Integration Steps
Step-by-step guide to integrate Razorpay Payment Gateway with WooCommerce. Install Razorpay WooCommerce plugin and start accepting payments on WordPress.
Integrate Razorpay Payment Gateway with your WooCommerce website using our official WooCommerce plugin. This step-by-step guide covers installation, configuration, testing and going live with Razorpay on WordPress WooCommerce stores.
Follow the steps given below to integrate Razorpay Payment Gateway with your WooCommerce website.
Follow the steps given below:
There are two methods to install our WooCommerce plugin:
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- Install it from the WordPress Plugin Directory.
Before you start:
- Ensure you have created a Razorpay account and your KYC is approved.
- You must have activated your business after the business activation email from Razorpay.
- You have from the Dashboard (Under Account & Settings → API Keys).
To configure WooCommerce:
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Log in to your
and activate the Razorpay plugin in the WordPress Plugin Manager. -
Log in to your
, navigate to Settings and click the Checkout/Payment Gateways tab. -
Click Razorpay to edit the settings.
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Enable the Payment Method, name it Credit Card/Debit Card. This is shown on the Payment page your customer sees.
Handy Tips
If you cannot see the Razorpay payment option during WooCommerce checkout, update the plugin to the
version.
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Add in your [KEY_ID] and [KEY_SECRET] generated from the Razorpay Dashboard.
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Set the Payment Action to Authorize and Capture to auto-capture payments. If you want to capture payments manually from the Dashboard after manual verification, set the Payment Method to Authorize.
Watch Out: Uncaptured payments are automatically refunded after 5 days
If you set Payment Action to Authorize, payments are held but not settled. Any payment that is not captured within 5 days of authorisation is automatically refunded to the customer — the merchant receives nothing.
To prevent this, set Payment Action to Authorize and Capture for automatic capture, or manually capture payments from the Dashboard before the 5-day window closes. Review your capture settings in Dashboard → Account & Settings → Payment Capture.
Configure Webhooks
Webhook is
when you enter and save the API key ID and secret on the plugin settings page. You need to verify if webhooks are enabled on your Razorpay . However, for versions lower than 3.5.0, you need to .If you regenerate your API keys, re-enter and save the new keys in the plugin settings page to re-trigger webhook auto-configuration.
The following webhook events are auto-configured when you save your API keys:
payment.authorizedpayment.capturedpayment.failedorder.paid
Verify these are enabled in your Razorpay Dashboard under Account & Settings → Webhooks.
After the integration is complete, a Pay button will appear on your web page/app. You need to click the button and make a test transaction to ensure that the integration is working as expected. You can start accepting actual payments from your customers once the test is successful.
You can make test payments using one of the payment methods configured at the Checkout.
- No money is deducted from the customer's account as this is a simulated transaction.
- Ensure you have entered the API keys generated in the test mode in the Checkout code.
After the integration is complete, a Pay button appears on your webpage/app.
Click the button and make a test transaction to ensure the integration is working as expected. You can start accepting actual payments from your customers once the test transaction is successful.
Watch Out!
This is a mock payment page that uses your test API keys, test card and payment details.
- Ensure you have entered only your in the Checkout code.
- Test mode features a mock bank page with Success and Failure buttons to replicate the live payment experience.
- No real money is deducted due to the usage of test API keys. This is a simulated transaction.
Following are all the payment modes that the customer can use to complete the payment on the Checkout. Some of them are available by default, while others may require approval from us. Raise a request from the Dashboard to enable such payment methods.
You can make test payments using one of the payment methods configured at the Checkout.
You can use one of the following test cards to test transactions for your integration in Test Mode.
Check the following lists:
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You can also test your WooCommerce Integration in the Test Mode using your Test Mode API keys:
- Go to WooCommerce → Settings → Payments → Razorpay.
- Replace your Live API keys with Test Mode keys from the Razorpay Dashboard (Test Mode).
- Complete a test transaction.
- Switch back to Live keys before going live.
Follow these steps before taking the integration live:
Perform an end-to-end simulation of funds flow in the Test Mode. Once confident that the integration is working as expected, switch to the Live Mode and start accepting payments from customers.
Watch Out!
Ensure you are switching your test API keys with API keys generated in Live Mode.
To generate API Keys in Live Mode on your Razorpay Dashboard:
- Log in to the Razorpay Dashboard and switch to Live Mode on the menu.
- Navigate to Account & Settings → API Keys → Generate Key to generate the API Key for Live Mode.
- Download the keys and save them securely.
- Replace the Test API Key with the Live Key in the Checkout code and start accepting actual payments.
After payment is authorized, you need to capture it to settle the amount to your bank account as per the settlement schedule. Payments that are not captured are auto-refunded after a fixed time.
Watch Out
- You should deliver the products or services to your customers only after the payment is captured. Razorpay automatically refunds all the uncaptured payments.
- You can track the payment status using our or webhooks.
Authorized payments can be automatically captured. You can auto-capture all payments
on the Razorpay Dashboard. Know more about .Watch Out!
Payment capture settings work only if you have integrated with Orders API on your server side. Know more about the
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