WPRentals supports payments for listing submission and booking payments. Payments are collected by the site administrator account.
What Payments Can Be Used For
WPRentals can use supported payment merchants for these purposes:
1. Submit Listings via Membership
Users can buy a membership package to submit listings.
2. Submit Listings via Paid Submission
Users can pay a one-time fee to submit listings.
3. Pay Admin Deposit / Service Fee for Each Booking
Guests can pay the booking deposit or admin service fee through the payment system.
How to Work with Deposit and Service Fees
Theme-Included Merchants
WPRentals includes these payment methods in Theme Options:
- PayPal
- Stripe
- Wire Transfer
These payment methods can be used for:
- Membership Submission
- Paid Submission
- Booking deposit / admin service fee payments
WooCommerce-Supported Merchants
WPRentals can also process payments through WooCommerce checkout.
This is useful when you want to use a payment gateway that is not included natively in WPRentals Theme Options.
With the WooCommerce payment option, you can search the WooCommerce marketplace or WordPress plugin repository for a payment gateway that supports regular WooCommerce checkout.
WooCommerce extensions marketplace
The WooCommerce payment option can be used for:
- Paid Submission
- Membership Submission, but not recurring membership payments
- Booking deposit / admin service fee payments
How to enable WooCommerce payments in WPRentals
Example: Square Payments
WPRentals does not include Square as a native payment gateway in Theme Options.
However, Square may be used through WooCommerce if payments are processed through WooCommerce checkout and the Square gateway is configured correctly in WooCommerce.
Official WooCommerce Square extension:
WPRentals WooCommerce payment setup:
How to enable WooCommerce payments in WPRentals
Important Notes
- Payments always go to the site administrator payment account.
- WPRentals does not split payments between owner and admin automatically.
- WooCommerce gateways are managed from WooCommerce settings, not from WPRentals Theme Options.
- Each WooCommerce payment gateway has its own setup steps, requirements, supported countries, and documentation.
- Third-party payment gateway configuration and troubleshooting must be checked with the gateway provider or WooCommerce support.
- Recurring membership payments are not supported through the WooCommerce payment option.