GoCardless for WooCommerce
Extends WooCommerce with a GoCardless gateway. A GoCardless merchant account is required.
The facts
- Rating
- 5★ from 1
- Active installs
- 1k+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 26 Aug 2026
- Added
- Feb 2025
- Requires WP
- 6.9
- Tested up to
- WP 7.1
- Requires PHP
- 7.4
- Downloads
- 17,623
Our analysis
AI-assistedGoCardless for WooCommerce is a WordPress plugin designed for accepting payments through GoCardless. It requires WooCommerce to be installed prior to activation and is compatible with Woo Subscriptions.
The plugin allows you to set up both live and test transactions via GoCardless. Users can create accounts on gocardless.com for live transactions and on the sandbox for testing purposes. It also involves some development steps for building assets using Webpack.
Best for: This plugin is suitable for WooCommerce store owners looking to integrate GoCardless for payment processing.
What it does well
- ✓Free to download from the WordPress.org directory
- ✓Compatible with WooCommerce and Woo Subscriptions
- ✓Allows for both live and test transaction setups
- ✓Active installation count of 1,000
- ✓Grade A directory score of 80/100
Where it falls short
- •Limited information on features beyond payment acceptance
- •Requires WooCommerce to function
Verdict
GoCardless for WooCommerce provides a straightforward solution for payment acceptance, but its utility is primarily for those already using WooCommerce.
From the developer
GoCardless's own description of GoCardless for WooCommerce, lightly tidied.
This is a feature plugin for accepting payments via GoCardless. It requires WooCommerce to be installed before GoCardless for WooCommerce can be activated.
Compatibility
This extension is compatible with:
Test Account Setup
You can create a user on gocardless.com for live transactions and on the sandbox for test transactions. When you first set up a site, you’ll be prompted to create a user for the correct GoCardless environment when setting up the webhooks.
Development
Install Dependencies & Build
The plugin uses Webpack to build the assets. To build the assets, follow these steps:
- Run
npm installto install the dependencies. - Run
npm run build:webpackto build the asset files. You can also runnpm run start:webpackto watch the files and rebuild them automatically when they change.
You can find the source files in the assets and client directories.