MemberPress simplifies registration and subscription payments by offering several payment options. It collects offline payments and integrates with Stripe, PayPal, Square, and Authorize.net for online payments.
This document explains how MemberPress payment gateways work and how MemberPress processes payments.
Passerelles de paiement MemberPress
When you enable a payment gateway in MemberPress settings, it adds a payment option to your registration pages.

You can offer one or several payment methods, supporting both offline and online payments.
Si vous activez la fonction MemberPress shopping cart, the cart checkout uses the same gateways. Each gateway has an Enable for cart option, disabled by default. The cart checkout supports Stripe and offline payments only. PayPal, Square, and Authorize.net work on registration pages only.
Paiements en ligne ou hors ligne
Offline payments are not collected on your website. Members pay by bank transfer or another method outside the site. When a member chooses an offline payment method, MemberPress creates a transaction and marks it as pending. You update its status manually once the payment arrives in your bank account.
Online payments are processed instantly by payment processors like Stripe, PayPal, or Square. Payment processors act as intermediaries that let merchants charge credit cards. During registration, MemberPress sends the user to a secure payment form provided by the processor. Once the payment completes, MemberPress creates and updates the transaction automatically. It activates or deactivates the subscription based on the payment status.
Payment forms appear either on a separate page or embedded in the registration page. Either way, the payment processor hosts them. Users submit their card details to the processor, never to your website.
Mise en place des modes de paiement
To accept payments, configure a payment method for each gateway:
- Naviguez jusqu'à Tableau de bord > MemberPress > Paramètres > Paiements tabulation.
- Cliquez sur Ajouter un mode de paiement au bas de la page.

- Nom le mode de paiement. Ce label apparaît sur les pages d'enregistrement.
- Choose whether to display the Étiquette de paiement, Icôneou Description pour ce mode de paiement sur les pages d'inscription.
- Sélectionner un Passerelle pour ce mode de paiement. Pour les paiements hors ligne, sélectionnez Paiement hors ligne et configurer la passerelle de paiement hors ligne.
- For online payments, connect the payment method to a processor. Choose between Rayure, PayPal Paiements complets, Carréet Authorize.net. The dropdown also offers PayPal Standard (Legacy) for older setups. Each online gateway has its own settings and limitations.

- Cliquez sur le bouton Options de mise à jour pour enregistrer les modifications.
Traitement des paiements en ligne
Online and offline payments follow different processes. Online payments require communication between MemberPress and the connected payment processor.
The process also differs for one-time and recurring subscriptions.
Abonnements uniques
For one-time subscriptions, the processor handles the payment in the following steps:
- On registration, MemberPress sends the membership terms and user data to the processor.
- The processor collects the card details securely and processes the payment.
- The processor returns the transaction data to MemberPress.
- MemberPress uses the received data to create the transaction sur votre site web.
- The one-time subscription becomes active. It expires when the transaction on your website expires.
Abonnements récurrents
Recurring subscriptions add a few steps:
- On registration, MemberPress sends the transaction data and also creates a subscription on the payment processor.
- The processor collects the payment details, processes the payment, and returns the data to MemberPress.
- MemberPress creates the transaction and the abonnement sur votre site web.
- MemberPress links the transaction to the subscription.
- The recurring subscription becomes active. When the current transaction expires, the subscription renews.
On renewal dates, the processor charges the user automatically based on the subscription created at registration. When MemberPress receives the renewal data, it adds a new transaction to the existing subscription. The new transaction extends the subscription by one period.
The processor keeps renewing the subscription until a member or an administrator cancels it in MemberPress. Canceling in MemberPress tells the processor to stop renewals.
Traitement des paiements hors ligne
Offline payments are simpler to process because no external service is involved. On the other hand, you manage them manually.
The process depends on your offline gateway settings. The L'administrateur doit compléter manuellement les transactions option is on the Paiements onglet à Tableau de bord > MemberPress > Paramètres. By default, this option is disabled.
With the option disabled, new transactions get the Compléter status. The subscriptions become active at once.
This means members gain access to protected content before you confirm the payment.
Compléter manuellement les paiements hors ligne
The recommended setup enables the L'administrateur doit compléter manuellement les transactions option. New transactions then get the En attente status, and their subscriptions stay inactive.
You update the transaction status manually after confirming the payment. When a user chooses the offline payment method, the process includes the following steps:
- MemberPress creates a transaction with the En attente status on your website.
- For recurring subscriptions, MemberPress also creates the related subscription.
- You collect the offline payment from the user (for example, by bank transfer). This includes sending a (proforma) invoice if your country requires it.
- Once the payment arrives, navigate to Tableau de bord > MemberPress > Transactions and find the user’s transaction.
- Cliquez sur le bouton En attente status under the Statut column to open the dropdown.
- Change the status to Compléteret cliquez sur Économiser.
As a result, the subscription becomes active, and the user gains access to the protected content.
For recurring subscriptions, MemberPress does not create new transactions on renewals. For each renewal, collect the offline payment first. Then add the new transaction manually to the existing subscription.
