{"id":489,"date":"2025-03-20T17:27:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T17:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/documentation.wpgetpaid.com\/?post_type=gd_place&#038;p=489"},"modified":"2025-03-26T13:53:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T13:53:53","slug":"paypal-standard","status":"publish","type":"gd_place","link":"https:\/\/wpgetpaid.com\/documentation\/article\/payment-gateways\/paypal-standard\/","title":{"rendered":"PayPal Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t This article explains how to setup the PayPal Standard payment gateway with GetPaid.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<section class=\"alert alert-info\">\n\t You need to install and activate the PayPal Standard Payment Gateway extension for GetPaid in order to access these options.&nbsp;<\/section>\n<h2>Overview<\/h2>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/\">PayPal Standard<\/a> is a popular online payment solution for eCommerce stores. It supports multiple currencies and can be integrated with GetPaid with the help of our PayPal Standard Payment Gateway extension within minutes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Settings Overview<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Activate &#8211; <\/strong>In order to use PayPal Standard as your payment gateway, you need to check this box to activate it.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>PayPal Sandbox &#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong>If you wish to enable a test mode to verify that the payment gateway is working correctly, check this box.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Checkout Title &#8211; <\/strong>The title of the checkout field.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Checkout Description &#8211; <\/strong>This is where you can add a description for the checkout field.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Priority &#8211; <\/strong>Specify the priority for this payment gateway.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>PayPal Email &#8211; <\/strong>Enter your PayPal account&#8217;s email address here.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Usage&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<p>\n\t In order to get started with PayPal Standard payment gateway, you first need to signup for an account with PayPal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<section class=\"alert alert-warning\">\n\t You can signup for a PayPal account <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/us\/webapps\/mpp\/account-selection\">here<\/a>.&nbsp;Note that&nbsp;<strong>you need a PayPal Business account, not a personal account.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/section>\n<dl>\n<dt>\n\t1\n\t<\/dt>\n<dd>\n\tOnce you have signed up for a PayPal account, head to <strong>GetPaid &gt; Settings &gt; Payment Gateways &gt; PayPal Standard.<\/strong> <\/dd>\n<p>\t<img width=\"920\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/wpgetpaid.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-WcrR0AWICl.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpgetpaid.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-WcrR0AWICl.png 958w, https:\/\/wpgetpaid.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-WcrR0AWICl-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/wpgetpaid.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-WcrR0AWICl-768x448.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/p>\n<dt>\n\t2\n\t<\/dt>\n<dd>\n\tInput your <strong>PayPal email address <\/strong>in the relevant field. Be sure to <strong>activate<\/strong> the payment gateway.&nbsp;\n\t<\/dd>\n<p>\t<img width=\"812\" height=\"493\" src=\"https:\/\/wpgetpaid.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-mMpHlRwmYi.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpgetpaid.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-mMpHlRwmYi.png 812w, https:\/\/wpgetpaid.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-mMpHlRwmYi-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/wpgetpaid.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-mMpHlRwmYi-768x466.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 812px) 100vw, 812px\" \/><\/p>\n<dt>\n\t3\n\t<\/dt>\n<dd>\n\tSave your settings.&nbsp;\n\t<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>\n\t If you wish to test your PayPal connection, you can tick the <strong>PayPal Standard Sandbox&nbsp;<\/strong>option. Note that you need to disable this option once you have tested everything &#8212; otherwise live payments will not work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Troubleshooting PayPal Standard Payment Issues<\/h2>\n<p>At times, you might encounter an error when using the PayPal Standard payment gateway. Upon clicking the payment link,&nbsp;your customers will be redirected to the PayPal website, but instead of successful payment, the error \u201c<strong>Things don\u2019t appear to be working at the moment, please try again.\u201d<\/strong> will be displayed on the screen.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This happens when PayPal blocks a payment, because <strong>&#8220;<\/strong><strong>Block Non-encrypted Website Payment&#8221;<\/strong> setting of your PayPal account is turned on. Here is how to fix the issue:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to your <strong>PayPal<\/strong> account.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Go to the <strong>Website Payment Preferences<\/strong> of your PayPal profile &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_profile-website-payments\">direct link<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Scroll\/swipe down to the <strong>Encrypted Website Payments<\/strong> section.<\/li>\n<li>Set <strong>Block Non-encrypted Website Payment<\/strong> to <strong>Off,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Save<\/strong> your changes,<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article explains how to setup the PayPal Standard payment gateway with GetPaid.&nbsp; You need to install and activate the PayPal Standard Payment Gateway extension for GetPaid in order to access these options.&nbsp; Overview PayPal Standard is a popular online payment solution for eCommerce stores. 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