Simple Payment vs WPSmartPay – Payment Forms, Invoices, Donations & Subscriptions

Selling something shouldn’t require a full shopping cart. Simple Payment turns any WordPress post, page, block, form or button into a ready-to-pay product or service in minutes — and routes the money through the payment gateway you already trust. No bloated store to configure, no checkout to rebuild: just a shortcode (or a block, or an Elementor widget) and you are taking payments. From a single “Donate” button to installment plans, saved cards, subscriptions and multi-gateway checkouts, Simple Payment scales from a personal blog to a commercial site — while keeping sensitive card data out of your database. Why you’ll love it Sell in minutes, not days. Drop one shortcode on any page and you have a working, styled payment form. Post/page titles become the product name and a custom field becomes the price — automatically. Use the gateway you already have. One consistent form and workflow in front of many gateways — switch providers without rebuilding your pages. Built for real money flows. Installments, monthly subscriptions / recurring, saved-card tokenization, refunds, invoices/receipts, and automatic transaction verification. Beautiful, flexible forms. Multiple templates (Bootstrap, Legacy, Donation, free-amount), inline, IFRAME or modal display, and full support for your own theme templates. Privacy first. PCI-DSS friendly: card data is masked/redacted before anything touches the database, and old records can be auto-archived and purged. Developer friendly. A rich set of actions and filters, a documented Engine API to extend any gateway or build your own, plus a full transactions log with filtering and CSV export. Supported payment gateways (Engines) PayPal, Cardcom, iCount, PayMe, iCredit, CreditGuard, Meshulam, YaadPay, Credit2000, WooCommerce (third-party site), plus a Custom engine for anything else and a Test engine for development. NEW: Sell on one site, charge on another (WooCommerce engine) The WooCommerce engine lets your site take a purchase and hand the actual payment off to a separate, third-party WooCommerce store over its REST API — perfect for agencies, marketplaces, franchises and multi-brand operators who want a central “storefront” and one billing store that owns the gateways, invoices and bookkeeping. The customer clicks Buy on your site; Simple Payment creates the order on the remote WooCommerce store with the correct total and customer details. The shopper pays on the remote store (in a redirect, popup or modal) using whatever gateways that store has enabled. A bundled Companion mode on the receiving store validates and keeps the originating parameters, can auto-complete paid orders, silences the remote store’s duplicate customer/admin emails for outsourced requests, and sends the customer straight back to your site when payment succeeds. You keep a full record of every transaction on the originating site, with automatic status verification. Works with your favorite tools Gutenberg block editor, Elementor, WooCommerce, WPJobBoard, GravityForms and Form Maker — plus Zapier to trigger workflows (CRM, email, spreadsheets, fulfilment) on every payment. What you can build One-click “Buy” / “Donate” buttons anywhere on your site Pay-what-you-want donation forms with a free-entry amount Membership, course or service checkouts on a single landing page Installment plans and monthly subscriptions Central storefront that bills through a separate WooCommerce store Currently on Beta: PayMe – please contact if you require assistance. Soon to be released: Pelecard, Tranzila. PS: You’ll need a Simple Payment API key for advanced gateways to use it. Keys are available for personal blogs; single domain, multiple domains, businesses and commercial sites. Feedback and Support I would be happy to receive your feedback to improve this plugin. Please let me know through support forums if you like it and please be sure to leave a review.. Also you can contact me on my personal page Ido Kobelkowsky or even visit Github of Simple Payment where you can find all the development code of this plugin. I hope it is useful for you and look forward to reading your reviews! 😉 Thanks! Advanced Configuration: Theme Custom Payment Processing To write your own payment processing integration, to be plugin, read the information at this link: https://simple-payment.yalla-ya.com/ you will require to write a simple php class that Pre Process, Process and Post Process the transaction with your your payment gateway.

Need to charge for something on WordPress — a service, a subscription, a donation — but don’t want to set up a whole online store just to do it? WPSmartPay accepts payments, subscriptions, and donations without WooCommerce, cart plugins, or custom code. Create a payment form, connect a gateway, share the link — start getting paid in minutes. Invoice clients, bill recurring subscriptions, or collect one-time and recurring donations. No store to configure, no products to manage — just a form and a gateway. ✅ What’s New in Version 3.2.6 PayPal notices scoped to SmartPay pages — API key warnings and unsupported-currency notices no longer appear on unrelated admin pages. Integration toggle conflict fixed — The toggle AJAX action was renamed to avoid a conflict with the SmartMembers plugin that was causing nonce failures. Block API version warning gone — apiVersion: 3 added to the form and product blocks to suppress the WP 6.9 deprecation warning on every admin page load. Required textarea validation — Required message/textarea fields now show an inline error directly below the field when left empty, instead of silently blocking submission. Product validation — Products can no longer be saved without a title or a price greater than zero; clear error messages guide you to fix it before saving. Accept Payments Your Way Connect the gateway that fits your business and start accepting payments immediately: PayPal Standard — Free, trusted, works out of the box Manual / Free Payment — For $0 or pay-later flows Stripe (Pro — most popular) — Cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Link, 135+ currencies Authorize.net (Pro) — Industry-standard gateway for US and Canadian businesses Mollie (Pro) — Ideal for European businesses; iDEAL, SEPA, and more Paddle (Pro) — Global merchant of record; handles VAT and sales tax automatically Razorpay (Pro) — Best for India-based businesses; cards, UPI, netbanking toyyibPay (Pro) — Malaysian FPX online banking gateway Paytm (Pro) — Popular Indian payment gateway bKash (Pro) — Mobile banking payments in Bangladesh See all gateways and pricing Invoicing Built Into WordPress Stop switching between tools. WPSmartPay lets you create and send professional invoices without leaving the WordPress admin. Generate invoices for one-time or recurring payments Send to customers by email in one click Track status from Draft through Sent, Paid, and Overdue Customize with your logo and business details Learn more about invoicing Subscription and Recurring Payments (Pro) Accept recurring payments and build predictable revenue streams with WPSmartPay Pro. Set up recurring billing on any payment form — weekly, monthly, or yearly Installment plans and fixed-period billing cycles Membership plans with role-based access control Renewal reminder emails sent automatically Supported on Stripe and Paddle gateways Learn more about subscriptions Native Gutenberg Payment Form Builder Build payment forms the WordPress way — with blocks. Live preview as you design. Drag-and-drop fields: name, email, address, phone, and more Flexible pricing: fixed price, custom amount, or pricing tiers Start from the template library or build from scratch Embed anywhere with the SmartPay block, shortcode, or popup overlay Stacked or split checkout layout, and an optional “require login to checkout” toggle – per form Donations Made Simple Set up a donation form in minutes. Accept one-time or recurring donations from supporters worldwide. Let donors choose their own amount with the custom amount field Collect recurring donations with subscription billing (Pro) Send automatic thank-you emails on every donation Works with PayPal, Stripe, and all supported gateways Anti-Spam Protection Stop bot abuse before it reaches your payment processor. Choose from 3 built-in integrations: Cloudflare Turnstile — Privacy-first, invisible to real users hCaptcha — GDPR-compliant with high bot-detection accuracy reCAPTCHA v3 — Score-based, never interrupts real customers Tax Control Stay compliant without extra plugins: Percentage or fixed-amount tax rates Apply globally or per payment form Tax line shown clearly on checkout and receipts Reports and Analytics Dashboard overview (free) — Total revenue, payment count, recent transactions, and key stats Advanced reports (Pro) — Tabbed reports for Revenue, Forms, Subscriptions, Goals, and Payment Recovery Date-range filters: today, this week, this month, custom Per-form conversion and revenue breakdown Explore Pro reporting CRM and Marketing Integrations (Pro) Connect WPSmartPay to your marketing stack and automate post-payment workflows. Mailchimp — Add customers to lists and tags on payment MailerLite — Sync subscribers and trigger automations FluentCRM — Tag contacts and trigger sequences in your WordPress CRM AffiliateWP — Track affiliate referrals on every payment Zapier — Connect to 6,000+ apps with no code Pabbly Connect — Automate workflows with multi-step triggers See all integrations Course and Membership Integrations (Pro) Sell courses and memberships without a separate checkout — payment and enrollment happen in one step. LearnDash — Enroll students in a course the moment payment clears Tutor LMS — Grant course access automatically on successful payment LifterLMS — Unlock memberships and courses after checkout AI Agent Integration (Pro) WPSmartPay Pro is built for the agentic web. Connect Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible AI agent to your payment operations — no API scripting required. Agents can take real actions inside your site using the built-in Model Context Protocol (MCP) server: Create payment forms from a prompt — agent scaffolds the full Gutenberg form with pricing tiers in seconds Query payments and customers — ask your agent to find a customer, pull recent transactions, or check payment status Create and send invoices — agent drafts an invoice and fires it to the customer by email in one step Generate coupon codes — bulk-create codes with custom prefixes, limits, and expiry from a single instruction Manage subscriptions — list active subscriptions or cancel one by customer email Use Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, or any tool that speaks Model Context Protocol. No webhooks or custom scripts needed — the MCP endpoint is built into the plugin. Learn how to connect an AI agent Who Is WPSmartPay For? Freelancers and Agencies — Invoice clients and accept one-time or recurring service payments Coaches and Consultants — Charge for sessions, courses, and memberships Nonprofits and Charities — Accept one-time and recurring donations Content Creators — Sell eBooks, templates, audio, and digital files Event Organizers — Ticket sales and event registrations Fitness and Wellness Studios — Sell subscription and class packages Free Features at a Glance Native Gutenberg payment form builder + template library Invoice management (create, send, track) Anti-spam: Cloudflare Turnstile, hCaptcha, reCAPTCHA v3 Tax control system Dashboard reports and analytics Customizable email templates Guided onboarding wizard Support and system info page Customer management Coupon codes PayPal Standard + manual/free payment gateway Test mode for safe development GDPR-friendly Developer hooks and filters WPSmartPay Pro Unlock more with WPSmartPay Pro: Pro Payment Gateways: Stripe – Authorize.net – Paddle – Razorpay – Mollie – bKash – toyyibPay – Paytm Subscriptions and Recurring Billing: * Recurring plans on forms and products * Billing cycles and installment plans * Renewal reminder emails Advanced Coupon Management: * Bulk coupon generation with custom prefix/suffix and quantity * CSV export of generated codes * Per-coupon and per-customer usage limits * Percentage or fixed discounts with expiry dates Outgoing Webhooks: * Fire payment events to any URL in real time * HMAC-SHA256 signed requests (Standard Webhooks spec) * Automatic retry with delivery log * Works with Zapier, Make, n8n, and custom endpoints Advanced Reports: * Revenue, Forms, Subscriptions, Goals, and Recovery tabs * Per-form conversion and revenue breakdown * Failed/abandoned payment recovery tracking Marketing and Automation Integrations: Mailchimp – MailerLite – FluentCRM – AffiliateWP – Pabbly – Zapier Course and Membership Integrations: LearnDash – Tutor LMS – LifterLMS AI Agent Integration (MCP): * Built-in Model Context Protocol server * AI agents can create forms, query payments, send invoices, manage coupons and subscriptions * Works with Claude, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible client Get WPSmartPay Pro Gateway Coverage Stripe (Pro) — 47+ countries, 135+ currencies PayPal — 200+ countries, 25 currencies Authorize.net (Pro) — US and Canada; USD, CAD, GBP, EUR and more Mollie (Pro) — European Economic Area (EEA) Paddle (Pro) — Global merchant of record; handles VAT and sales tax worldwide Razorpay (Pro) — India, 100+ currencies toyyibPay (Pro) — Malaysia (MYR) Paytm (Pro) — India (INR) bKash (Pro) — Bangladesh (BDT) Documentation: docs.wpsmartpay.com Support: Priority email support for Pro users — get Pro