Accept PayPal
payments on J2Commerce
Install the free PaymentHood plugin for J2Commerce, connect your PayPal account, and PayPal appears as a payment option at checkout. No custom gateway code, and no second integration when you add another provider later.
- USD
- EUR
- GBP
- CAD
- AUD
- JPY
- Platform
- Joomla 4.0+
- Provider
- PayPal
- Install via
- Extensions → Manage → Install
- Billing
- One-time
- PaymentHood fee
- None
PayPal on J2Commerce at a glance
- Joomla version
- Joomla 4.0+
- Where you install it
- Joomla admin → Extensions → Manage → Install
- Coverage
- Available in most countries and regions. Which features and payout options you get depends on the country your PayPal business account is registered in.
- Currencies
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- USD
- EUR
- GBP
- CAD
- AUD
- JPY
- 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 PayPal'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 PayPal, who set and update them. For the current list see PayPal's own documentation (opens in new tab).
What J2Commerce customers can pay with
Each method PayPal supports appears in your J2Commerce checkout. Enabling one is a PaymentHood dashboard setting — nothing changes on the Joomla side.
PayPal wallet
Pay from a PayPal balance, linked bank account or stored card
Cards
Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover, including guest checkout
Pay Later
Instalment options where PayPal offers them in the buyer's market
Connect PayPal to J2Commerce
Four steps, no code. The full walkthrough with screenshots is in the J2Commerce installation guide.
Open a PayPal account
Register with PayPal and finish their onboarding. Funds settle from PayPal to your own bank account.
Add it in PaymentHood
Paste your PayPal 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 PayPal 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 webhook event, verified against PayPal's published certificate before an order is released
- Payment verification
- Server-side order capture and status re-check against the PayPal API before fulfilment
- Credentials
- OAuth client ID and secret, exchanged for a short-lived access token server-side in PaymentHood
- Add a second provider without touching your J2Commerce checkout
- Automatic failover when PayPal 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)