Title: Paystack Easy Digital Downloads Payment Gateway
Author: Tunbosun Ayinla
Published: <strong>Апрель 9, 2018</strong>
Last modified: Мартъи 23, 2026

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# Paystack Easy Digital Downloads Payment Gateway

 By [Tunbosun Ayinla](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tubiz/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/edd-paystack.2.1.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://os.wordpress.org/plugins/edd-paystack/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://os.wordpress.org/plugins/edd-paystack/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://os.wordpress.org/plugins/edd-paystack/#installation)
 * [Development](https://os.wordpress.org/plugins/edd-paystack/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/edd-paystack/)

## Description

> **You have to set the Webhook URL in the [API Keys & Webhooks](https://dashboard.paystack.com/#/settings/developer)
> settings page in your Paystack account**. Go to the plugin settings page for more
> information.

This is a Paystack payment gateway for [Easy Digital Downloads](https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-digital-downloads/).

Paystack makes it easy for businesses in Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, Kenya, Egypt,
Rwanda, and Côte d’Ivoire 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 Easy Digital Downloads, you can accept payments via:

 * Credit/Debit Cards — Visa, Mastercard, Verve (NG, GH), 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!](https://paystack.com/demo/checkout)
 * 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, South Africa, Ghana, Kenya, Egypt,
Rwanda, and Côte d’Ivoire rely on Paystack’s suite of products to receive payments
and make payouts seamlessly. Sign up on [Paystack.com/signup](https://paystack.com/signup)
to get started.

#### Note

This plugin is meant to be used by merchants in Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, Kenya,
Egypt, Rwanda, and Côte d’Ivoire.

#### Plugin Features

 * **Accept payment** via Mastercard, Visa, Verve, USSD, Mobile Money, Bank Transfer,
   EFT, Bank Accounts, GTB 737 & Visa QR.
 * **Seamless integration** into the Easy Digital Downloads checkout page.
 * **Add Ghanaian Cedi, Nigerian Naira, and South African Rand currency symbol**
   to the list of currencies supported by Easy Digital Downloads.

#### Suggestions / Feature Request

If you have suggestions or a new feature request, get in touch with me via the contact
form on my [website](http://bosun.me/get-in-touch/)

You can also follow me on Twitter! **[@tubiz](http://twitter.com/tubiz)**

#### Contribute

You can contribute to this plugin on GitHub [Paystack Easy Digital Downloads Payment Gateway](https://github.com/tubiz/edd-paystack)

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Paystack Easy Digital Downloads payment gateway settings Page

## Installation

#### Automatic Installation

 * Login to your WordPress Admin area
 * Go to Plugins > Add New” from the left hand menu
 * In the search box type **Paystack Easy Digital Downloads payment gateway**
 * From the search result you will see **Paystack Easy Digital Downloads payment
   gateway** click on **Install Now** to install the plugin
 * A popup window will ask you to confirm your wish to install the Plugin.
 * After installation, activate the plugin.
 * Open the settings page for Easy Digital Downloads and click the **Payment Gateways**
   tab.
 * Click on the **Paystack** subtab from the available Checkout Options
 * Configure your **Paystack Payment Gateway** settings. See below for details.

#### Manual Installation

 1. Download the plugin zip file
 2. Login to your WordPress Admin. Click on Plugins > Add New” from the left hand menu.
 3. Click on the Upload” option, then click Choose File” to select the zip file from
    your computer. Once selected, press OK” and press the Install Now” button.
 4. Activate the plugin.
 5. Open the settings page for Easy Digital Downloads and click the Payment Gateways”
    tab.
 6. Click on the **Paystack** subtab from the available Checkout Options
 7. Configure your **Paystack Payment Gateway** settings. See below for details.

#### Configure the plugin

To configure the plugin, go to **Downloads > Settings** from the left hand menu,
then click on the **Payment Gateways** tab. You will see **Paystack** as a subtab.
Click on it to configure the payment gateway.

 * **Enable Test Mode** – Check to enable test mode. Test mode enables you to test
   payments before going live. If you ready to start receving real payment on your
   site, kindly uncheck this.
 * **Test Secret Key** – Enter your Test Secret Key here. Get your API keys from
   your Paystack account under Settings > Developer/API
 * **Test Public Key** – Enter your Test Public Key here. Get your API keys from
   your Paystack account under Settings > Developer/API
 * **Live Secret Key** – Enter your Live Secret Key here. Get your API keys from
   your Paystack account under Settings > Developer/API
 * **Live Public Key** – Enter your Live Public Key here. Get your API keys from
   your Paystack account under Settings > Developer/API
 * Click on **Save Changes** for the changes you made to be effected.

## FAQ

### What Do I Need To Use The Plugin

 1. You need to have Easy Digital Downloads plugin installed and activated on your 
    WordPress site.
 2. A Paystack merchant account — use an existing account or [create an account here](https://paystack.com/signup)

## Reviews

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Works great as stated](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-great-as-stated/)󠁿

 [Mary Mojisola Job](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mariaojob/) Апрель 9, 2018

This was easy and straightforward to integrate, all you have to do is install and
activate and you are good to go. Very functional plugin if you are looking to sell
virtual downloaded products online.

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## Contributors & Developers

“Paystack Easy Digital Downloads Payment Gateway” is open source software. The following
people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Tunbosun Ayinla ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tubiz/)

“Paystack Easy Digital Downloads Payment Gateway” has been translated into 1 locale.
Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/edd-paystack/contributors)
for their contributions.

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### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/edd-paystack/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/edd-paystack/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/edd-paystack/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/edd-paystack/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 2.1.0, December 12, 2024

 * New: Add support for RWF currency
 * New: Add settings icon on Active Gateways” list
 * New: Add payment icon for Côte d’Ivoire
 * Update: WordPress 6.7 compatibility

#### 2.0.2, October 10, 2023

 * New: Add support for XOF, & EGP currencies
 * Fix: Currency not supported by Paystack error if store currency is set to KES
 * Update: WordPress 6.3 compatibility
 * Update: Update payment method icons

#### 2.0.1, March 31, 2023

 * New: Add payment icon for Kenya
 * Update: WordPress 6.2 compatibility

#### 2.0.0, July 9, 2021

 * New: Add payment icon for Ghana, Nigeria, and South Africa
 * New: Support for translation
 * Update: WordPress 5.8 compatibility
 * Update: Easy Digital Downloads 3.0 compatibility

#### 1.4.0, August 11, 2020

 * New: Add support for GHS, USD & ZAR currencies
 * Update: WordPress 5.5 compatibility

#### 1.3.0, November 1, 2019

 * Update: WordPress 5.3 compatibility

#### 1.2.0, February 2, 2019

 * Tweak: Display the currency symbol instead of the currency code for Nigerian 
   Naira and Ghanaian Cedi

#### 1.1.0, September 5, 2018

 * Add settings link on the plugins page
 * Add callback url information on the settings page
 * Remove inline payment option

#### 1.0.0, April 9, 2018

 * First release

## Meta

 *  Version **2.1.0**
 *  Last updated **3 weeks ago**
 *  Active installations **300+**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.9.4**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 *  Languages
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/edd-paystack/) and [French (France)](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/edd-paystack/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/edd-paystack)
 * Tags
 * [edd](https://os.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/edd/)[nigeria](https://os.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/nigeria/)
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   [south africa](https://os.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/south-africa/)
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## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ Tunbosun Ayinla ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tubiz/)

## Support

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