PayNow Payment WordPress Plugin

About Paynow

Paynow is a Zimbabwean payment gateway supporting mobile money (EcoCash) and card payments.

What Paynow supports

EcoCash, OneMoney, ZIPIT and cards for Zimbabwe via Paynow (Webdev).

• Payment methods: EcoCash, OneMoney, cards
• Where it works: Zimbabwe
• Billing: one-off payments
• Price: free for every PremiumPress member

Setting up Paynow in PremiumPress

Activate the free plugin, then open your theme’s payment settings and add your Paynow credentials:

• Integration ID — Paynow → Account → Integrations → your integration. Use a Test integration while trying it out.
• Integration key — The key paired with the Integration ID; used to sign and verify the SHA-512 hash.
• Result URL — Paynow posts the final status here (server-to-server). This is set automatically on each transaction.

Amounts are sent in USD/ZWL major units (2 dp). Use a Test integration for sandbox payments. One-time payments only. The plugin requires PremiumPress 12.

Paynow plugin FAQ

What do I need to set up Paynow in WordPress?

You'll need a Paynow account and its Integration ID, Integration key and Result URL, which you enter in your PremiumPress theme's payment settings. The plugin itself is free for members.

Does Paynow support recurring subscriptions?

Paynow handles one-off payments in PremiumPress. If you need recurring billing, choose a gateway shown under the Subscriptions filter on the plugins page.

How does the Paynow checkout work?

Real one-time payments via the Paynow web redirect, with SHA-512 hash signing, authoritative poll-URL verification and a signed result listener.