How To Connect WooCommerce with Square

How To Connect WooCommerce with Square

WooCommerce Square is a popular payment gateway for business organizations that attract both online and point-of-sale purchases. Square is often used with mobile devices like tablets and smartphones for remote transactions. By using this free woocommerce plugin you can expand your in-store business to online sales easily. Square payments are only available in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Japan or the UK.

WooCommerce Square Installation Requirements

  • WooCommerce 2.6.o or higher version
  • PHP version 5.3 or above
  • WordPress version 4.4 or above
  • cURL installed on server
  • Square account
  • SSL certificate
  • And of course the location set in your square account

Create a Square account

To create a square account:

  • Go to squareup.com/signup
  • Enter your mail address and confirm the same mail
  • Create a password
  • Enter a business location
  • And finally continue to complete the account creation process.

WooCommerce Square Sign up

Please keep in mind to stay logged into Square during setup of your WooCommerce Square plugin.

Installation

  • Download the installation .zip file from your WooCommerce account.
  • Now log into your WordPress site and navigate to WordPress Admin > Plugins > Add New to upload the file you downloade using Choose File option.
  • And Activate the extension.

Setup and Configuration

After installation complete, you have to setup and configure WooCommerce Square account.

General Settings

  • Go to WooCommerce > Settings > General.WooCommerce Square general settings
  • Enter your Address according to the above screenshot. You must have to use supported countries that mentioned in the first para.
  • Now Save the Changes.

Connecting WooCommerce Square

  • After complete the general settings, go to WooCommerce > Settings > Integration > Square.

Connect WooCommerce Square

  • Connect with square like the above screenshot.
  • Log into your square account (Assume that you are already logged in)
  • You will be prompted to Verify identity of your site/store with That’s My Site – Redirect Me option.

Woo Square Authentication

After verification you will be returned to Square settings.

Square Settings

This settings option will be found at WooCommerce > Settings > Integration.

  • Select the Connect/Disconnect button to Disconnect from Square(if are connected)

Woo square integration settings

  • Select a Business Location from the drop down menu. It will be entered and pulled from your Square account.
  • Enter your email address in Notification Email box.
  • Put a tick on Log debug message option. You can view logs at: WooCommerce > Status > Logs and select the log that starts with woocommerce_square_sync.

Synchronization Settings

woo square sync settings

  • Put a tick on Enabled Products checkbox for products synchronization.
  • To sync your product categories put tick on Sync Categories check box.
  • Tick on Sync Inventory check box to sync your product inventory .
  • To sync your product images tick on Sync Images check box.
  • To auto-sync Square to WooCommerce click on Enable check box.
  • There is a choice to Initiate a Manual Sync.
  • Now Save changes.

Square Payment Gateway Settings

Square enabled

For payment gateway settings:

  • Go to WooCommerce > Settings > Payments.
  • Use the toggle option under Enabled to select Square.
  • Now Click on Set up.

Square setup

  • Tick the checkbox to Enable/Disable Square as the Payment option.
  • Now enter a Title.
  • Enter a Description.
  • An optional field Delay Capture to pre-authorize a charge and not capture it until later.
  • Create Customer (optional).
  • Put Tick on the Log Debug Messages checkbox.
  • Now Save Changes.

Customers will see the payment option as like the following.

Square at Check out

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