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PayTabs Payment Gateway for J2Commerce

Accept PayTabs payments on J2Commerce with the free PaymentHood plugin. Install in minutes, no gateway code.

J2Commerce · MENA

Accept PayTabs
payments on J2Commerce

Install the free PaymentHood plugin for J2Commerce, connect your PayTabs account, and PayTabs appears as a payment option at checkout. No custom gateway code, and no second integration when you add another provider later.

  • SAR
  • AED
  • EGP
  • KWD
  • OMR
  • JOD
  • USD
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Joomla 4.0+
4 payment methods
Free plugin
J2Commerce
PayTabs
Platform
Joomla 4.0+
Provider
PayTabs
Install via
Extensions → Manage → Install
Billing
One-time
PaymentHood fee
None
Compatibility

PayTabs on J2Commerce at a glance

Joomla version
Joomla 4.0+
Where you install it
Joomla admin → Extensions → Manage → Install
Coverage
  • Saudi Arabia
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Egypt
  • Kuwait
  • Oman
  • Jordan
  • Iraq
Currencies
  • SAR
  • AED
  • EGP
  • KWD
  • OMR
  • JOD
  • USD
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 PayTabs's own fees, published on their pricing page. PaymentHood adds nothing on top.

Coverage, currencies and payment methods as published by PayTabs, who set and update them. For the current list see PayTabs's own documentation.

Payment methods

What J2Commerce customers can pay with

Each method PayTabs supports appears in your J2Commerce checkout. Enabling one is a PaymentHood dashboard setting — nothing changes on the Joomla side.

Cards

Visa, Mastercard, American Express, mada, UnionPay and Maestro

Digital wallets

Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and STC Pay

Local methods

KNET, valu, aman and Meeza QR

Buy now, pay later

Tabby and regional instalment options

Setup

Connect PayTabs to J2Commerce

Four steps, no code. The full walkthrough with screenshots is in the J2Commerce installation guide.

1

Open a PayTabs account

Register with PayTabs and finish their onboarding. Funds settle from PayTabs to your own bank account.

2

Add it in PaymentHood

Paste your PayTabs credentials into the PaymentHood dashboard. They stay server-side and never reach your storefront.

3

Install the plugin

Download the J2Commerce plugin and install it from Extensions → Manage → Install in your Joomla admin.

4

Enable and test

Paste your PaymentHood API key into the plugin settings, run a sandbox order end to end, then switch to live.

Full J2Commerce installation guide
Why PaymentHood

Rather than a direct PayTabs 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 transaction callback, validated before an order is released
Payment verification
Server-side transaction query against the PayTabs API before fulfilment
Credentials
Profile ID and server key, held server-side in PaymentHood
  • Add a second provider without touching your J2Commerce checkout
  • Automatic failover when PayTabs 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
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

They overlap heavily. PayTabs reaches further into Egypt, Jordan and Iraq; Tap is strongest in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. The honest answer is to compare the quoted rates for your own market and volume — and behind PaymentHood you can run both and route between them.

Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, Kuwait, Oman, Jordan and Iraq, each in its local currency plus USD.

Yes — valu and aman in Egypt and Tabby in the Gulf. These matter more in the region than they do in Europe, and a checkout without them will underperform on higher-value baskets.

No. PayTabs bills you directly for its own fees, and PaymentHood takes no percentage and no per-transaction cut at any volume. See PaymentHood pricing.
Related

Keep reading

PayTabs overview

Coverage, currencies, payment methods and how PaymentHood secures the PayTabs integration.

Read more

PaymentHood for J2Commerce

The plugin itself: features, billing models and every provider it can reach.

Read more

All payment providers

Every provider PaymentHood connects to, filterable by global, regional and crypto.

Browse providers

Accept PayTabs on J2Commerce today

Free plugin, no PaymentHood transaction fee, and room to add another provider whenever you need one.

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