Do you want to accept Bitcoin payments in WordPress? Bitcoin makes it extremely easy to accept online payments anywhere in the world. In this article, we will write about how you can easily accept Bitcoin payments on WordPress and WooCommerce eCommerce infrastructure.

How Do You Accept Bitcoin Payments in WordPress?

It allows you to create an e-commerce store in minutes using WooCommerce or other e-commerce plugins for WordPress. These platforms allow you to accept online payments using PayPal, Stripe, 2Checkout and many other popular payment gateways.

However, not all payment infrastructures are available everywhere. Some of your customers may not have PayPal, some may not want to use their credit cards.

Bitcoin offers an alternative payment method that can be used by anyone, anywhere in the world. Once you accept payments in Bitcoin, you can transfer them to your bank account or store them in your wallet. Bitcoin rates are increasing gradually and more people will start using it and payment systems will start to become more common around the world.

Let’s take a look at how to get started with Bitcoin and integrate it into your WordPress website.

Getting Started with Bitcoin

First you will need a Bitcoin wallet. This is a piece of software that you will use to send or receive Bitcoins and allows you to store your Bitcoins securely.

There are many different types of wallets available. It allows you to use it by downloading a wallet application to your computer or even your phone.

To learn more about the wallet and choose the right wallet for your needs, visit the  Bitcoin Wallet  page.

Next, you will need to sign up for a  BitPay  account. BitPay is an online service that enables Bitcoin exchange, conversion and transfer to your bank account or Bitcoin wallet.

During registration you will be asked to choose services. To sell products or services on your website and transfer your payments to your bank account, you must select ‘Business Account’.

After that, you can fill in your organization name and enter your personal information to create your account.

After registering you will reach the start front panel. There you will see that three steps are required to verify your account.

You must first verify your email address. Next, you need to enter your business information to verify your business account. Finally, you need to enter your bank account information or Bitcoin wallet address.

After completing these steps, you are ready to accept payments on your website.

BitPay offers multiple ways to accept payments on your WordPress website. We will show you two different methods and you can choose the one that works best for your business.

Accepting Bitcoin Payments on WooCommerce with BitPay

If you are already using WooCommerce, this method is recommended for you.

The first thing you need to do is  to install and activate the BitPay for WooCommerce  plugin.

After activation  , you  need to visit the WooCommerce » Settings  page  and click on the ‘Payment’ tab. Then click the BitPay link to configure its settings.

You need to click the link below the API field to generate your API key. This will take you to the BitPay website where you click the ‘Add New Token’ button. Then click the ‘Add Icon’ button to give that icon a label and continue.

BitPay will now show you a pairing code that you need to copy and paste in the WooCommerce BitPay setting page. Then click the find button to continue.

Your WooCommerce website will now connect to BitPay to verify the Pairing code. If successful, it will fetch and add your API key automatically.

Don’t forget to click the save settings button to save your changes.

Your customers will now see an option to pay using Bitcoin on your store’s checkout page.

Accepting Bitcoin Payments in WordPress with BitPay

This method is recommended for users who do not use a shopping cart or e-commerce plugin on their WordPress website.

BitPay lets you create checkout buttons for items you want to sell. Visit  the Payment Tools  page under your BitPay dashboard and then click on Payment Buttons.

This will take you to the Create a Checkout Button page. You need to enter your business name, payment item description, and payment amount.

You can also enter a browser redirect URL. This feature is very useful if you are selling software, ebooks, music or digital goods. The redirect page can be a page where your users can download the file.

Click the Create button to continue.

BitPay will now show you the button code and different button sizes. Select the button size you want to use and copy the code.

You can now add a button to the post or page you want to add on your WordPress website. To add it, on the Post edit screen, you need to switch to the text editor.

Then paste the code you copied from the BitPay website into the text editor and save or publish your changes.

Now you can visit the post/page to activate the checkout button.

We hope this article helped you learn how to receive Bitcoin payments in WordPress.