WooCommerce PayPal Checkout Payment Gateway

2.1.3 – 2021-09-16

• Tweak – Remove broken URL from plugin headers. PR#887
• Tweak – Update notice on plugins page about support and EOL. PR#886

2.1.2 – 2021-06-28

• Fix – Prevent fatal error when a line item isn’t a WC_Product instance. PR#872
• Fix – [WC Subscriptions] Update the shipping packages address using a dynamic key rather than assuming a 0 index. PR#871
• New – Allow hiding of funding methods MercadoPago and BLIK. PR#870
• Tweak – Make labels/descriptions more consistent on the settings screen. PR#771
• Tweak – Make WooCommerce 3.2.0 explicit. PR#868
• Dev – Add hooks to alter names and descriptions of line items sent to PayPal. PR#869
• Fix – Create session cookie only when needed. PR#793, PR#845.
• Tweak – Mark as compatible with latest WordPress and WooCommerce. PR#867
• Fix – Replace jQuery 3.x deprecated functions. PR#852
• Fix – Honor shape settings when rendering buttons for alternative funding sources. PR#844
• New – Add notice on plugins page to upgrade to PayPal Payments. PR#866

2.1.1 – 2020-11-24

• Fix – Update the bundle.pem file to use the certificates from PayPal. PR#822
• Tweak – PHP 8.0 compatibility. PR#837

2.1.0 – 2020-10-06

• New – Add support for PayPal Credit messaging. PR#810
• Fix – Hide the “Pay Later” funding method when “PayPal Credit” is disabled. PR#811
• Fix – Display correct image size in the PayPal Checkout window. PR#779

2.0.3 – 2020-07-01

• Fix – Records the proper refunded_amount to _woo_pp_txnData in the database PR#764
• Fix – Redirect customers back to the original page they left on after closing PayPal modal PR#765
• Fix – Preserve horizontal layout style setting when using standalone buttons PR#774
• Fix – Smart payment buttons compatibility with older browsers PR#778
• Tweak – Update the Require Phone Number field description PR#772
• Dev – Make the SDK script args filterable PR#763

2.0.2 – 2020-05-28

• Fix – Javascript errors during checkout when the Payment Action is set to Authorize. PR#754
• Fix – Style the Smart Payment Buttons according to the chosen button size setting. PR#753
• Tweak – Change the “or” separator used on the cart page to be consistent with other payment gateways (uppercase and 100% opacity). PR#755

2.0.1 – 2020-05-26

• Fix – PayPal buttons not loading on the page, accompanied with the javascript/console error: “paypal.getFundingSources (or paypal.Buttons) is not a function”. PR#740

2.0.0 – 2020-05-25

• New – Upgrade to the latest PayPal Checkout Javascript SDK. PR#668
• Add – New setting found under Button Styles for choosing a Smart Payment Button label. PR#666
• Add – Support for more locales. PR#658
• Fix – Display Smart Payment Buttons on Product pages built from a shortcode. PR#665
• Fix – Send the product SKU to PayPal so it’s displayed in the order/transaction details and reports on PayPal. PR#664
• Fix – Show an error when saving incomplete/missing API credentials. PR#712
• Fix – Remove PHP warnings in later versions of PHP when a PayPal Session doesn’t exist. PR#727
• Fix – Error when processing refunds (Already Refunded. No Amount to Refund). PR#710
• Fix – Required state field errors on the “Confirm your PayPal Order” page when returning from PayPal. PR#725
• Fix – Display WC Add To Cart validation errors on the product page when clicking the PayPal Smart Payment Buttons. PR#707
• Update – Smart Payment Buttons are enabled by default and settings to toggle these on/off have been removed and replaced with a filter. PR#660
• Update – Deprecate unused/incomplete function WC_Gateway_PPEC_Client::update_billing_agreement(). PR#602
• Update – Move inline javascript found in settings-ppec.php to ppec-settings.js. PR#676
• Update – Move Support and Documentation links from the plugin actions to plugin meta section on the Plugin activation/deactivation page. PR#735
• Update – WooCommerce 4.1 and WordPress 5.4 compatibility. PR#732

1.6.21 – 2020-04-14

• Fix – Ensure Puerto Rico and supported Locales are eligible for PayPal Credit. PR#693
• Fix – Support purchasing subscriptions with $0 initial payment – free trials, synced etc. PR#698
• Fix – Only make the billing fields optional during an active PayPal Checkout session. PR#697
• Fix – Uncaught JS errors on product page when viewing and out-of-stock product. PR#704
• Fix – Loading API certificates and improves managing certificate settings. PR#696
• Fix – Displaying PayPal Smart Payment buttons on pages with single product shortcode. PR#665
• Fix – Do not add discounts to total item amount and cause line item amount offset. PR#677
• Fix – Redirect to Confirm your PayPal Order page for subscriptions initial purchases using PayPal Smart Buttons. PR#702
• Fix – Display missing checkout notice when email format is incorrect. PR#708
• Add – Filter product form validity via a new wc_ppec_validate_product_form event. PR#695
• Add – Translation tables for states of more countries. PR#659
• Update – WooCommerce 4.0 compatibility

1.6.20 – 2020-02-18

• Fix – Upgrade the plugin on plugins loaded rather than on plugin init. PR#682

1.6.19 – 2020-02-06

• Fix – Check if order exists before adding order actions. PR #653
• Fix – Global attributes stripped before sent to PayPal if unicode characters. PR#470
• Fix – Handle subscription payment change. PR#640
• Fix – Fixes error “Trying to get property of non-object” found during onboarding wizard. PR#654
• Fix – Hide smart payment buttons on mini cart when cart is empty. PR#450
• Fix – Only display smart buttons on product page if product is in stock. PR#662
• Fix – Do not display smart buttons for external products and grouped products. PR#663
• Update – Display a WooCommerce pre 3.0 admin notice warning. In an upcoming release PayPal Checkout will drop support for WC 2.6 and below. PR#671

1.6.18 – 2019-12-05

• Fix – Send fees to PayPal as line items
• Fix – Fix error 10426 when coupons are used
• Fix – Call to a member function has_session() on null
• Add – Notice about legacy payment buttons deprecation
• Fix – Use order currency when renewing subscription instead of store currency
• Update – WooCommerce 3.8 compatibility
• Update – WordPress 5.3 compatibility

1.6.17 – 2019-08-08

• Update – WooCommerce 3.7 compatibility
• Add – Filter to require display of billing agreement during checkout
• Add – Add CURRENCYCODE to capture_payment
• Add – Add filter for buttons on products
• Fix – Skip wasteful render on initial Checkout page load
• Fix – Appearance tweaks on Checkout screen

1.6.16 – 2019-07-18

• Fix – Don’t require address for renewal of virtual subscriptions
• Fix – Avoid broken confirmation screen edge case after 10486 redirect

1.6.15 – 2019-06-19

• Fix – Prevent PHP errors when no billing details are present in PP response
• Fix – Require billing address for virtual products when enabled
• Add – Hook when a payment error occurs

1.6.14 – 2019-05-08

• Fix – Failing checkout when no addons are used

1.6.12 – 2019-05-08

• Fix – Better handling of virtual subscriptions when billing address is not required
• Fix – Prevent errors showing when purchasing a virtual product with WP_DEBUG enabled

1.6.11 – 2019-04-17

• Fix/Performance – Prevent db option updates during bootstrap on each page load
• Tweak = WC 3.6 compatibiliy.

1.6.10 – 2019-03-05

• Fix – Use only product attributes when adding to cart

1.6.9 – 2019-02-03

• Fix – Avoid SPB render error by tweaking ‘allowed’ funding methods’ empty value

1.6.8 – 2019-01-25

• Fix – Guard against themes applying filter with too few params

1.6.7 – 2019-01-25

• Fix – Error 10413 when using coupons
• Fix: All variation details when using buttons on product pages are kept
• Fix: Always render the PayPal buttons in the mini cart

1.6.6 – 2019-01-09

• Fix – Discount items were not being included
• Add – Filter for order details to accept decimal quantities of products
• Fix – Unable to buy variation from product page
• Fix – Can use PayPal from product page without inputting required fields
• Add – Display PayPal fees under the totals on the order admin page
• Add – Prefill name, phone, and email info in PayPal Guest Checkout from checkout screen

1.6.5 – 2018-10-31

• Fix – Truncate the line item descriptions to avoid exceeding PayPal character limits.
• Update – WC 3.5 compatibility.
• Fix – checkout.js script loading when not needed.
• Fix – Missing shipping total and address when starting from checkout page.

1.6.4 – 2018-09-27

• Fix – Billing address from Checkout form not being passed to PayPal via Smart Payment Button.
• Fix – Checkout form not being validated until after Smart Payment Button payment flow.

1.6.3 – 2018-08-15

• Fix – Fatal error caused by a fix for Smart Payment Buttons.

1.6.2 – 2018-08-15

• Fix – Tax not applied on the (Confirm your PayPal order) page at the checkout.

1.6.1 – 2018-07-04

• Fix – GDPR Fatal error exporting user data when they have PPEC subscriptions.
• Fix – PayPal Credit still being disabled by default.
• Update – Rename ‘PayPal Express Checkout’ to ‘PayPal Checkout’.
• Fix – Missing PayPal branding in “Buy Now” Smart Payment Button.
• Fix – PHP warning when PayPal Credit not supported and no funding methods hidden.
• Fix – Smart Payment Buttons gateway not inheriting IPN and subscription handling.
• Fix – Single product Smart Payment Button failing without existing session.
• Fix – When cart is empty, JS error on cart page and mini-cart payment buttons showing.
• Add – Locale filter.

1.6.0 – 2018-06-27

• Add – Smart Payment Buttons mode as alternative to directly embedded image links for all instances of PayPal button.
• Fix – Help tip alignment for image settings.
• Update – Enable PayPal Credit by default, and restrict its support by currency.
• Update – Omit ‘Express Checkout’ portion of default payment method title.
• Update – Enable Express Checkout on regular checkout page by default.
• Update – Enable Express Checkout on single product page by default.

1.5.6 – 2018-06-06

• Fix – Virtual products cause issues with billing details validation.

1.5.5 – 2018-05-23

• Update – WC 3.4 compatibility
• Update – Privacy policy notification.
• Update – Export/erasure hooks added.

1.5.4 – 2018-05-08

• Add – Hook to make billing address not required woocommerce_paypal_express_checkout_address_not_required (bool).
• Fix – Duplicate checkout settings when PP Credit option is enabled.
• Fix – Impossible to open API credentials after saving Settings.
• Fix – Prevent filtering if PPEC is not enabled.
• Fix – Single Product checkout: Quantity being duplicated due to multiple AJAX calls.
• Fix – When returning from PayPal, place order buttons says “proceed to payment”.
• Tweak – Default billing address to be required.

1.5.3 – 2018-03-28

• Fix – wp_enqueue_media was not correctly loaded causing weird behavior with other parts of system wanting to use it.
• Fix – Typo in activation hook.

1.5.2 – 2018-02-20

• Tweak – Express checkout shouldn’t display “Review your order before the payment”.
• Fix – Compatibility with Subscriptions and Checkout from Single Product page.
• Fix – Make sure session object exists before use to prevent fatal error.

See changelog for all versions.