Accept Stripe Payments vs Payment Button for PayPal

The Stripe Payments plugin allows you to accept credit card payments via Stripe payment gateway on your WordPress site easily. Easily add Stripe ‘Buy Now’ buttons anywhere on your site using a simple shortcode or block. The plugin also supports accepting donations via Stripe. Enable seamless one-click payments via Stripe with a built-in “Remember Me” feature for faster repeat transactions. The plugin is designed with a fully responsive layout, ensuring compatibility across all devices and browsers. After completing a payment, customers are automatically redirected to a “Thank You/Checkout Result” page, where they can view detailed information about their transaction, including the purchased item. All transaction details are securely recorded in the plugin’s “Orders” menu. You can conveniently review and manage your payments and orders directly from your WordPress admin dashboard. For enhanced security, credit card details are never stored by the plugin or your site. All payments are processed directly by Stripe and securely stored in your Stripe account, utilizing their state-of-the-art security measures for credit card handling. Checkout Demonstration Video Setup and Usage Video Features Quick installation and setup. Easily take payment for a service from your site via Stripe. Sell files, digital goods or downloads using your Stripe merchant account. Sell music, video, ebook, PDF or any other digital media files. The ultimate plugin to create simple Stripe payment buttons. Create buy buttons for your products or services on the fly and embed it anywhere on your site using a user-friendly shortcode. Ability to add multiple “Buy Now” buttons to a post/page. Allow users to automatically download the digital file after the purchase is complete. View purchase orders from your WordPress admin dashboard. Accept donation on your WordPress site for a cause. Create a stripe payment button widget and add it to your sidebar. Ability to collect billing and shipping address of the customer. Ability to specify a logo or thumbnail image for the item that will get shown in the stripe payment window. Ability to customize the Stripe buy now button text from the shortcode. Ability to customize the Stripe buy now button appearance using custom CSS code. Ability to specify a custom description for the item/product (this info is captured with the order). Option to configure a notification email to be sent to the buyer and seller after the purchase. There is an option to allow the customer to enter a custom price amount for your product or service (customer pays what they want). Option to accept custom donation amount via Stripe payment gateway. Option to collect tax for your products (if applicable). Option to collect shipping for your tangible products. Option to configure region based shipping additions for physical products. Option to save the card data on Stripe. Ability to have custom thank you page on a per product basis. Ability to customize the message on the thank you page using tags. Ability to customize the price display with currency symbol. Ability to use a link URL to create custom payment button for your products. Option to send receipt email to your customers from Stripe for each transaction. Option to collect a custom input from your customers for products (useful if you are selling products that need special instructions from the customers). Stock control option. You can limit the number of quantity available for a product. Option to enable Alipay payments. So your customers can pay using their Alipay accounts. Option to enable Terms and Conditions that your customers have to accept before they can make a purchase. Ability to configure variable products. You can charge different amount for different options of the product. Ability to create “Authorize Only” products. Authorize and place a hold on the customer’s card, then capture the funds at a later time. Option to enable extended authorization for Stripe payments (if supported by your Stripe account). Option to display a security badge and message on the payment form. 3D Secure payments compatible. Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) Compliant. Browse the plugin documentation to learn more about the features of this plugin. The setup is very easy. Once you have installed the plugin, all you need to do is enter your Stripe API credentials in the plugin settings and your website will be ready to accept credit card payments. You can run it in test mode by specifying test API keys in the plugin settings. Shortcode Parameters/Attributes This plugin offers a shortcode and a block that allows you to create a ‘Buy Now’ or ‘Pay’ button for accepting payments. First, create a product in the plugin’s admin dashboard. Then, use the provided shortcode or block to embed a buy button for that specific product. Check this tutorial for step by step instructions. Detailed Documentation For detailed documentation and instructions please check the WordPress Stripe Payments Plugin documentation page.

Payment Button for PayPal plugin (also known as WP PayPal) allows you to easily create PayPal Buy Now, Add to Cart, Donation or Subscription type buttons. It generates dynamic buttons using shortcodes that enable PayPal checkout on your WordPress site. Your customers will be able to pay for your products using PayPal or Credit Card. This plugin makes it easy for you to set up your online e-commerce store. You do not need to spend days configuring products and settings. All you need to do is insert a shortcode into one of your web pages and your website will be ready to go live. Payment Button for PayPal supports PayPal Sandbox. PayPal Sandbox is a simulation environment which allows you to do test purchases between a test buyer and a seller account. This is to make sure that your store can process PayPal transactions without any issues. It also helps you get prepared before selling to real customers. Payment Button for PayPal Add-ons Buy Now Custom Amount Buy Now Discount Contact Form 7 Integration Custom Input Mailchimp Integration Product Variations Variable Price Variable Quantity Variable Subscription Custom Donations Order Export Payment Button for PayPal Features Sell products or services using PayPal Create PayPal buttons on the fly in a post/page using shortcodes Accept once off payments Accept recurring subscription payments Accept donations from users Use multiple PayPal accounts to accept payments Allow users to add multiple items to the shopping cart and checkout View or Manage orders received via PayPal buttons from your WordPress admin dashboard Quick settings configurations Enable debug to troubleshoot various issues (e.g. orders not getting updated) Open PayPal log to see how IPN (Instant Payment Notification) is being received from PayPal Accept debit or credit card payments Accept recurring subscription payments on a daily, weekly, monthly or yearly basis Switch your store to PayPal sandbox mode for testing Sell in any currency supported by PayPal Charge shipping on your products or services Charge tax on your products or services Send a purchase confirmation email to your customer after a transaction Send a sale notification email to one or more recipients (e.g. the seller) after a transaction Accept payments with PayPal smart payment buttons Accept Pay Later Pay in 4 payments Note: This is NOT an official PayPal product. How to Use Payment Button for PayPal Once you have installed this plugin you need to go to the settings menu to configure some PayPal settings (WP PayPal -> Settings). PayPal Checkout Settings These settings apply to the “[wp_paypal_checkout]” shortcode button. It uses the PayPal Checkout payment method. Client ID: The client ID for your PayPal REST API app Currency Code: The default currency code for payments Return URL: The redirect URL after a successful payment Cancel URL: The redirect URL when a payment is cancelled PayPal Payments Standard Settings These settings apply to the “[wp_paypal]” shortcode button. It uses the PayPal Payments Standard payment method. PayPal Merchant ID: Your PayPal Merchant ID PayPal Email: Your PayPal email address Currency Code: The default currency code Payment Button for PayPal Emails Payment Button for PayPal plugin comes with an “Emails” tab where you will be able to configure some email related settings. Email Sender Options In this section you can choose to customize the default From Name and From Email Address that will be used when sending an email. Purchase Receipt Email When this feature is enabled an email sent to the customer after completion of a successful purchase. Options you can customize here: The subject of the purchase receipt email The content type of the purchase receipt email. The default is “Plain Text”. But you can also set it to “HTML” The body of the purchase receipt email. Sale Notification Email When this feature is enabled an email is sent to your chosen recipient(s) after completion of a successful purchase. Options you can customize here: The subject of the sale notification email The content type of the sale notification email. The default is “Plain Text”. But you can also set it to “HTML” The body of the sale notification email. You can use various email tags in the subject/body of an email to dynamically change its content. You can find the full list of available email tags in the WordPress PayPal plugin page. Can the email messages be sent over SMTP? Absolutely. The following SMTP plugins have been tested: SMTP Mailer Gmail SMTP WP Mail SMTP Post SMTP FluentSMTP Easy WP SMTP How to Create a PayPal Checkout Button In order to create a PayPal Checkout button insert the shortcode like the following: [wp_paypal_checkout description="test checkout product" amount="3.99"] Note: The content of the button (e.g. name, price) is rendered in HTML and can be altered before checkout. PayPal Checkout Shortcode Parameters You can use additional parameters to customize your PayPal Checkout buttons. description – Description of the purchase. amount – The price of the product. For more information check the PayPal Checkout documentation page. How to Create a PayPal Payments Standard Button In order to create a PayPal Payments Standard button insert the shortcode like the following. Note: The content of the button (e.g. name, price) is rendered in HTML and can be altered before checkout. PayPal Buy Now Buy Now buttons are for single item purchases. In order to create a buy button you need to specify it in the button parameter of the shortcode. [wp_paypal button="buynow" name="My product" amount="1.00"] PayPal Add to Cart Add To Cart buttons let users add multiple items to their PayPal shopping cart and checkout. [wp_paypal button="cart" name="My product" amount="1.00"] PayPal View Cart View Cart buttons let users view items that were added to their PayPal shopping cart. [wp_paypal button="viewcart"] PayPal Donation Donation buttons let you accept donations from your users. [wp_paypal button="donate" name="My product"] PayPal Subscription [wp_paypal button="subscribe" name="My product" a3="1.00" p3="1" t3="M" src="1"] Subscribe buttons let you set up payment subscriptions. PayPal Payments Standard Shortcode Buttons Parameters You can use additional parameters to customize your PayPal buttons. type – The type of button to render (e.g. “buynow”, “cart”, “donate” or “subscribe”) name – Description of the item. button_image – Your custom button image URL (e.g. button_image=”https://example.com/images/buy.png”). button_text – Your custom button text (e.g. button_text=”Buy Now”). number – The number of the item (Also known as SKU. e.g. number=”16″). amount– The price of the item (e.g. amount=”4.95″). currency – The currency of the item (e.g. currency=”USD”). quantity – Quantity of items to purchase (e.g. quantity=”2″). shipping – The cost of shipping this item. (e.g. shipping=”0.75″). If you specify “shipping” and “shipping2” is not defined, this flat amount is charged regardless of the quantity of items purchased. shipping2 – The cost of shipping each additional unit of this item (e.g. shipping2=”1.25″) handling – The handling cost of an item (e.g. handling=”2.5″) tax – The flat tax amount for an item (e.g. tax=”2.99″). tax_rate – The rate of tax for an item (e.g. tax_rate=”2.9″). locale – The desired locale of the PayPal site (e.g. locale=”GB”). This feature is useful if you want to render the payment page in a specific language. return – The URL to which the user will be redirected after the payment (e.g. return=”https://example.com/thank-you”). cancel_return – The URL to which PayPal will redirect the buyer if they cancel checkout before completing the payment (e.g. cancel_return=”https://example.com/payment-canceled”). no_shipping – This parameter allows you to control whether or not to prompt buyers for a shipping address (e.g. no_shipping=”1″). Allowable values: 0 – Prompt for an address, but do not require one (This is set by default), 1 – Do not prompt for an address, 2 – Prompt for an address, and require one. undefined_quantity – Allow buyers to specify the quantity of the item on the payment page (e.g. undefined_quantity=”1″). This option is only used with a Buy Now button. target – This parameter allows you to open a PayPal button in a new window or tab (e.g. target=”_blank”). shopping_url – This parameter allows you to customize the Continue Shopping URL for the View Cart button (e.g. shopping_url=”https://example.com/shop”). business – This parameter allows you to override the seller account specified in the settings. You can specify either your PayPal merchant ID or email address in it (e.g. business=”HV3QO52MBTT34″ or business=”[email protected]”). form_class – Your custom CSS class to target the button form (e.g. form_class=”ppbtn”). Multiple classes are supported (e.g. form_class=”ppbtn ppbtn2 ppbtn3″). PayPal Add to Cart Button/Shopping Cart Specific Parameters handling – Handling charges. This parameter is not quantity-specific, which means the same handling cost applies, regardless of the number of items on the order. (e.g. handling=”2.00″). For detailed documentation please check out the Payment Button for PayPal plugin page. Translation If you are a non-English speaker please help translate the plugin into your language. Additional PayPal Documentation Add automatic discount to a buy button Subscriptions & Recurring Payments Setup