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Free Plugin by paystack v5.8.5

Paystack WooCommerce Payment Gateway

Paystack for WooCommerce allows your WooCommerce store to accept secure payments from multiple local and global payment channels.

Paystack WooCommerce Payment Gateway

The facts

Rating
4.5★ from 25
Active installs
30k+
Price
Free
Last updated
21 Aug 2026
Added
Feb 2016
Requires WP
6.8
Tested up to
WP 7.1
Requires PHP
7.4
Downloads
484,950

Our analysis

AI-assisted

The Paystack WooCommerce Payment Gateway is a WordPress plugin that enables businesses in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa to accept payments through various local and global channels. It integrates seamlessly with the WooCommerce checkout page, allowing customers to pay using options such as credit/debit cards, bank transfers, and mobile money.

This plugin is designed for eCommerce merchants who want to provide a range of payment methods to their customers while managing subscriptions through WooCommerce. It supports automatic renewals for certain payment methods and offers features like refunds directly from the order details page.

Best for: Merchants in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa looking to accept diverse payment methods on their WooCommerce stores.

What it does well

  • Supports multiple payment methods including cards, bank transfers, and mobile money
  • Seamless integration with WooCommerce checkout
  • Allows refunds directly from the WooCommerce order details page
  • Offers support for recurring payments with WooCommerce Subscriptions
  • Free to use and regularly updated

Where it falls short

  • Limited to merchants in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa
  • Automatic renewal for subscriptions is not available for all card types

Verdict

The Paystack WooCommerce Payment Gateway is a practical solution for local businesses wanting to streamline their payment processes. It provides essential features for managing transactions and subscriptions, although its use is geographically limited.

From the developer

paystack's own description of Paystack WooCommerce Payment Gateway, lightly tidied.

Paystack makes it easy for businesses in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and South Africa to accept secure payments from multiple local and global payment channels. Integrate Paystack with your store today, and let your customers pay you with their choice of methods.

With Paystack for WooCommerce, you can accept payments via:

  • Credit/Debit Cards — Visa, Mastercard, Verve (NG, GH, KE), American Express (SA only)
  • Bank transfer (Nigeria)
  • Mobile money (Ghana)
  • Masterpass (South Africa)
  • EFT (South Africa)
  • USSD (Nigeria)
  • Visa QR (Nigeria)
  • Many more coming soon

Why Paystack?

  • Start receiving payments instantly—go from sign-up to your first real transaction in as little as 15 minutes
  • Simple, transparent pricing—no hidden charges or fees
  • Modern, seamless payment experience via the Paystack Checkout — Try the demo!
  • Advanced fraud detection
  • Understand your customers better through a simple and elegant dashboard
  • Access to attentive, empathetic customer support 24/7
  • Free updates as we launch new features and payment options
  • Clearly documented APIs to build your custom payment experiences

Over 60,000 businesses of all sizes in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa rely on Paystack’s suite of products to receive payments and make payouts seamlessly. Sign up on Paystack.com/signup to get started.

Note

This plugin is meant to be used by merchants in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa.

Plugin Features

  • Accept payment via Mastercard, Visa, Verve, USSD, Mobile Money, Bank Transfer, EFT, Bank Accounts, GTB 737 & Visa QR.
  • Seamless integration into the WooCommerce checkout page. Accept payment directly on your site
  • Refunds from the WooCommerce order details page. Refund an order directly from the order details page
  • Recurring payment using WooCommerce Subscriptions plugin

WooCommerce Subscriptions Integration

  • The WooCommerce Subscriptions integration only works with WooCommerce v2.6 and above and WooCommerce Subscriptions v2.0 and above.

  • No subscription plans is created on Paystack. The WooCommerce Subscriptions plugin handles all the subscription functionality.

  • If a customer pays for a subscription using a Mastercard or Visa card, their subscription will renew automatically throughout the duration of the subscription. If an automatic renewal fail their subscription will be put on-hold and they will have to login to their account to renew the subscription.

  • For customers paying with a Verve card, their subscription can’t be renewed automatically, once a payment is due their subscription will be on-hold. The customer will have to login to his account to manually renew his subscription.

  • If a subscription has a free trial and no signup-fee, automatic renewal is not possible for the first payment because the initial order total will be 0, after the free trial the subscription will be put on-hold. The customer will have to login to his account to renew his subscription. If a Mastercard or Visa card is used to renew the subscription subsequent renewals will be automatic throughout the duration of the subscription, if a Verve card is used automatic renewal isn’t possible.

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