*Financial Settings* # PayPal Payment Settings WP EasyCart offers a variety of PayPal connections in our FREE, Professional, & Premium editions. PayPal Express, PayPal Payments Pro, and PayPal Payflow all provide unique experiences with their own unique properties — pick the one that fits how you want customers to pay. ## Watch the Walkthrough Prefer to watch? See the full PayPal connection process from start to finish. Video: ### PayPal Payment Setup Setup the most popular payment gateway PayPal within EasyCart so you can collect payments on your WordPress website with ease. [More Videos Here](https://support.wpeasycart.com/video-tutorials/#introduction) ## Choose Your PayPal Connection Three connections, three experiences. Here’s what each one offers. - **PayPal Express (recommended on all EasyCart sites):** Offered in our FREE, Pro, and Premium editions. The FREE edition has a 2% application fee, while the Pro and Premium editions have 0% application fees. We recommend enabling PayPal Express in all versions of our store as this provides better conversions with customers. This new standard payment gateway from PayPal allows customers to stay on your website, pop open a nice window, login, and pay — all while securely done through PayPal. - **PayPal Payments Pro:** Offered in our Pro and Premium editions. PayPal Payments Pro is a more comprehensive merchant solution from PayPal and lets you accept credit cards directly on your site. This is the most professional look, as the fields are all integrated into your website checkout system — customers never leave your website, nor are they directed into a popup window. It requires an SSL on your website for security and gives customers the option to pay directly on your site with a credit card. - **PayPal Payflow:** Offered in our Pro and Premium editions. PayPal Payflow lets you accept credit cards directly on your site with the same fully integrated, most professional look — customers never leave your website, nor are they directed into a popup window. It requires an SSL on your website for security and gives customers the option to pay directly on your site with a credit card. > **💡 Not sure which fits?** If you have any questions, please [contact us](https://www.wpeasycart.com/my-account) to determine your needs. We can assist you in the right direction as to what payment gateway solution best fits your store. ## Example of PayPal Express Customers are presented with the PayPal checkout buttons at the beginning of the order checkout process or the end, depending on version and other variables the store uses. PayPal allows customers to pay with credit cards, credit, or their PayPal account — all from a popup window. Checkout — PayPal Express Buttons ![PayPal Express checkout buttons shown in the WP EasyCart checkout](https://docs.wpeasycart.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/paypal.jpg) This simple checkout process with PayPal Express allows for more conversions and a quicker checkout experience for customers. Checkout — PayPal Express Popup Window ![PayPal Express secure popup window where customers log in and pay](https://docs.wpeasycart.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/overlay.jpg) ## How to Enable PayPal Express Go to **WP EasyCart › Settings › Payments**. PayPal has its own card beside Stripe and Square under **How do you take payments?**, because it works on its own or beside your card processor. Press **Connect PayPal** ( or **or connect a sandbox account** for a test account ) and log into your PayPal account. Once connected, PayPal’s card says **On**, with a banner saying **Live** or **Sandbox**, a **Live** / **Test** switch once both accounts are connected, **Settings** and **Turn off**. In the PayPal drawer, **Take live payments** and **Test with the PayPal sandbox** are the two switches. The drawer’s **Buttons** tab holds the **Venmo button** ( shoppers in the US ), the **Debit or credit card button**, **Pay Later**, **Advertise PayPal Credit**, **PayPal on the cart page**, and the button color and shape; PayPal shows each button only to shoppers who can use it. The **Checkout** tab holds the currency and the PayPal page language. You can turn off **PayPal on the cart page** if you want customers to flow through your entire checkout and use PayPal at the end rather than the beginning. With PRO, Venmo and Pay Later also have their own switches in **What shoppers can pay with** on the Payments page, where PayPal itself has a switch and **Manage**. > Important Note > > The Currency and Language setting should match what your PayPal account is setup in. WP EasyCart — PayPal Settings, Buttons Tab ![PayPal settings in WP EasyCart on the Buttons tab: Venmo button, Debit or credit card button, Pay Later, Advertise PayPal Credit, PayPal on the cart page, button color and shape](https://docs.wpeasycart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/paypal-payment-settings-buttons-607.jpg) ## Connecting with PayPal Express You need to connect your PayPal account to your shopping cart. Clicking the connect button takes you to a PayPal sign-in page — or, if you do not have a PayPal account, you will be asked to create one. 1. **Enter Your PayPal Email**: The first form you see wants to make that decision — enter your PayPal email address to continue (or your preferred email address if creating an account). PayPal — Enter Your Email ![PayPal one-click connect form asking for your PayPal email address](https://docs.wpeasycart.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/paypal-express-one-click-form1.jpg) 2. **Sign In or Create an Account**: Next you’ll be asked to sign in to your PayPal account — or create a new one if you don’t have one yet. PayPal — Sign In ![PayPal sign in or create account form during EasyCart connection](https://docs.wpeasycart.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/paypal-express-one-click-form2.jpg) 3. **Return to EasyCart**: Finally, just click the button to return to the EasyCart with your PayPal credentials — the EasyCart will do the rest for you! You land back on Settings › Payments with a note saying PayPal is connected and its buttons show at checkout. We offer a disconnect and switch account option on the screen if you wish to change accounts. PayPal — Accept & Return to EasyCart ![PayPal accept screen returning your credentials to WP EasyCart](https://docs.wpeasycart.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/paypal-express-one-click-accept.jpg) ## PayPal Express Checkouts Once you use PayPal Express, you will see the ability to have PayPal offered at the cart level AND at the end of the checkout process. PayPal has designed it this way so customers experience a faster checkout. You may adjust this with PayPal on the cart page in the PayPal drawer. Checkout — PayPal Offered at the Cart Level ![WP EasyCart cart page showing PayPal Express offered at the cart level](https://docs.wpeasycart.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/paypal-1.jpg) PayPal is a third party processor, so this means that they handle all of the payment panels for you. You should see a popup similar to this when you use PayPal Express. > Customers must still click ‘submit order’ > > Customers will return to your site and MUST click **‘submit order’** to actually process the payment. This is part of the PayPal designed flow. If you feel you want a more ‘On Site’ experience for your users, you should consider a live payment gateway alongside PayPal such as Stripe or Square. Checkout — PayPal Express Payment Popup ![PayPal Express payment popup handled entirely by PayPal](https://docs.wpeasycart.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/overlay-1.jpg) ## How Do You Enable the PayPal Credit Option? To allow PayPal Credit in your account, visit [https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/promotional-financing](https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/promotional-financing) and choose to **‘start promoting financing’**, which requires you to **‘accept and continue’**, agreeing to their terms. Once you do this, turn on **Advertise PayPal Credit** on the Buttons tab of PayPal’s settings in EasyCart. *Developer Feature* ## PayPal Notifications PayPal tells your store about refunds, reversals and payments that finish later. For a store connected through WP EasyCart Connect, notifications are registered when you connect and arrive carrying your store’s key, so a forged one is turned away. The **Notifications** line in the PayPal drawer shows whether they are on and signed and when the last one arrived; when something needs doing it offers **Set up notifications**, **Secure notifications**, **Register again** or **Try again**. With PayPal Standard ( the redirect, with PayPal Checkout buttons off ), PayPal sends its payment notifications to the same address: the order is marked paid once PayPal confirms the payment, once, for the order’s own amount, and a shopper coming back from PayPal sees their order confirmation. Notifications arrive at the URL below, so make sure it’s not blocked by any security plugins and that nothing stops connect.wpeasycart.com from reaching your site. `https://www.yourwebsiteURL.com/?wpeasycarthook=paypal-webhook` ## Try the PRO features free for 14 days Anything marked PRO comes with WP EasyCart PRO or Premium. Take the whole thing for a run on your own store before you decide. [See PRO pricing](https://www.wpeasycart.com/wordpress-shopping-cart-pricing/) · [Download free trial](https://www.wpeasycart.com/wp-easycart-professional-14-no-risk-trial/) --- Source: https://docs.wpeasycart.com/docs/administrative-console-guide/paypal-payment-settings/ ( updated 2026-11-06 )