PayEx

PayEx for WooCommerce allows you to take payments via PayEx, a leading Scandinavian online payment service provider, using these currencies:

• Danish Krona
• Euro
• Norwegian Krona
• Swedish Krona

The user is taken to PayEx to make a secure payment, then back to your store and shown the Thank You page.

Requirements

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• A PayEx account
• An SSL certificate

Installation

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• Purchase and download the plugin zip file from WooCommerce.com
• Login to your WordPress Admin. Click on Plugins | Add New from the left hand menu
• Click on the “Upload” option, then click “Browse” to select the zip file from your computer. Once selected, press “OK” and press the “Install Now” button.
• Activate the plugin.

Setup and Configuration

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• Go to: WooCommerce > Settings > Checkout > PayEx.
• Select and enter:
  • Enable/Disable  – checkbox for this gateway.
  • Title – allows you to determine what your customers will see this payment option described as on the checkout page.
  • Description – controls the message that appears under the payment fields on the checkout page.
  • Account Number – Requested from PayEx.
  • Encrypted Key – Requested from PayEx.
  • Purchase Operation – The way that purchases are handled. Authorization means a 2-step transaction (where you as a merchant approve/authorize each payment) if the payment method allows this. Sale means a 1-step purchase.
  • Language – The language in which the page will be opened when the customer is redirected to PayEx.
  • Test Mode – Activate this feature if you want to make purchases against PayEx test environment.
  • Debug – If this option is checked then details of communication with PayEx are stored in a debug log at location /wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/logs/payex.txt.
  • Save changes.

PayEx settings

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To get the payment gateway working as expected you have to make some settings changes in your PayEx account.

Transaction callback

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To enable the communication between PayEx and your store, you need to specify a Callback URL.

• Click on Merchant Profile in the left hand menu.
• Callback method – choose URL
• Transaction callback URL/Mail – https://yourdomain.com/?wc-api=WC_Gateway_Payex_PM (in test mode http will work instead of https)
• Press Save.

Create an Encryption Key

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Instructions about how to create an Encryption key. This key should be entered in your WooCommerce PayEx settings.

• Click on Merchant Profile in the left hand menu.
• Click on New encryption key.
• Click on Save encryption key.
• Press Save.
• PayEx recommends replacing the Encryption key at least once a year.

IP filter

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In production you need to specify your servers IP-address to be able to make API-calls against PayEx. This is not needed against the test environment.

• Click on Merchant Profile in the left hand menu.
• Enter your server IP-address.
• Press Save.

Remember that it can take up to 15 minutes before the changes take effect.

Technical information

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For more information about PayEx technology, see the Integration manual here: http://www.payexpim.com/quick-guide/introduction/.