J2Commerce Payment Plugin - Installation Guide

Install the PaymentHood payment gateway in your J2Commerce Joomla store in minutes. Download, install, connect - start accepting payments through 15+ providers instantly.

J2Commerce Integration

PaymentHood for J2Commerce

Accept payments through 15+ providers with a single plugin. Install it on your Joomla / J2Commerce store, connect your account, and start processing payments in minutes.

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Free Plugin Joomla 4.0+ / J2Commerce 5-Minute Setup

Installation Guide

Follow these steps to install PaymentHood in your J2Commerce store

1

Download the Plugin

Download the latest PaymentHood plugin for J2Commerce from our GitHub repository. It is a standard Joomla extension package (.zip) — no build steps or extra dependencies required.

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Tip: This link always serves the newest release, so you get the latest features and security updates every time.
2

Upload & Install in Joomla

Log in to your Joomla administrator and go to Extensions → Install. On the Upload Package File tab, drag & drop the ZIP you downloaded (or click Or browse for file). Joomla installs it in seconds and shows “Installation of the plugin was successful.”

Joomla Extensions Install — Upload Package File, installation successful
3

Confirm the Plugin is Installed

Go to Extensions → Manage and search for “J2Commerce - PaymentHood”. You should see it listed as a Site Plugin in the j2commerce folder, by Paymenthood, and enabled.

Joomla Extensions Manage — J2Commerce PaymentHood plugin enabled
4

Open the PaymentHood Plugin

Go to System → Plugins, search for “J2Commerce - PaymentHood” (type j2commerce, element payment_paymenthood), and click the plugin name to open its settings.

Joomla Plugins list — open J2Commerce PaymentHood plugin
5

Configure & Connect Your Account

Set the Display name shown to customers at checkout (e.g. PaymentHood) and turn on Sandbox mode while you are testing. Then click Connect to Paymenthood to link your account.

J2Commerce PaymentHood plugin settings — connect account and localhost webhook warning
Running on localhost? Webhooks can’t reach your machine. If your Joomla site runs on a localhost / private network URL, PaymentHood’s webhook notifications cannot be delivered to your computer, so payment status updates will not be received. To receive webhooks, deploy your store to a public domain, or expose your local site with a tunnel such as Cloudflare Tunnel or ngrok — the plugin links to our Cloudflare Tunnel guide right in this warning.
On a public domain you won’t see the warning above — the account panel goes straight to the Connect to Paymenthood action.
J2Commerce PaymentHood plugin settings on a public domain — no webhook warning
6

Complete Your Sandbox & Live Setup

Once connected, the panel shows “PaymentHood is connected” with two environments — Sandbox (for trial transactions) and Live (for real payments). Click Complete Setup on an environment to be taken to the PaymentHood Console to configure it.

Our strong recommendation: set up your Sandbox environment and test the full checkout before switching to Live.
PaymentHood connected — complete Sandbox and Live setup
7

Add Your Payment Gateways

When an environment is configured it shows “Sandbox account is ready” (or Live). Use Manage Gateways to add and enable the providers you want — PayPal, Stripe, Authorize.net, Adyen, and more — all from your PaymentHood account.

PaymentHood — Sandbox ready, Manage Gateways
All set! Test thoroughly in Sandbox, then run the same Complete Setup for your Live environment to start accepting real payments.
8

What Your Customers See at Checkout

At checkout, shoppers select PaymentHood, choose their preferred provider, and are securely redirected to PaymentHood to complete payment. The Sandbox badge confirms you are still in test mode.

J2Commerce checkout — PaymentHood payment method

Ready to Get Started?

Download the PaymentHood J2Commerce plugin and start accepting payments in minutes.

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