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The eWAY shared payments payment gateway for WooCommerce allows you to accept payment through any of the eWAY sites, AU, NZ, UK, without exposing you to the costly requirements of SSL certificates and PCI compliancy tests.
On checkout customers are automatically redirected to an eWAY secure hosted page where they can enter their credit card details to complete the transaction, meaning that their credit card details never touches your server. The payment page customers are redirected to are fully customizable allowing you to use your own title, description, logo, page banner, page footer and the language the page are shown in.
Installation
↑ Back to top- Unzip and upload the plugin’s folder to yourÂ
/wp-content/plugins/
 directory - Activate ‘WooCommerce eWAY Shared Payments Gateway’ through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Go to WooCommerce > Settings > Payment Gateways > eWAY Shared Payments to configure
For more information on installing and managing plugins see here
Requirements
↑ Back to topTo make use of the eWAY Shared Payments payment gateway extension for WooCommerce, you need to have an eWAY account. Sign up for a free one at the different eWAY sites. eWAY AU, eWAY NZ, eWAY UK
Setup and Configuration
↑ Back to topTo configure the extension, go to WooCommerce -> Settings -> Payment Gateways Tab. You should see a eWAY Shared Payments link at the top of the screen, click this to see the settings:
- Enable/Disable – This will enable or disable the eWAY Shared Payments payment gateway.
- Title – The title the customer sees on the checkout page.
- Description – The description the customer sees when selecting the payment gateway on the checkout page.
- eWAY Customer ID – Your eWAY customer ID which was emailed to you in your “Welcome to eWAY” letter when you joined eWAY.
- eWAY Username – Your eWAY username which you use to sign into your eWAY account.
- eWAY Location – The location of the eWAY service you are using, Australia, New Zealand or United Kingdom.
- eWAY Sandbox – Enabling this will put the gateway in sandbox mode and automatically use test credentials to test payments on your store. When enabled it will override the eWAY Customer ID and Username fields and use the eWAY test credentials.
Customization
↑ Back to topTo customize the payment page you can add the follow code to your theme’s functions.php file: