About this plugin
This plugin connects a WordPress site to PayFiP (formerly TIPI), the official online payment service operated by the DGFiP (Direction générale des Finances publiques), the French public finances directorate.
It is intended for French local authorities — municipalities, groups of municipalities, public establishments and their “régies” (revenue collection units). Citizens can pay for school canteens, childcare, town hall room rentals, cemetery concessions or water charges directly from the authority’s own website, by card, around the clock, without creating an account.
Why French authorities need this
French decree no. 2018-689 of 1 August 2018 requires local authorities and their régies collecting at least €5,000 per year to offer an online payment service to citizens. PayFiP is the official, free service provided by the State to meet that obligation.
This plugin connects a WordPress site to that service.
What the plugin does
- Payment form, inserted into any page with a shortcode
- Direct SOAP connection to the official DGFiP platform
- Payment log in the WordPress admin, with the status of each transaction
- Real-time callback: the DGFiP servers notify the site as soon as a payment completes
- Built-in test mode, to validate the setup without collecting any money
- Email notification on each accepted payment
- Configurable return pages (success, cancellation, error)
What you need first
This plugin does not create your PayFiP access — it connects to it. You must already hold a régie number (numcli), issued by the DGFiP when your authority signs up for PayFiP. Contact the payment methods correspondent of your regional or departmental public finances directorate to obtain one.
Security
Card details are entered on the DGFiP servers, never on your own site. No card data passes through WordPress or is stored there. When a payment completes, the plugin does not trust the incoming notification: it queries the DGFiP back to obtain the authoritative status.
External service
fr (SOAP). No other external service is contacted, and no data is sent anywhere else. See the PayFiP service terms.
Costs
The plugin is free and we take no commission on your revenue. Be aware, however, that the DGFiP applies a bank commission on card payments, payable by the authority. It applies whatever tool is used to connect your site, and is unrelated to this plugin.
Payments made by direct debit carry no collection fee.
Using WooCommerce?
A separate, paid extension, PayFiP pour WooCommerce, adds PayFiP as a payment method to a WooCommerce checkout. fr and is not required by this plugin, which is fully functional on its own.