Accept Kuda
payments on J2Commerce
Install the free PaymentHood plugin for J2Commerce, connect your Kuda account, and Kuda appears as a payment option at checkout. No custom gateway code, and no second integration when you add another provider later.
- NGN
- Platform
- Joomla 4.0+
- Provider
- Kuda
- Install via
- Extensions → Manage → Install
- Billing
- One-time
- PaymentHood fee
- None
Kuda on J2Commerce at a glance
- Joomla version
- Joomla 4.0+
- Where you install it
- Joomla admin → Extensions → Manage → Install
- Coverage
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- Nigeria
- Currencies
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- NGN
- Billing models
- One-time checkout payments. Recurring billing is not supported by the J2Commerce plugin yet.
- Cost
- The plugin is free and open source. You pay Kuda's own fees, published on their pricing page (opens in new tab). PaymentHood adds nothing on top.
Coverage, currencies and payment methods as published by Kuda, who set and update them. For the current list see Kuda's own documentation (opens in new tab).
What J2Commerce customers can pay with
Each method Kuda supports appears in your J2Commerce checkout. Enabling one is a PaymentHood dashboard setting — nothing changes on the Joomla side.
Virtual accounts
A dedicated account number per customer or per transaction
Bank transfer
Collection and instant settlement over Nigerian bank rails
Connect Kuda to J2Commerce
Four steps, no code. The full walkthrough with screenshots is in the J2Commerce installation guide.
Open a Kuda account
Register with Kuda and finish their onboarding. Funds settle from Kuda to your own bank account.
Add it in PaymentHood
Paste your Kuda credentials into the PaymentHood dashboard. They stay server-side and never reach your storefront.
Install the plugin
Download the J2Commerce plugin and install it from Extensions → Manage → Install in your Joomla admin.
Enable and test
Paste your PaymentHood API key into the plugin settings, run a sandbox order end to end, then switch to live.
Rather than a direct Kuda plugin
A single-provider plugin works until you need a second provider. These are the parts you would otherwise build and maintain yourself.
- Webhook security
- Signed credit notification, validated before an order is released
- Payment verification
- Server-side transaction confirmation before fulfilment
- Credentials
- API key and client credentials, held server-side in PaymentHood
- Add a second provider without touching your J2Commerce checkout
- Automatic failover when Kuda is unreachable, instead of a failed order
- Idempotent charge creation, so a double-submitted order is not a double charge
- One reconciliation view across every provider you run
- Free and open source — read the plugin on GitHub (opens in new tab)