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# Receiving PayPal payments on WordPress

> With the WooCommerce extension for WordPress, you can process PayPal payments from your customers. Learn how with our easy step-by-step guide!

This article describes how to set up PayPal payments for a WordPress site using the WooCommerce extension. This configuration enables you to process customer payments securely and help ensure [PCI compliance](/docs/do-you-support-pci-compliance).

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  This article assumes that you have already installed the WooCommerce plugin for WordPress. For information about how to do this, please see [this article](/docs/installing-and-configuring-woocommerce). (For information about how to install WordPress, please see [this article](/docs/wordpress1).)
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## Configuring PayPal payments

After you install the WooCommerce extension, you can configure PayPal payments for your store. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Log in to your WordPress site as the administrator.

2. In the left-hand pane, click **WooCommerce**, and then click **Settings**.

3. Click the **Checkout** tab.

4. Under **Payment Gateways**, locate **PayPal**, and then click **Settings**.

5. Under **Enable/Disable**, confirm that the **Enable PayPal standard** check box is selected.

6. In the **Title** text box, specify the title text you want to appear for the PayPal option during checkout.

7. In the **Description** text box, specify a description to appear when customers select PayPal as their payment method during checkout.

8. Specify the remaining payment, shipping, and gateway testing options, and then click **Save changes**.
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## More information

For general information about PayPal, please visit [https://www.paypal.com](https://www.paypal.com).

## Related articles

* [Installing and configuring WooCommerce](/docs/installing-and-configuring-woocommerce)

* [Do you support PCI compliance?](/docs/do-you-support-pci-compliance)