Description
PayPal Responder processes payment for a product via PayPal, then sends an email responder to the customer and returns them to a URL of your choice. That’s it.
You can use it to sell any type of product/s on your website. There is no cart, checkout process or anything complicated — it just lets the user buy a single product in 1 click, then returns them to a URL of your choice, and emails them the auto-responder.
Example Usage
Let’s say you’re selling an eBook. User clicks “Buy” button > user is directed through PayPal checkout > once checkout it completed user is returned to a thank you URL and emailed the eBook.
I developed this plugin for a usage similar to above example. I didn’t want a fully fledged eCommerce system, and many other solutions include Add to Cart and then whole heap of other stop screens that hindered the transaction.
Key Features
- Simple, light-weight PayPal plugin
- Can handle multiple products
- Can accept any currency PayPal can handle
- Set customer return URL
- Helpful tags available to use in auto-responder template
- Use default PayPal ‘buy now’ button or upload a png button of your own
Pro Version Available
Get Pro Version if you need the following advanced features:
- Attach a file to responder (simple digital delivery of your product)
- Unlimited responder templates (so you can use a different email responder for each different product)
Screenshots
The General Settings screen in WP-Admin 
The Product Management screen in WP-Admin
Installation
- Upload the
paypal-responderfolder to the/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the PayPal Responder plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Configure the plugin by going to the
PayPal Respondertab that appears in your admin menu. - Add buy buttons to any page using shortcode which is generated in the Manage Products area
FAQ
- Installation Instructions
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- Upload the
paypal-responderfolder to the/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the PayPal Responder plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Configure the plugin by going to the
PayPal Respondertab that appears in your admin menu. - Add buy buttons to any page using shortcode which is generated in the Manage Products area
- Upload the
- The auto-responder is not working
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Firstly, please check your SPAM folder. It’s pretty common for WordPress generated email to get sent to SPAM, or even rejected by the recipient mail server entirely. A good solution is to configure WordPress to send systems generated emails over SMTP instead of using PHP mail(). I recommend Callum Macdonald’s plugin WP Mail SMTP
- What could I sell with this plugin?
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You can sell whatever you want. There aren’t any fancy features in this plugin — like it doesn’t have delivery options, order management etc so it’s really designed for just a single simple product. For example I use it to sell access to a private site — after successful checkout user is sent the password to log in. You could use it for other similar things like to sell a PDF or eBook, or you might use it for selling a virtual product or service like say consultation services for example.
- Can I add more than 1 product?
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Yes the plugin can have any number of products. In this free version you can only set 1 return URL and 1 email auto-responder template.
- Can I attach a file to send with the auto-responder?
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Not in free version. You can in Pro — available here.
- Where can I get support for this plugin?
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If you’ve tried all the obvious stuff and it’s still not working please request support via the forum.
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Contributors & Developers
“PayPal Responder” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.2
- Added PayPal partner code
1.1
- Security patch for hiding PayPal amount field
- Corrected currency text on settings screen
1.0
- Initial release