WooCommerce
Accept lower fees on your online payments in your WooCommerce store.
About Integration
WooCommerce is the highly customizable, open-source e-commerce platform built on WordPress, enabling merchants to build and manage powerful online stores. The Helcim Commerce plugin connects your store to your Helcim account, allowing you to accept all major credit card payments directly on your website. The plugin uses Helcim.js to securely handle credit card data during checkout, which reduces your PCI compliance scope while giving you access to Helcim’s transparent Interchange Plus processing rates.
Rate comparison
In-Person Payments
1.76% + 8¢ Average
Online Payments
2.39% + 25¢ Average
WooCommerce's processing fees
In-Person Payments
2.7% + $0.30
Online Payments
2.9% + $0.30
Features
Customers can pay using Helcim’s secure hosted fields, creating a clean checkout experience that keeps your store fast and PCI-friendly.
Reduce payment costs with Helcim’s interchange-plus pricing, a lower-cost and more transparent alternative to typical flat-rate ecommerce processors.
Helcim tokenizes payment details so returning customers can check out faster with securely saved cards.
Install the plugin, enter your Helcim API credentials, and start accepting payments within minutes—no complicated development required.
How it works with Helcim
Helcim with WooCommerce integration keeps your checkout fast, secure, and cost-effective. Payments are processed through Helcim’s PCI-compliant payment fields and flow directly into your Helcim dashboard. Only transactions processed via the WooCommerce checkout sync into Helcim, and refunds issued in WooCommerce pass through Helcim. Multi-currency stores must match the currency in your Helcim account to avoid payment errors. Because the integration is payment-focused (not full accounting sync), order management happens in WooCommerce while payment records flow through Helcim for reporting and reconciliation.
Setup
Sign up for a free Helcim account.
In WordPress, go to Plugins, then Add New, search for “Helcim Commerce for WooCommerce,” install and activate the plugin.
In WooCommerce, navigate to Settings then Payments, enable Helcim and enter your Helcim API credentials (found in your Helcim dashboard under Integrations then Helcim.js configuration). After connecting, choose your accepted payment methods and run a test transaction before going live.
FAQs
Yes — processing WooCommerce checkout payments through Helcim uses transparent interchange-plus pricing, which is often lower than typical WooCommerce payments rates.
WooCommerce checkout payments, refunds, and tokenized customer payment details sync through Helcim’s payment system, while order management remains in WooCommerce.
Install the Helcim Commerce for WooCommerce plugin in WordPress, then connect your Helcim API credentials within your WooCommerce payment settings.
No — the plugin is free to use, and you only pay standard Helcim processing fees on your transactions.