PayPal Standard support

Hello,

We understand what you are saying, as you mentioned it is disabled for new installs, please refer to:

https://developer.woocommerce.com/2021/07/12/developer-advisory-paypal-standard-will-be-hidden-on-new-installs/

How long this payment method will be supported for the existing shops?

There is a backward compatibility code, you can use:

add_filter( 
'woocommerce_should_load_paypal_standard', 
'__return_true' );

It is highly recommended to use a plugin like Code Snippets to add custom PHP code into your site without directly accessing the functions.php file. Here is an article that explains how to use the Code Snippets plugin.

Moreover, there are other PayPal plugins that might help you out.

I hope this provides clarity.

• This reply was modified 3 years, 1 month ago by Igor H.

Hi @ihereira,

Thank you for your reply. In fact I have a shop where PayPal Standard is active and in use, but I would like to know if there is a risk that this payment gateway will be disabled in WooCommerce core in a predictable future. Or it is just disabled to make wider use of the WooCommerce PayPal Payments plugin?

Hi @dziudek

I would like to know if there is a risk that this payment gateway will be disabled in WooCommerce core in a predictable future

I understand your concern. There are no announcements about disabling it. Please rest assured that it won’t be disabled till its alternative is equally competent.

to make wider use of the WooCommerce PayPal Payments plugin

Yes, exactly.

There is no action required for the sites already using the PayPal Standard gateway.

I hope this clarifies.

You can keep a tab on this page for any future updates in this regard: https://developer.woocommerce.com/2021/07/12/developer-advisory-paypal-standard-will-be-hidden-on-new-installs/

Thanks

This thread has been inactive for a bit, so I’m going to mark it as resolved.

Please feel free to open a new thread if you have any further questions.