WooCommerce eCommerce Store

Every WooCommerce store needs a way for customers to pay. You won’t want any second-rate solution either. Any WooCommerce payments functionality you add needs to be robust, secure, and easy to use for both you and your customers. The WooPayments plugin is a popular choice for a variety of reasons.

This is WooCommerce’s own payment solution, which provides a seamless way to manage your transaction within the WooCommerce ecosystem. It’s a natural way to integrate payments into your site but also has its unique approach that looks to rival the competition.

Across this article, I’ll expand on what WooPayments can offer your store. I’ll go through the concept of WooCommerce payments, look at the WooPayments plugin itself, and pass along some tips and tricks for using it in an optimal way.

Understanding WooCommerce Payments and the WooPayments Plugin

As the number one e-commerce platform for WordPress, WooCommerce is the way to transform any site into a store. The core functionality is free, and much like its parent platform, it’s ready to use out of the box. However, it doesn’t cover every base you need to the level you’ll require it. Payments are something you’ll often need an extension for.

The former WooCommerce Payments plugin – now WooPayments – plugs a gap in that it builds on top of the default ways to carry out transactions. WooPayments provides the gateway between your store and the user to deliver a safe, secure, and streamlined checkout process.

The options you have to manage those payments are all in line with modern e-commerce. For instance, while you can accept typical credit and debit cards, you also have the option to implement ‘buy-now-pay-later’ apps such as Klarna and Afterpay. With an optional card reader, you can also offer ‘tap-to-pay’ processing too.

Before I move onto the general benefits of WooPayments, I’d like to highlight the pricing. This is one of the biggest positives from using the plugin, so let’s