1. Install the PayPal for WooCommerce plugin.

Minimum Requirements
  • WordPress 3.8+
  • WooCommerce 3.0+

NOTE: While these are the minimum requirements to run the plugin, we recommend that you update WordPress and WooCommerce to the latest versions to ensure the best security and performance.

Manual Installation
  1. Click here to obtain a copy of the free plugin if you do not already have it.
  2. Download the plugin from your order email receipt or account history.
  3. Navigate to the Plugins page in your WordPress admin panel.
  4. Click the Add New button at the top of the page.
  5. Click the Upload Plugin button at the top of the page.
  6. Click Choose File, and then browse to the zip file for the plugin that you downloaded in step 1.
  7. Click the Install Now button.
  8. Click to activate the plugin once it has been installed.
  9. Configure your PayPal payment gateway(s) – more details in the Setup Guide below.
Updates

Make sure to also install our Angell EYE Updater plugin in order to receive automated updates to our plugins.

Now What?

Now that you have installed and activated the plugin you are ready to configure the payment gateway you would like to use.

The setup guides below will walk you through the steps required to get each individual gateway working on your website.

If you are unsure which product guide(s) you need to follow feel free to submit a support ticket and we’ll be happy to help.

2. Follow our Setup Guide

The PayPal Complete Payments gateway is the latest-and-greatest product stack that PayPal provides.  This is the recommended gateway to configure on your website for the vast majority of sellers.

PayPal Commerce Platform

Allow your customers to pay with PayPal Checkout, Pay Later, Venmo, Direct Credit Cards, and more!

If you are an Enterprise Level merchant you may be using Braintree.  Our plugin fully supports Braintree and you can follow that guide below in these instances.

Braintree Payments - Powered by PayPal

Built for large enterprises with international scale.

PayPal Classic Payment Gateways

While PayPal is no longer officially supporting the Classic Gateways, it will still be some time before they are completely disabled because there is so much volume still being processed through them.

It’s really best to use PayPal Complete Payments or Braintree (enterprise level), but if you need one of the Classic Gateways for any reason we do still support it in our plugin.

Express Checkout

PayPal Express Checkout tightly integrates PayPal payments into your WooCommerce shopping cart checkout.

Express Checkout provides more options to customize the PayPal experience for your buyers including the ability to prominently display credit card payments as an option on the PayPal checkout pages.

Payments Pro 2.0 (PayFlow)

PayPal Payments Pro 2.0 is the newest version of Pro that PayPal provides.  It utilizes the PayPal Manager (PayFlow Gateway) APIs and allows you to accept credit cards directly on your WooCommerce checkout page.

You would need to specifically apply for this and get it approved on your account in order to use it.  If you have not done that, you can ignore this setup guide.

Website Payments Pro 3.0 (DoDirectPayment)

PayPal Website Payments Pro uses the DoDirectPayment API to process credit cards directly on your WooCommerce checkout page without any redirect to PayPal.com.

You would need to specifically apply for this and get it approved on your account in order to use it.  If you have not done that, you can ignore this setup guide.

Looking for Live Help?

Schedule a live meeting with Drew Angell, PayPal Certified Developer, and get all of your questions or concerns answered.