Update: This gateway integration has been deprecated. If you were already using this gateway, you may continue to do so. However, we are no longer maintaining the integration and expect things to break eventually. It is highly recommended that you switch to a supported gateway.

Refer to our documentation on deprecating payment gateways for more information about this decision.

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What You Need to Set Up Your PayPal Account:

  • Partner
  • Vendor
  • User
  • Password

Locate your PayPal Payflow Account Information

  1. Log in to your PayPal Manager account.

Payment Settings Setup

  1. In your site’s WordPress admin, navigate to the “Payment Gateway” tab in the “Memberships” section.
  2. Select “PayPal Payflow Pro/PayPal Pro” from the “Payment Gateway” drop-down.
  3. Select “Live/Production” from the “Gateway Environment” drop-down. Note: Using PayPal in “Sandbox/Testing” mode is possible but requires you to have a separate PayPal Sandbox account and be logged in to that environment prior to initiating tests.
  4. Enter your Partner in the “Partner” field.
  5. Enter your Vendor in the “Vendor” field.
  6. Enter your User in the “User” field.
  7. Enter your Password in the “Password” field.

SSL is Required

Read our documentation about SSL for more information about obtaining, installing, and configuring one for your site.

PayPal Payflow Sandbox/Testing mode

The outstanding gateway in the mix here is our PayPal Payflow integration. In our experience, the only way to set up PayPal Payflow in a “test” mode is to create a totally separate/unique Payflow account and keep it in “trial” mode. PayPal offers this documentation page on how to set up and test hosted pages with the Payflow Gateway? that would be the best starting point if you need to run test transactions for Payflow.