Stripe Tutorials, Tips, and Resources for WordPress to Accept Payments

Are you wondering what the new Stripe verification requirements are for users from Brazil? Imagine a Brazilian WordPress site owner opens their dashboard one morning and finds every WP Simple Pay payment form on the site declining transactions. From our experience, this is often the first sign that Stripe has restricted the account over a…

Have you ever encountered a situation where you’d like to buy something you’d like but wish you could pay for it later in smaller amounts instead? This is where you need a buy now, pay later option for your WordPress site. Sadly, most WordPress payment setups only allow users to pay the full amount upfront.…

Most WordPress site owners who want to accept payments in WordPress without WooCommerce end up installing it anyway. And that’s the wrong tool for anyone who needs a payment form rather than a store. WooCommerce is a full eCommerce platform built around products, inventory, a shopping cart, and order management. If you’re a freelancer, a…

Imagine a freelance consultant sets up a payment form for new client projects. Every visitor who lands on the page sees the same fields: “Company Name,” “Tax ID,” and “Invoice Reference,” even individual buyers paying a simple deposit. The form looks like it was built for someone else. Some visitors close the tab before completing…

If your payment forms accept Brazilian Real or Polish Złoty, there’s a good chance you’ve been quietly losing customers at checkout. Not because of pricing or product fit, but because your customers don’t want to pay by card. In Brazil, more than half of online checkouts now finish through PIX. In Poland, roughly four out…

You’ve built a payment form that works. But then a customer wants to add a gift message, only sometimes. Another wants to enter a company name, but only if they’re a business. Suddenly your one tidy form needs to handle three different scenarios, and you’re either cluttering it with fields nobody uses or building separate…

Do you want to accept international payments on your WordPress site but aren’t sure where to start? WordPress doesn’t process payments on its own, which means you need a plugin or payment gateway to handle the actual transactions. But here’s the good news: you don’t need a massive, bloated shopping cart system just to accept…

Are you accepting ACH Direct Debit payments on your WordPress site? If so, there’s an important compliance change you need to know about after March 20, 2026. In this article, we’ll explain the new NACHA ACH Goods Classification rule, whether it applies to your business, and exactly how to configure your Stripe Dashboard to stay…

If you offer subscriptions or installment plans, you know how important it is for customers to understand exactly what they’re paying for. But until now, the way recurring payment descriptions appeared on your forms, confirmation pages, and emails was one-size-fits-all. Not every business communicates pricing the same way. With WP Simple Pay 4.17.1, you now…

Your Payment Forms Should Look Like They Belong on Your Site You’ve spent hours getting your website just right — the colors, the fonts, the layout. Then a customer clicks “Pay Now” and lands on a payment form that looks… generic. It doesn’t match your brand. It feels like a different website entirely. With WP…
Start accepting one-time and recurring payments or donations on your WordPress website.