Configuring the PayPal gateway

PayPal is a place where people who frequently spend money online can park their money until they need to spend it. Accepting money online via PayPal is very common, and some users prefer to spend money on PayPal rather than share their credit card details with an unknown site. PayPal can also work for people who don't have a PayPal account and want to use a credit card.

Getting ready

You need to sign up for a PayPal account at https://www.paypal.com/signup/account.

How to do it…

There are quite a few steps to setting up PayPal. Luckily, not all of them are required. The first part will allow you to capture payments immediately. In order to configure the PayPal gateway, go through the following steps:

1. From the WordPress admin, go to WooCommerce | Settings | Checkout. From here, you can access all of the WooCommerce payment options.
2. Click on PayPal.
3. Check Enable PayPal standard:
   
4. You must fill out the PayPal Email field.
5. Scroll down and click on Save changes...