Accept Zapper
payments on WooCommerce
Install the free PaymentHood plugin for WooCommerce, connect your Zapper account, and Zapper appears as a payment option at checkout. No custom gateway code, and no second integration when you add another provider later.
- ZAR
- Platform
- WooCommerce 6.0+
- Provider
- Zapper
- Install via
- Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin
- Billing
- One-time
- PaymentHood fee
- None
Zapper on WooCommerce at a glance
- WooCommerce version
- WooCommerce 6.0+
- Where you install it
- WordPress admin → Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin
- Coverage
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- South Africa
- Currencies
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- ZAR
- Billing models
- One-time checkout payments. Recurring billing is not supported by the WooCommerce plugin yet.
- Cost
- The plugin is free and open source. You pay Zapper'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 Zapper, who set and update them. For the current list see Zapper's own site (opens in new tab).
What WooCommerce customers can pay with
Each method Zapper supports appears in your WooCommerce checkout. Enabling one is a PaymentHood dashboard setting — nothing changes on the WordPress side.
QR code
Customer scans at checkout and confirms in the Zapper app
Payment links
A shareable code or link that can be attached to invoices
Connect Zapper to WooCommerce
Four steps, no code. The full walkthrough with screenshots is in the WooCommerce installation guide.
Open a Zapper account
Register with Zapper and finish their onboarding. Funds settle from Zapper to your own bank account.
Add it in PaymentHood
Paste your Zapper credentials into the PaymentHood dashboard. They stay server-side and never reach your storefront.
Install the plugin
Download the WooCommerce plugin and install it from Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin in your WordPress 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 Zapper 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
- Payment notification validated before the order is released
- Payment verification
- Server-side payment status re-check before fulfilment
- Credentials
- Merchant API credentials, held server-side in PaymentHood
- Add a second provider without touching your WooCommerce checkout
- Automatic failover when Zapper 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)