About this plugin
WiPay Payment Gateway lets WooCommerce stores in Angola and the DRC accept local digital payments through a single integration. Customers pick their preferred payment method on the secure WiPay hosted payment page, and your store is notified the moment the payment completes.
Payment methods
- Angola: Multicaixa Express, Referências Multicaixa, é-Kwanza, PayPay, Unitel Money, Afrimoney
- DRC: Illicocash (Rawbank)
Features
- Simple setup – paste your WiPay Client ID and Client Secret. The plugin creates and renews the OAuth2 access tokens automatically.
- Secure callbacks – every payment notification is verified with an HMAC-SHA-256 signature before the order is updated.
- Checkout your way – the payment page opens in a modal inside the checkout, or in a popup page.
- Classic and Blocks checkout – works with the shortcode checkout and the WooCommerce Cart & Checkout blocks.
- HPOS compatible – supports WooCommerce High-Performance Order Storage.
- Sandbox ready – use your sandbox credentials to test, and your production credentials to go live. No code changes.
- Order insights – the WiPay transaction ID and status are shown on the order screen and in the orders list.
- Debug logging – optional logs under WooCommerce > Status > Logs.
Requirements
- WooCommerce 7.0 or higher
- PHP 7.4 or higher
- An SSL certificate (HTTPS)
- A WiPay merchant account – sign up at wipay.ao
External services
This plugin connects to the WiPay payment service, operated by WiPay (Angola), to create payments and receive their results. It is required for the plugin to work.
- Access tokens – when you save the settings and when a payment is made, your Client ID and Client Secret are sent to https://api.wipay.ao/v1/credentials/token to obtain short-lived access tokens.
- Payment creation – when a customer places an order with WiPay, the order total, currency, order ID, the customer’s billing phone number (or email if no phone is set), and your store’s return and callback URLs are sent to https://api.wipay.ao/v1/hosts/payments.
- Hosted payment page – the customer is then shown the WiPay payment page ( https://hosted.wipay.ao ), where they choose a payment method and confirm the payment. WiPay processes the payment with the selected provider.
- Payment notification – WiPay sends the payment result to your store’s callback URL ( /wp-json/wipay/v1/callback ).
No data is sent to WiPay until the gateway is configured with credentials. WiPay Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.