How To Accept Crypto on Your Wordpress Website with WooCommerce Payment Plugin

Accepting cryptocurrency as a payment method is becoming increasingly popular among online businesses. In this guide, we will explore how to accept crypto payments on your WordPress website using the WooCommerce payment plugin and the Cryptomus payment gateway.

What is WooCommerce payment plugin?

WooCommerce is a free, open-source eCommerce WordPress payment gateway plugin. It enables you to easily create and manage an online store, offering numerous payment gateways and shipping options. With the addition of payment gateway plugins, you can expand the functionality of WooCommerce to accept various payment methods, including cryptocurrencies.

How to accept crypto payments with WooCommerce

To accept crypto payments with WooCommerce, you will need to install and configure a crypto payment plugin for WordPress, such as Cryptomus. This plugin allows you to accept multiple cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin.

Downloading WooCommerce crypto payment plugin

1. Go to Cryptomus.com Homepage.
2. Navigate to the API section of the main menu > Modules.

3. Look for WooCommerce plugin.
4. Click Download on the WooCommerce plugin.

There is another, but not more complicated way to download the plugin if you wish. To download the Woocommerce plugin the other way, go to the Plugins section in your Wordpress control panel. Then click on Add New Plugin and type "Cryptomus" in the search below. Now install the plugin that the search engine showed you.

Installing Cryptomus cryptocurrency payment gateway for WordPress

1. Navigate to the Plugins tab in your WordPress admin dashboard.

2. Upload a plugin and click Install Now, then activate and enable it.

Setting up Cryptomus payment gateway for WordPress

1. Log in to your Cryptomus account and create a Merchant for your business, then generate an API key. If you don't have an account, sign up for one.

2. Enter the API key you generated in your Cryptomus account, and configure any other desired settings. Don't forget to enable the WooCommerce plugin in the Payments section of Settings.

3. Click Save changes.

Setting up a shortcode

To ensure that the WooCommerce plugin works properly, all that's left to do is place a shortcode block: a short snippet of code created for WordPress so that you have the ability to embed files or create objects on your website or blog.

1. Go to the page editor by clicking Edit Page.

2. Once inside the page editor click on + and add a shortcode block.

3. Type woocommerce_checkout into the added shortcode block so that the end result is: [woocommerce_checkout].

4. Update the changes.

New Options of WooCommerce Payment Plugin

In the new version of the plugin, a new Host-to-Host setting has been added. This setting will allow you to remove the mention of Cryptomus from your website.

The Theme setting is responsible for choosing the theme. There are pre-installed options, but we recommend creating your own one.

To do this, select ‘Custom’ and go to the following path: ‘wp-content → plugins → cryptomus → templates → custom’. Then edit the PHP files form_1.php and form_2.php. Be careful not to change the names of the form fields.

The Accepted Networks and Accepted Currencies settings allow you to select a set of coins and networks in which you want to accept payments on your website.

Done! To make sure everything works fine, consider doing some testing payments. Incoming crypto funds will be debited to your merchant account.

Now your WordPress website is ready to accept cryptocurrency payments through WooCommerce and the Cryptomus payment gateway. And if there are any questions left, feel free to contact our support team. Happy selling!