Paypal Express into checkout options?

This is something I’ve already added to my development repo for the plugin, and it’s going to be included in the 1.1.6 update. That update is probably a couple of weeks away, though.

That said, you’re welcome to grab it early in its current state. You can download it here: https://github.com/angelleye/paypal-woocommerce/archive/dev.zip

Just upload those files to replace to the current plugin files you’ve got. The new features included in that version have been tested, so you won’t have any problems using it. I just have more to do so I haven’t officially released it yet.

With that one installed, you’ll find an additional option in the Express Checkout settings page that allows you to include PayPal in the regular list of payment gateways.

Excellent, thank you so much!

Great. This is a feature (having the paypal express option at the bottom) I was wanting too. Glad it’s available.

My server doesn’t have cURL 7.36.0. It has 7.24.0. I am using a hosting company, so I cannot upgrade this without moving to a higher-cost plan. Will the github version work with cURL 7.24.0?

Your hosting provider needs to update this on ALL of their plans or they’re going to run into lots of complaints from users.

The POODLE issue is something that is affecting all the big web service providers. They’re all disabling SSLv3 on their servers, so if your host refuses to update it for you then you won’t be able to do much of anything with 3rd party service providers regardless of which plugin(s) you may be using.

If they refuse to update it for you without making you buy into a more expensive plan I would consider looking for another hosting provider altogether, honestly. There’s no reason you would have to move into a new plan just to update cURL, and again, they’re going to need to do it for all their customers eventually anyway since this is now a requirement and previous versions of cURL simply aren’t compatible.

Who is that you’re hosting with?

Hi, Just installed the latest version of the plugin. However, this option does not seem to be available yet. Is the dev.zip version still valid? And when will this become integrated?

Thx!

Which feature are you referring to? The POODLE updates? The current version is just fine for that.

The dev version is always valid to use. That dev branch is the current release plus any new stuff that’s been tested and ready to go, but the next official version simply isn’t ready to be released yet (which is the case with 1.1.6 right now).

Anyway, let me know what exactly it is you’re looking for and I’ll let you know if it’s in the current version some or if you need the dev branch for it.

Wow, thx for the super fast response. ??
I am referring to: “having the paypal express option at the bottom”
As in, placing the paypal on the checkout page in the same box as the regular checkout options.

Ok, then yeah, that option is available in the dev branch. If you want to grab it you can upload the files to replace the current plugin files and you’ll have the extra option.

I did get a message from somebody a few days ago saying they tried the dev version and wound up with a PHP failure, but I haven’t had a chance to try to reproduce that yet. If you run into problems with it I’d definitely like to know.

Works like a charm! No php errors on my side. ??

Some minor thing I noticed. There is a type in the new dropdown box ‘Checkout Page Display’ field (woo commerce –> settings –> checkout –> paypal express)
The word ‘gateways’ it misspelled.

Another suggestion from my side. It would be great if you could custom define the size of the ‘Paypal Image’. This is because some themes may overwrite the size of the button, making it look rather huge.

Thx for the great support!

Thanks for the feedback. I’ll see about adding that option in the future. So far, any time that’s come up it’s very simple to fix within a child theme, so it hasn’t become a big concern, but I agree it’d be nice to have down the road.

Let me know if you have any other feedback or issues. Thanks!

I tried this to, worked great but there seem to be one problem:

When the customer makes an order it is correctly registered in the backend but it is not visible for the customer under /my-account/

In my case the “Use WordPress Locale Code” doesent have any effect. I manually added to wp-config.php:

define(‘WPLANG’, ‘sv_SE’);

But the PayPal page insists to be showed in English.

Regards

Hi,

I would also like to add to this.

While having the Express Checkout is great, a customer could easily miss this or decide they want to fill out the checkout like normal (as this is the most common practice for e-commerce). We’re only using PayPal and Direct Deposit, so progressing to the end of the checkout a customer will only see the prior as a payment method, not ideal.

I would like an option to show PayPal express and standard at the same time. in fact at the moment I’m trying to go ahead with your Express plugin and PayPal Standard from WooCommerce to satisfy our customers.

Regards

@gnylfen, Do you have logging enabled in the Express Checkout settings? I’d like to get a look at the log file so we can verify whether or not the locale code is actually getting sent in the request.

@bulla101, You can download the dev version of our plugin here, and it includes the option to display EC in various locations throughout the site, including the regular gateways list on the checkout page. That should give you what you’re after.

I’ve officially closed the issues list for 1.1.6 (and even moved some things to 1.1.7 to avoid further delay releasing it). I’m just finalizing testing and then I’ll get it released, so if you want to just wait a few days you can update it through WP like usual and then you’ll have this option.

Hi

Sure i have logging enabled but i am not really comfortable with showing the log here, is there any other way to send it to you?

Regards