PayPal Setup

Want to use PayPal to accept payments for your digital products, courses, or memberships? SCP makes it easy to connect your PayPal account, securely process payments, and receive real-time updates through webhooks.

Follow this guide to configure PayPal step by step.

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☑️ Step 1: Log in to Your PayPal Developer Account

1. Go to the PayPal Developer Portal:
   https://developer.paypal.com
2. Click Log In and use your PayPal Business account credentials

💡 Make sure you’re using a Business Account, not Personal, for API access and live payments.

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☑️ Step 2: Create a New App to Get API Credentials

1. After logging in, go to:
   Dashboard → My Apps & Credentials
2. Choose the appropriate environment:
   • Sandbox for testing
   • Live for real payments
3. Click “Create App”
4. Enter a name (e.g., SCP Integration) and click Create App

Once created, you’ll see the following:

• ✅ Client ID
• ✅ Secret Key

Repeat the process for both:

• 🧪 Sandbox (Test) environment
• 💳 Live environment

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☑️ Step 3: Enter API Credentials in SCP

Now that you have your PayPal credentials:

1. Go to your WordPress admin dashboard
2. Navigate to:
   SCP → Settings → Payments
3. Toggle ON the PayPal payment method
4. Click Edit next to PayPal

Paste your credentials:

🔐 Live Credentials

• Live Client ID – paste the key from your Live app
• Live Secret – paste the secret from your Live app

🧪 Test Credentials

• Test Client ID – paste the key from your Sandbox app
• Test Secret – paste the secret from your Sandbox app

5. Click Save Changes

✅ You’ve now securely connected your PayPal account to SCP.

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☑️ Step 4: Set Up PayPal Webhooks

To receive real-time updates about payments, subscription events, and cancellations, you need to set up webhooks in your PayPal Developer Dashboard.

📩 In SCP:

1. Go to SCP → Settings → Payments
2. Scroll to the PayPal Webhook section
3. Copy the Webhook URL
   It looks like this:
   https://yourdomain.com/?scp-webhook=paypal

🔁 In PayPal:

1. Go to:
   My Apps & Credentials → [Select your App]
2. Scroll down to the Webhooks section
3. Click Add Webhook
4. Paste the Webhook URL from SCP
5. Under Event Types, select the following:
   • Checkout Events >> CHECKOUT.ORDER.APPROVED
   • Payments & Payouts >> PAYMENT.CAPTURE.COMPLETED, PAYMENT.SALE.COMPLETED, PAYMENT.SALE.DENIED
   • Payment Refunds >> PAYMENT.CAPTURE.REFUNDED
   • Billing Subscription >> BILLING.SUBSCRIPTION.CREATED, BILLING.SUBSCRIPTION.ACTIVATED, BILLING.SUBSCRIPTION.CANCELLED
6. Click Save

🔐 Get Your Webhook ID

1. After the webhook is saved, PayPal will display a Webhook ID
2. Copy this Webhook ID
3. Return to SCP → Settings → Payments
4. Paste it into the Webhook ID field
5. Save changes

✅ Your PayPal integration is now fully webhook-enabled!

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☑️ Optional: Admin-Only Sandbox Mode

If you want to test payments while logged in as an admin, without affecting your live data:

1. Go to SCP → Settings → Payments
2. Enable the toggle for:
   “Always use sandbox for admin”

This is useful for debugging or testing the checkout flow.

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🧪 How to Test a PayPal Payment

To test your PayPal integration in sandbox mode:

1. Go to https://developer.paypal.com/dashboard/accounts
2. Use the Sandbox Buyer account credentials
3. In SCP, grab your Product or Course URL
4. Open it in a private/incognito window
5. Click Enroll or Buy Now
6. Complete checkout using your Sandbox Buyer account

✅ What to Check:

• You’re redirected to the Order Summary Page
• You’re logged in automatically
• You can access your product in the Member Dashboard
• You receive the Welcome Email

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🚀 You’re All Set!

You’ve now connected PayPal to SCP and configured:

☑️ Live & Test API credentials
☑️ Webhook URL & ID
☑️ Real-time event notifications
☑️ Admin sandbox testing

Your site is ready to start accepting payments via PayPal! 🎉