If you sell anything online, and that includes memberships and donations, then there’s a good chance you already have a WordPress website. WordPress allows you to have complete control of your site and that includes the ability to instal the best payment gateway for you. For a successful online store, you need to have a successful payments system. That’s why you need the best WordPress payment gateway so that your customer journeys go without a hitch.

What is a payment gateway?

A payment gateway sits between your website and the payment provider. It allows you to process payments from your customers in a secure way. If you’ve chosen GoCardless for your payment provider, you’ve already made a great choice. By working with a global payment provider, you’ll be building a consistent product in every market you serve. GoCardless supports international Direct Debit schemes allowing your customers to collect payments from over 25 countries.

It makes sense to use an approved GoCardless payment gateway from a provider registered on the GoCardless Partner scheme. You’ll want to ensure adherence with any laws concerning compliance, as well as increasing your brand’s trustworthiness. The good news is that WPdirectdebit Ltd is on the GoCardless partner programme.

What is an SSL certificate?

In order to use most payment gateways, including WPdirectdebit, you will need an SSL certificate. This should really now be referred to as a TLS certificate, but the name SSL has stuck. TLS (Transport Layer Security) is just an updated, more secure, version of SSL. Sites with a TLS certificate installed will have an ‘s’ in the site address giving you https:// at the start. This indicates that the information is encrypted as it passes between your site and the server. To indicate this visually, a padlock will also appear in the address bar, helping to instil confidence in customers using your site.

You may be able to obtain a free TLS/SSL certificate from Let’s Encrypt. Ask your webhosting provider for details.

Best WordPress payment gateways

You may be wondering what is the best payment gateway for WordPress? Unless you have a burning desire to accept credit cards, we strongly recommend GoCardless. With GoCardless you can accept single payments and recurring payments without the complexities and problems associated with credit cards. WPdirectdebit also supports Instant Bank Pay (powered by Open Banking, where available). As the name implies, it means you can receive the payment instantly. Ideal if you want to be sure of payment before you dispatch goods. Our WordPress payment gateway is easy to set up – you can test it out to your heart’s content with a GoCardless sandbox account – no money will change hands, before switching to live mode.

Still not convinced you don’t need to accept credit cards? No problem. WPdirectdebit can be work alongside credit card payment gateways, if you really want to do that.

GoCardless pricing is transparent and only 1% + £/€ 0.20 per transaction with a maximum of £/€ 4. International pricing is 2% + 20p or 2% + €.20.

(Pricing is subject to change – please check pricing when you register with GoCardless).

GoCardless can help

GoCardless helps you automate payment collection, cutting down on the amount of admin your team needs to deal with when chasing invoices. Find out how GoCardless can help you recurring payments and instant payments.

Take control of payment collection with Direct Debit via GoCardless powered by WPdirectdebit. Eliminate late payments. Reduce time spent on financial admin. Get paid on time, every time.

Using our gateway, you can take payments from customers in a wide range of locations

  • Australia (AU)
  • New Zealand (NZ)
  • Austria (AT)
  • Belgium (BE)
  • Bulgaria (BG)
  • Switzerland (CH)
  • Cyprus (CY)
  • Czech Republic (CZ)
  • Denmark (DK)
  • Estonia (EE)
  • Finland (FI)
  • France (FR)
  • Germany (DE)
  • United Kingdom (GB)
  • Greece (GR)
  • Croatia (HR)
  • Hungary (HU)
  • Ireland (IE)
  • Iceland (IS)
  • Italy (IT)
  • Liechtenstein (LI)
  • Latvia (LV)
  • Lithuania (LT)
  • Luxembourg (LU)
  • Malta (MT)
  • Monaco (MC)
  • Netherlands (NL)
  • Norway (NO)
  • Poland (PL)
  • Portugal (PT)
  • Romania (RO)
  • Sweden (SE)
  • San Marino (SM)
  • Slovakia (SK)
  • Slovenia (SI)
  • Spain (ES)
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Merchants from these countries can use GoCardless to collect customer payments

  • Austria
  • Australia
  • Belgium
  • Denmark
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Ireland
  • Luxembourg
  • Netherlands
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • United Kingdom