Accept Braintree
payments on VirtueMart
Install the free PaymentHood plugin for VirtueMart, connect your Braintree account, and Braintree appears as a payment option at checkout. No custom gateway code, and no second integration when you add another provider later.
- USD
- EUR
- GBP
- AUD
- CAD
- Platform
- VirtueMart 4.0+
- Provider
- Braintree
- Install via
- Extensions → Manage → Install
- Billing
- One-time
- PaymentHood fee
- None
Braintree on VirtueMart at a glance
- VirtueMart version
- VirtueMart 4.0+
- Where you install it
- Joomla admin → Extensions → Manage → Install
- Coverage
- Merchant accounts are available across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Australia. Multi-currency acceptance has to be enabled explicitly — it is not on by default.
- Currencies
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- USD
- EUR
- GBP
- AUD
- CAD
- Billing models
- One-time checkout payments. Recurring billing is not supported by the VirtueMart plugin yet.
- Cost
- The plugin is free and open source. You pay Braintree'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 Braintree, who set and update them. For the current list see Braintree's own documentation (opens in new tab).
What VirtueMart customers can pay with
Each method Braintree supports appears in your VirtueMart checkout. Enabling one is a PaymentHood dashboard setting — nothing changes on the Joomla side.
Cards
Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover and JCB
PayPal
PayPal acceptance under the same Braintree integration
Digital wallets
Apple Pay, Google Pay and Venmo in the US
Buy now, pay later
PayPal Pay Later where available
Connect Braintree to VirtueMart
Four steps, no code. The full walkthrough with screenshots is in the VirtueMart installation guide.
Open a Braintree account
Register with Braintree and finish their onboarding. Funds settle from Braintree to your own bank account.
Add it in PaymentHood
Paste your Braintree credentials into the PaymentHood dashboard. They stay server-side and never reach your storefront.
Install the plugin
Download the VirtueMart 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 Braintree 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 payload, verified before an order is released
- Payment verification
- Server-side transaction status re-check against the Braintree API before fulfilment
- Credentials
- Merchant ID with public and private keys, held server-side in PaymentHood
- Add a second provider without touching your VirtueMart checkout
- Automatic failover when Braintree 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)