About this plugin
Maintenance review candidate: automatic WooCommerce payment completion is blocked in this version because the existing PayCal v1 response does not establish verified provider payment. Hosted checkout and Demo requests remain available, but must not be used as evidence that an order was paid. Do not install on a live store before separate approval and provider integration testing.
PayCal is a branded checkout and payment-management platform for WooCommerce stores built for creative businesses.
The plugin connects a merchant’s WooCommerce store to PayCal Platform, where WooCommerce checkout, hosted checkout sessions, merchant settings, License Token validation and approved payment-provider connections are managed.
Features
- Connect WooCommerce checkout to PayCal
- Prepare Apple Pay and hosted checkout experiences
- Use PayCal branded hosted checkout
- Manage merchant connection and License Token validation
- Connect to approved payment-provider configurations
- Support payment-management workflows for creative businesses
PayCal helps merchants manage checkout and payment context. It does not replace the merchant’s payment provider, does not act as a bank or seller of record, and does not store card details.
External service disclosure: this plugin connects the merchant’s WooCommerce store to PayCal Platform, an external PayCal service required for hosted checkout, payment verification, connector synchronization, optional license validation, connector event diagnostics and the read-only merchant payments dashboard.
The plugin sends order/payment context needed to create or verify PayCal checkout sessions, merchant connector identifiers, public key/access token authentication headers, plugin/site metadata for connector health, optional license token data, and read-only dashboard requests for the authenticated merchant. online and merchant-specific PayCal checkout domains configured by the store. PayCal service details are available in the PayCal Privacy Policy and Regulations / Terms:
- Privacy Policy: https://paycal.online/privacy-policy/
- Regulations / Terms: https://paycal.online/regulations/
PayCal Connector
This version is the customer-side connector. Merchant and terminal administration is handled in the PayCal platform.
Hosted Checkout Gateway
2 includes the customer-side hosted WooCommerce gateway. Apple Pay provisioning remains in PayCal Platform and is synced by Merchant ID, Terminal ID, Public Key and Token.
1.4.4 Review changes
- Added display-only payment provider catalogue to dashboard (Stripe, Bit, Isracard, MAX, CAL, Tranzila, PayPlus).
- Provider statuses default to not configured; Bit is marked paused. Verified state may be supplied by trusted PHP integrations via paycal_provider_verified_states filter.
- Preserved INVOICES, license, system dashboard cards and all legacy invoice sources.
- No provider gateway or automatic order completion was enabled.