a sandbox account only for "developers", or for average users? 3, why should I want to test my payment settings?

[@BrantK147]

I think PayPal updated the way they integrate with Woocommerce recently because I installed the PayPayl Checkout plugin and it had a very practical option: a button to connect to your paypal account. I just signed in and that was it!

[@simongondeck]

Thank you for update Adrian! This video may be outdated and good to know that WooCommerce + PayPal automated this option!

[@heiditlps4000]

Thank you for the Video. I spent like 2 hours navigating through the word press plugins and had a lot of trouble. The Express check out link that was pinned 7 months ago with the download was super helpful. Google now has some requirements for their shopping platform that is ridiculous. This info and video helped me out of the bind. Thank you

[@simongondeck]

glad it was helpful Heidi!

[@nyuibestanley8322]

really coool . thanks for the help which plugin adds the functionality for one time purchase you have on the store

[@simongondeck]

@Nyuibe, the plugin is called "All Products for WooCommerce Subscriptions extension". Get the All Products for WooCommerce Subscriptions extension at sgwp.dev/kdy

[@vaibhavsingh7041]

Hey mate you are amazing, with your unique content. Can solve my problem, when someone tries to pay me through PayPal on my online wocommerse store at that time it shows some kind of error like seller is not accepting the payment please get back to the store, so how to solve it kindly make the video on this problem. Will be very helpful

[@fhmnoor]

thank you for this paypal express tutorial. But I love many previous of your tutorial, no music, I can focus on the content rather than the bgm

[@simongondeck]

Fahmi - Thank you for the feedback. I will keep this in mind when I am making future tutorial videos 👍

[@mahmoudelkheshen4615]

Thanks

[@simongondeck]

Thanks for watching!

[@lc2580]

Hey Simon, If I am using stripe with apple pay and paypal checkout on my single product page, is there a way to arrange one on top of the other? I want stripe w/apple pay below the paypal buttons. I tried reordering them on the woo settings/ payments list but it wasn't working.

[@nitinantony3557]

thanks

[@simongondeck]

Glad it was helpful!

[@MikeGerges]

The option that says "Use Smart Payments Buttons" is not available for me? Does anyone know how to fix this? Thumbs up on this tutorial, very thorough.

[@Succulentsandsunshine]

I'm having the same issue, but haven't found a solution yet.

[@taniagonzalez1114]

Great video. I have followed your steps. I'm not able to process checkout as a guest using a credit card. Order under woo commerce shows pending payment but the checkout pay redirect me to paypal.com login page. Any idea why is doing this? Thanks

[@kikoli1082]

Great content Simon! Would definitely use PayPal integration. Also, your checkout page looks so elegant. Are you using Woocommerce blocks for it or Custom CSS?

[@simongondeck]

Thank you Kiko! For the checkout page I am using custom CSS and a custom theme.

[@starfran294]

@@simongondeck Thanks a lot for your great videos. Could you please tell us which custom CSS and a custom theme?

[@zakaria_chana]

Hey man thanks for the helpful video. I'm just starting with Woocommerce and the news of Shopmaster shutting down next month is a bad one for me, do you know of any other free alternative that is free to import products? Also, I want to know your experience with Woocommerce vs dropshipping on Shopify: did you have a succesful run with Woo? I've never seen someone talking about their success with Woo on KZbin, it's just Shopify everywhere. Tell me more about this please, thanks mate.

[@KawaMood]

Is there a way to make the button appears only as "Pay with credit card" ? I'm afraid that many people don't know what "Paypal credit" means, and think they need to have a paypal account to do so.

[@johnmcshultz]

great but my shop does not function yet because WooCommerce and OceanWP and maybe Elementor hate each other

[@bananaboy78member40]

hi there, thanks for the great tutorial. I saw that you got the API from NVP/SOAP. Can the same API be used for sandbox too?

[@simongondeck]

You have to create a PayPal sandbox account. I created a video for how to set up your PayPal Sandbox account. Go to the description of this video and click the 2nd link under "--- Related Content ---"

[@brucewashington8066]

Do you have a video showing how to add the PayPal CREDIT, if you already have PayPal Standard?

[@Ambi-pass-anime-production]

Maybe when it comes to invoice prefix you should explain how to get it

[@TheUltrazone23]

Is it possible for me to accept credit/debit card payments using this method if my paypal account is only connected to a prepaid visa card?

[@kannapipa2270]

I have a question, once customer checkout using paypal and succesfully paid the product will it immediately appear in your paypal account?

[@rapidlybreakingground5665]

Hello SG, Im getting the invalid email error code after going to paypal and attempting to check out. Any tips?

[@ShahImrul]

Great video. I have Paypal standard setup in two stores (woo). Can I use the PP express check out in multiple stores too?

[@simongondeck]

@Shah Imrul, Yes you can use the same PayPal API login and transaction key information for multiple sites. However, I just would recommend setting the invoice prefix to be different on each store.

[@ShahImrul]

@@simongondeck thanks a lot. It helps a lot. I've one additional question, if your please can help, is it ok to have PayPal standard in one site and PayPal checkout with another using same business account? I'm asking because technically it may be possible, but will PayPal accept it... I'm kinda scared to do any experiment with PayPal. Thanks a lot for your generosity! 🙏

[@simongondeck]

@@ShahImrul yes for sure! I did some brief research and this is what I found: If you use PayPal Standard, you can use a single account for multiple sites. If you use PayPal Express, you need to use a separate account for each site. This is because PayPal Standard supports multiple IPN URLs while PayPal Express only supports one. jeangalea.com/multiple-paypal-accounts/#:~:text=If%20you%20use%20PayPal%20Standard,PayPal%20Express%20only%20supports%20one.

[@ShahImrul]

@@simongondeck Thanks a millions 🙏 really helps a lot!

[@stefancardenas4884]

i have entered stripe and paypal as my payment methods but the credit card fields don’t pop up on check out page... ... please help

[@rpgduck]

I think i've got cataracts 😎

[@simongondeck]

LOL!

[@dentacozitv]

very nicely explained. Thank you

[@simongondeck]

Glad it was helpful!

[@mbikotimbaba2905]

With the lastest update, the button doesn't appear on my site. Any idea why this is happening?

[@pellekarlsson152]

Great video! what is the best paypal gateway for woocommerce subscription with recurring?

[@simongondeck]

Thank you and good question! This all depends. If you are just getting started I would recommend using PayPal Standard. PayPal Standard allows customers to suspend, cancel, and reactivate their subscription. However, PayPal Standard is "limited" with WooCommerce Subscriptions as it requires you to apply for Reference Transactions if you want customers to be able to have multiple subscriptions, switch their subscription price or change from one plan to another, change the next billing date, etc. Of course if customers want to change from one plan to another you could always cancel their current subscription and ask them to re-subscribe if they wanted to subscribe to a different subscription plan. Overall, 9 times out of 10 I would recommend PayPal Standard unless you get approved for Reference Transactions right away. PayPal Standard works with WooCommerce Subscriptions without Reference Transactions and easiest to get setup. If your store is doing well you can always apply for Reference Transactions. For reference, I still use PayPal Standard and do not have Reference Transactions yet. This has worked for our store so far. On the contrary, if you use PayPal Express Checkout you have to apply and get approval for Reference Transactions before you can use Express with WooCommerce Subscriptions. Here is my video on PayPal Standard if interested: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZKwhYpqp8iKZqM Overall, see this chart breaks down pros/cons of each PayPal gateway: docs.woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/payment-gateways/

[@pellekarlsson152]

@@simongondeck Thanks! It is easy too start with paypal standard but I have considering express checkout ( I want the user stay on the same page) but then I need ref transactions? How do I do if I want the user pay with creditcard (visa/mastercard) with paypal standard? Paypal has a link "if you don't have paypal account" you can click on the that link, can I get get rid of that link in paypal standard? I think I can do it with paypal express checkout

[@pellekarlsson152]

@@simongondeck I got this message on checkout "woocomerce subscription No Available Payment Gateways Warning" I have set up woocommerce subscription with paypal standard what is the problem?

[@simongondeck]

@@pellekarlsson152 On your WordPress dashboard, hover over WooCommerce and click ‘Settings’. Next, click the ‘Payments’ tab and then click ‘Manage’ in the PayPal Standard row. Then, check ‘Enable PayPal Standard for Subscriptions’. Finally, scroll to the bottom of the and click ‘Save changes’. See more at sgwebpartners.com/how-to-setup-woo-subscriptions/#faqs

[@chamaramadhushanka4220]

Thanks for the video. I added this plugin to my site but it is not working properly. Button not showing on any page. My WP version is 5.4.1 and this plugin is not compatible with my WP version. is that the issue? what is your WP version?

[@dentacozitv]

Bro, the plugin is not yet tested with WP 5.4.1. You will have to wait for a couple of months till they update the plugins

[@corti1686]

I want to have paypal express in my payment method, but it doesn't work. Only it's able to pay with paypal, not with paypal express. The option to pay with paypal express it's only in my product page and in my checkout page. Sorry for my english, cause I'm spanish jejej

[@oxendock277]

What plugin are you using as your checkout page

[@simongondeck]

This was custom coded :)

[@naviddaffuwala9120]

I'm facing to Integrate PayPal to woocommerce. Greeting message " things are not working...." Please help.

[@adedejiadegoke957]

Hey, very nice video, i did every single thing you did but my yellow PayPal button is responsive, it doesn't click. What do you think is wrong?

[@simongondeck]

Hey are you able to provide the URL you are working on? Are you using a theme or page builder? Other users have had problems with Elementor and the PayPal buttons on the product page.

[@TheZohu]

I have recently a serious issue with the PayPal button on my e-commerce site. When clicked, I am getting the notorious message of - “Don’t see the secure Paypal browser? We’ll help you re-launch the new window to complete purchase.” After this message does not happen anything. I have tested this on Chrome/desktop and Mozilla/desktop - this error appears in both cases. On smartphone browsers with all the Mozilla/chrome/android webview browsers there is no problem at all. Iphone’s Safari is not tested. For me, it seems that this happened after the recent update of WordPress but maybe I am wrong. It is a Woocommerce WordPress website with a Flatsome theme. How could I fix this, any ideas, did you met similar problems already?

[@alysiaquinn1990]

i need your help, when I go to the checkout page and "proceed to checkout" it pulls up my paypal option but no button to "continue" I have no idea what's wrong, I've been trying ot figure this out forever

[@kwekubrewammuako-annan862]

were you able to solve this please? Facing the same thing now

[@0108daniel]

I use Woocommerce with a private paypal account. Now it says that I need to add my API. But that is only possible with a business account... I always use that with my private account, why is that not possible anymore?

[@road2riches6]

Can you have paypal standard and paypal checkout both activated on your woocommerce site? I have them both activated with my my api keys but is this going to mess my payments up? (should i just have one and deactivate the other?)

[@simongondeck]

Yeah I would recommend just having 1. I personally prefer PayPal Standard but understand why people like Express Checkout

[@ScalpForex]

Hello brother , how to your added shipping address plugin on your store ?? Tell me brother, I want this

[@gobertas]

That latest version 2.1.1 wont work correctly, spend 2 hours to setup and testing, no luck. you type card details click to pay and get redirect to paypal login website.. no point to use it as standard integrated paypal option working the same, redirecting to paypal logine web page :(

[@antoniobugaren5470]

Hi, Under "Payment Method", I'm not getting the Credit card option. What am I missing? Thanks

[@ChristopherBrown-bf9ip]

All thanks to expeditetools,com i received a transfer of $30,000 directly to my bank account .

[@joshuafarnsworth2809]

Will this plugin allow me to pull PayPal transaction details (like the PayPal fee and Shipping amount) into the WooCommerce order page?

[@simongondeck]

When customer is redirected back from PayPal to WooCommerce, the customer reviews taxes and shipping costs. This total is updated to the order total. IMHO the PayPal transaction fee does not show on the Order Received page. If helpful, see more here: docs.woocommerce.com/document/paypal-express-checkout/#section-11

[@joshuafarnsworth2809]

@@simongondeck Sorry, I may have been confusing in my question. My customers make their payment via paypal gateway on my woocommerce site. Then I pay for USPS shipping for their product via PayPal. After the order is final, I can go in the WooCommerce order, and click the PayPal order number (under the woocommerce order #), and the hyperlink leads to the PayPal "Payment Details" on PayPal.com. It lists the purchase total, tax, shipping charge, tracking #, PayPal fee, and even my shipping cost ("Total Shipping Cost"). I'm wondering if you know of any way to have the "PayPal Fee" and "Total Shipping Cost" sent back into WooCommerce? Then I could use the "Advanced Order Export For WooCommerce" plugin to export all the data I need to calculate Net Income. Thanks!

[@simongondeck]

​@@joshuafarnsworth2809 You may have to use the PayPal API but I have not used it and Woo does show me any payment fee when I look at Woo api for my paypal orders. If you wanted to get this done ASAP I would use the WooCommerce Zapier plugin and create a zap that triggers when new payment happens in PayPal or you could also do a separate trigger if new order in WooCommerce happens with the payment method PayPal that has status of processing/completed (depending on situation)i f you have multiple payment methods on Wooo). Final step is to update that order back to WooCommerce and add in the meta data "PayPal Fee" and "Total Shipping Cost". This is probably the easiest way. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIHShpmOj9p1gaM

[@simongondeck]

@@joshuafarnsworth2809 also look at developer.paypal.com/docs/api-basics/ but looks time consuming :)

[@Otzimushroom]

brother i did follow all the steps but paypal express button not showing on cart page

[@simongondeck]

can you provide a product url so I can test this and look at this in more detail?

[@Otzimushroom]

@@simongondeck yes of course 35.199.55.61/ this only happen when i add woocommerce block element but when i set it as default the paypal shows as normal. The thing is that i dont want the default cart page that woocommerce gives by default

[@bananaboy78member40]

I saw the review of this plugin in wirdpress. Very poor. Is this plugin safe to use? A lot of sites crashed or had multiple plugins conflict after adding this one

[@simongondeck]

If you are worried about the PayPal Express Checkout plugin not being compatible with your theme I would instead use the PayPal Standard (default PayPal plugin instead). Here is the link to this tutorial-How to setup PayPal Standard? kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZKwhYpqp8iKZqM

[@trishmaguze9558]

Hi Simon. Thanks for the video. I've recently installed the plugin and tested it out with my Sandbox API credentials, it's working great. I logged into my paypal account but there is no API Access option under Account Settings or Tools. Then I came across this on paypal developer and it says the plugin has been deprecated, that we now have to use the button integration instead: developer.paypal.com/docs/archive/express-checkout/integration-guide/ECGoingLive/?mark=paypal%20express%20checkout%20go%20live. Do you have a tutorial on where do to install the code for the button? (I'm new to code so I have no idea where to place this code.)

[@tambikadamu6763]

Wyatthacks on Instagram got mine done perfectly

[@simongondeck]

👉 PayPal: sgwp.dev/paypal-express

[@ScalpForex]

Hello brother , how to your added shipping address plugin on your store ?? Tell me brother, I want this

[@ScalpForex]

Hello brother , how to your added shipping address plugin on your store ?? Tell me brother, I want this

[@ScalpForex]

Hello brother , how to your added shipping address plugin on your store ?? Tell me brother, I want this

[@tambikadamu6763]

Wyatthacks on Instagram help me get mine set up perfectly

[@oneear5779]

You hid too much contents because my English is poor to watch and understand your meaning.

[@simongondeck]

@CyclingClothes Thank you for the feedback. I will keep this in mind when I am making future tutorial videos 👍

[@ontariobeaver9376]

Never use a paypal as a money service provider. Ever

[@abdelghaniabajy819]

hello simon first thank you so much for your pro, work please i have a website of dropshiping and as you dropshiping and PayPal considers it illegal, So please if i use this method and link my woocommerce with paypal is paypal can check which website the payment came please i hope you reply, thank you

[@GREENROOMMUSICAL]

thanks

[@simongondeck]

Glad it was helpful!