Force Stripe to create customer and save payment method

Hi @rdshft,

You should use the wc_stripe_force_save_payment_method filter to force the payment method to always save.

https://docs.paymentplugins.com/wc-stripe/api/source-class-WC_Stripe_Payment_Intent.html#221

Here is an example of how to use that filter:

add_filter('wc_stripe_force_save_payment_method', function($bool, $order){
    if(is_checkout()){
        $bool = true;
    }
    return $bool;
}, 10, 2);

You can add that code snippet to your child theme’s functions.php. Make sure to test that example before using in production.

You will also want to disable guest checkout in your WooCommerce Settings. By forcing your customers to create an account with you, the Stripe plugin will automatically create a Stripe Customer ID for them.

Kind Regards,

• This reply was modified 4 years, 1 month ago by Payment Plugins.

Thanks! I’ll be sure to test it first. Will this also force Stripe to create a customer?

Hi @rdshft,

Please see my previous reply:

You will also want to disable guest checkout in your WooCommerce Settings. By forcing your customers to create an account with you, the Stripe plugin will automatically create a Stripe Customer ID for them.

Thanks! Sorry, I missed that note… but it’s still not doing exactly what I need. I think I didn’t totally explain. I am creating orders in woocommerce and emailing them an invoice, when the customer clicks the Pay this invoice link it takes them directly to the payment page and they don’t seem to require an account… Any ideas?

Hi @rdshft,

WooCommerce doesn’t not have an option to force a user to create an account on the order pay page. I think your best option is to hook in to the provided WooCommerce actions and create an account for your user automatically. You can then save the payment method using the filter I provided previously.

Take a look at the action woocommerce_before_pay_action. You could use that to create a customer.

Kind Regards,