A WordPress plugin and widget that lets you accept bitcoin on your site!
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Generate an API key with the 'user' and 'merchant' permissions at https://coinbase.com/settings/api. For security reasons, please do not grant any other permissions to this key. If you don't have a Coinbase account, sign up at https://coinbase.com/merchants. Coinbase offers daily payouts for merchants in the United States. For more infomation on setting up payouts, see https://coinbase.com/docs/merchant_tools/payouts.
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Visit your WordPress site, then click "Plugins", and search for "coinbase"
- Go to "Settings" -> "Coinbase", and enter the credentials obtained in step 1.
- Now that the widget is enabled you can add a bitcoin payment button anywhere on your blog using one of two methods:
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a “short code” that looks like this:
[coinbase_button name=”Alpaca Socks” price_string=”10.00” price_currency_iso=”CAD”]
You can add any customizable values as described in our documentation. This works on any page or location of your site.
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a WordPress “widget” that appears in the right sidebar of your app.