About this plugin
🚀 Transform Your Payment Processing with Instant SEPA Bank Transfers
BANKpay+ for WooCommerce enables your store to accept instant SEPA bank transfers with settlement in just 7 seconds. No card fees, no chargebacks, just instant bank-to-bank payments.
Accept instant SEPA payments via BANKpay+ Real-time bank transfers with 7-second settlement directly into your bank account. A secure and convenient payment method that boosts conversions and customer satisfaction.
🎯 Key Benefits
- ⚡ 7-Second Settlement – Get your money instantly, not in days
- 💰 Up to 70% Lower Fees – Save thousands compared to card processors
- 🛡️ Zero Chargebacks – Bank transfers are final and irreversible
- 🏦 3000+ Banks Supported – Works with all major European banking institutions
- ✅ EU Regulation Compliant – Late Payment Directive, PSD2, GDPR
- 🤖 AI Invoice Processing – Auto-extract payment details and send smart reminders
- 📱 Mobile-First Experience – Optimized for smartphone banking apps
- 🔄 One-Click Repeat Payments – Returning customers pay with a single tap
💡 Why Choose BANKpay+ Over Card Payments?
💰 Save Money
- Credit card fees: 1.5-3.5% per transaction
- BANKpay+ fees: Starting at 0.5% (save up to €2,500/month on €100k revenue)
- No monthly fees, no setup costs – free for the first 30 days!
⚡ Get Paid Instantly
- Settlement time: 7 seconds (vs. 2-7 days with cards) directly into your bank account.
- Same-day access to your money
- Improved cash flow management
🛡️ Zero Chargeback Risk
- Bank transfers are final and irreversible
- No fraudulent chargebacks
- No chargeback fees (typically €15-25 each)
😊 Better Customer Experience
- No card details required
- Works with all European banks (3000+ institutions)
- Mobile-first payment flow
- One-click payments for returning customers
👥 Who Should Use This?
Perfect for:
- 💼 B2B businesses needing compliance with EU Late Payment Directive
- 🏪 Online stores serving European customers
- 📦 High-volume merchants wanting to reduce payment processing costs
- 📈 Subscription businesses needing reliable recurring payments
- 🏛️ Professional services (lawyers, accountants, consultants)
- 💰 Merchants tired of chargebacks and fraud
- ⚡ Businesses needing instant access to funds for better cash flow
🚀 Features
💸 Payment Processing
- ⚡ Instant Settlement – Money in your account within 7 seconds
- 💰 Low Fees – Significantly lower than card processing fees (starting at 0.5%)
- 🛡️ No Chargebacks – Bank transfers are final and secure
- 🌍 EU Coverage – Accept payments from customers across Europe
- ↩️ Refunds – Process refunds directly from WooCommerce
- ✓ IBAN Validation – Real-time validation with MOD-97 checksum (70+ countries)
- 🔄 Returning Customers – One-click payment with saved bank selection
🏛️ Compliance & Professional Features
- 💼 Professional Payment Workflows – Maintain compliance and professionalism
- 📅 Payment Terms Management – Track due dates and automate follow-ups
- 📊 Audit Trail – Complete payment history for regulatory compliance
⚙️ Admin Experience
- 📊 Analytics Dashboard – Comprehensive payment analytics with Chart.js visualizations
- 📋 Transaction Management – View all BANKpay+ payments in dedicated admin panel
- 📈 Payment Dashboard – Real-time statistics (today, week, month, all-time)
- 📉 Performance Metrics – Success rates, volume trends, and processing times
- 🏦 Bank Analytics – Top performing banks with usage statistics
- 💾 CSV Export – Download analytics data for external analysis
- 🔍 Order Details – Payment information displayed on order edit screen
- 📱 WordPress Dashboard Widget – Quick overview of payment activity
- 🔎 Search & Filter – Find transactions by status, customer, or order number
🔒 Security & Reliability
- 🔐 Bank-Grade Security – Webhook signature verification and HMAC authentication
- 🚦 Rate Limiting – Automatic protection against webhook abuse
- 🔁 Replay Protection – Timestamp validation prevents duplicate processing
- 🛡️ CSRF Protection – All admin actions protected with capability checks
- 🔒 Security Headers – CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, and more
👨💻 Developer Friendly
- 🧪 Test Mode – Sandbox environment for testing
- ⚡ HPOS Compatible – Full support for High-Performance Order Storage
- ✅ WordPress Standards – Follows WordPress and WooCommerce coding standards
- 🔌 Extensible – Hooks and filters for customization
- 🔗 REST API – Public endpoint for IBAN validation
📋 Requirements
- ✅ WooCommerce 8.0 or higher
- ✅ PHP 8.0 or higher
- ✅ WordPress 6.0 or higher
- ✅ BANKpay+ merchant account ( Sign up here )
⚙️ How It Works
- 🛒 Customer selects BANKpay+ at checkout
- 🏦 Customer is redirected to select their bank
- 📱 Customer authorizes payment in their banking app
- ⚡ Payment is confirmed and settled instantly
- ✅ Customer is returned to your store
🚀 Get Started in 5 Minutes
- 📥 Install – Download from WordPress.org or search in your admin panel
- ✅ Activate – Click “Activate” in your plugins list
- 🔗 Connect – Run the setup wizard (WooCommerce → Settings → Payments → BANKpay+)
- 🧪 Test – Place a test order to verify everything works
- 🎉 Go Live – Switch from test mode to live mode
💡 Easy Setup: Our guided setup wizard walks you through every step. No technical knowledge required!
Translations
BANKpay+ for WooCommerce is fully translated and available in 6 languages:
- English (en_US) – Default, 100% complete
- German (de_DE) – Deutsch, 100% complete (~98 strings)
- Italian (it_IT) – Italiano, 100% complete (~98 strings)
- Portuguese (pt_PT) – Português, 100% complete (~98 strings)
- Spanish (es_ES) – Español, 100% complete (~98 strings)
- Greek (el) – Ελληνικά, 100% complete (~98 strings)
Contributing Translations
We welcome translation contributions! You can contribute in two ways:
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org (recommended)
org/projects/wp-plugins/bankpay-open-banking-sepa-payments-for-woocommerce/
Translations submitted via GlotPress are automatically included in language packs.
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Via GitHub
Fork the repository, translate the PO files in the languages/ directory, and submit a pull request.
md for detailed translation guidelines.
Translation Credits
- German: BANKpay+ Team (based on BANKpay+ application translations)
- Italian: BANKpay+ Team (professional translation)
- Portuguese: BANKpay+ Team (professional translation)
- Spanish: BANKpay+ Team (professional translation)
- Greek: BANKpay+ Team (professional translation for compliance market)
Thank you to all translators for making BANKpay+ accessible to users across Europe!
For Translators
Total strings to translate: 309
– PHP strings: ~271 (admin interface, settings, error messages)
– JavaScript strings: ~38 (customer-facing UI, validation feedback)
Key terminology:
– “Instant Bank Transfer” → “SEPA-Sofortüberweisung” (DE)
– “Settlement” → “Abwicklung” (DE)
– “Bank-grade security” → “Bank-Level Sicherheit” (DE)
For complete translation guidelines, glossary, and context notes, see:
md in the plugin directory
For Developers
BANKpay+ is built with developers in mind, featuring extensive hooks, filters, and well-documented APIs for customization and integration.
Architecture
Design Patterns:
- Dependency Injection Container
- Repository Pattern for order operations
- Observer Pattern for webhook events
- Strategy Pattern for payment flows
Key Components:
- WC_Gateway_BANKpay_Plus – Main gateway class extending WC_Payment_Gateway
- BANKpay_Plus_API – RESTful API client with retry logic
- BANKpay_Plus_Webhook – Webhook handler with signature verification
- BANKpay_Plus_Analytics – Payment metrics and reporting
- BANKpay_Plus_IBAN_Validator – MOD-97 validation with 70+ country support
API Integration
Authentication:
Authorization: Bearer {access_token} X-API-Key: {api_key} X-HMAC-Signature: {hmac_sha256}
Create Checkout Session:
wc-api=wc_gateway_bankpay_plus" }
Webhook Payload:
completed", "checkout_id": "chk_123", "payment_id": "pay_456", "status": "completed", "timestamp": "2025-01-26T15:30:00Z" }
Hooks & Filters
Actions (Execution Points):
- bankpay_plus_payment_initiated – Fires when payment initiates
- bankpay_plus_payment_complete – Fires when payment completes
- bankpay_plus_payment_failed – Fires when payment fails
- bankpay_plus_refund_completed – Fires when refund processes
- bankpay_plus_webhook_received – Fires on webhook receipt
- bankpay_plus_webhook_verified – Fires after signature verification
- bankpay_plus_webhook_failed – Fires on webhook error
- bankpay_plus_analytics_event – Fires on analytics tracking
Filters (Data Modification):
- bankpay_plus_gateway_title – Customize payment method title
- bankpay_plus_gateway_description – Customize checkout description
- bankpay_plus_payment_button_text – Customize payment button text
- bankpay_plus_checkout_data – Modify checkout session data
- bankpay_plus_api_endpoint – Change API endpoint URL
- bankpay_plus_api_timeout – Adjust API request timeout (default: 30s)
- bankpay_plus_iban_valid – Override IBAN validation result
- bankpay_plus_bank_list_cache_ttl – Adjust bank list cache (default: 24h)
- bankpay_plus_webhook_rate_limit – Adjust webhook rate limit (default: 50/min)
- bankpay_plus_verify_webhook_signature – Toggle signature verification
Code Examples
Example 1: Custom Payment Completion Logic
add_action('bankpay_plus_payment_complete', 'my_custom_payment_handler', 10, 2);
function my_custom_payment_handler($order_id, $payment_data) { $order = wc_get_order($order_id);
' );
com/fulfill', [ 'body' => json_encode([ 'order_id' => $order_id, 'payment_method' => 'bankpay_instant' ]) ]); }
Example 2: Customize Gateway Title
add_filter('bankpay_plus_gateway_title', 'custom_gateway_title', 10, 2);
function custom_gateway_title($title, $order_id) { return $title. ' (Money in 7 seconds)'; }
Example 3: Validate Custom Business Rules
add_filter('bankpay_plus_checkout_data', 'add_business_rules', 10, 2);
function add_business_rules($data, $order) { // Add custom validation for high-value orders if ($order->get_total() > 1000) { $data['require_phone_verification'] = true; }
// Add custom metadata $data['merchant_reference'] = get_option('custom_order_prefix'). $order->get_id();
return $data; }
Example 4: Track Conversions in Analytics
add_action('woocommerce_thankyou', 'track_bankpay_conversion', 10, 1);
function track_bankpay_conversion($order_id) { $order = wc_get_order($order_id);
if ($order->get_payment_method() === 'bankpay_plus') { do_action('my_analytics_track', [ 'event' => 'instant_payment_completed', 'value' => $order->get_total(), 'settlement_time' => '7_seconds' ]); } }
REST API Endpoints
IBAN Validation:
POST /wp-json/bankpay-plus/v1/validate-iban { "iban": "DE89370400440532013000" }
Response: { "valid": true, "country": "DE", "bank_code": "37040044", "checksum_valid": true, "formatted": "DE89 3704 0044 0532 0130 00" }
Rate Limiting: 10 requests per minute per IP address
Caching: Validation results cached for 30 days
Algorithm: MOD-97 checksum validation for 70+ countries
Database Schema
Analytics Table: {$wpdb->prefix}bankpay_plus_analytics
CREATE TABLE wp_bankpay_plus_analytics ( event_id BIGINT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, order_id BIGINT NOT NULL, checkout_uuid VARCHAR(100), event_type VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL, event_timestamp DATETIME NOT NULL, order_total DECIMAL(10,2), currency VARCHAR(3), customer_email VARCHAR(100), bank_connector_id INT, bank_name VARCHAR(255), processing_time_ms INT, is_returning_customer TINYINT(1), user_agent_hash VARCHAR(64), INDEX idx_order_id (order_id), INDEX idx_event_type (event_type), INDEX idx_event_timestamp (event_timestamp) );
Testing
PHPUnit Test Suite:
/vendor/bin/phpunit --testsuite integration
Code Quality:
composer phpcs # Check WordPress coding standards composer phpcbf # Auto-fix coding standards composer phpstan # Static analysis (level 8)
Makefile Commands:
make test-all # Run all tests make lint # Check coding standards make format # Auto-fix code style make phpstan # Static analysis
Security Considerations
Webhook Signature Verification:
Automatic HMAC SHA-256 verification ensures webhook authenticity. Invalid signatures are rejected with HTTP 403.
Rate Limiting:
- Webhooks: 50 requests/minute per IP
- IBAN validation: 10 requests/minute per IP
- Automatic blocking with exponential backoff
Data Protection:
- All input sanitized with sanitize_text_field(), sanitize_url()
- All output escaped with esc_html(), esc_url(), esc_attr()
- No sensitive data in logs (automatic redaction)
- GDPR compliant (SHA-256 hashing for personal data)
Documentation
In Plugin Directory:
- README.md – Quick start and overview
- DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md – Architecture and contribution guidelines
- API_INTEGRATION_GUIDE.md – Step-by-step API integration
- TESTING_GUIDE.md – Unit, integration, and E2E testing
- WARP.md – AI assistant integration guide
Online Resources:
- GitHub: https://github.com/k42/WooCommerce
- API Docs: https://docs.bankpay.plus/api
- Support: https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bankpay-open-banking-sepa-payments-for-woocommerce/
Contributing
We welcome contributions! md in the plugin directory for:
- Code style guidelines (WordPress + WooCommerce standards)
- Testing requirements (PHPUnit coverage)
- Pull request process
- Security disclosure policy
Found a bug? org support forum