Title: ChainCheckout – Crypto Payment Gateway
Author: Jetlegz
Published: <strong>August 11, 2026</strong>
Last modified: August 11, 2026

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# ChainCheckout – Crypto Payment Gateway

 By [Jetlegz](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jetlegz/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/chaincheckout.1.0.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/chaincheckout/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/chaincheckout/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/chaincheckout/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/chaincheckout/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/chaincheckout/)

## Description

ChainCheckout is a cryptocurrency payment gateway for WooCommerce that enables merchants
to accept cryptocurrency payments directly into their own wallets without relying
on custodial payment processors or intermediaries.

Unlike traditional crypto payment gateways, ChainCheckout puts you in control by
allowing payments to go straight to your wallet while providing a familiar and seamless
WooCommerce checkout experience for your customers.

#### Why Choose ChainCheckout?

 * **Direct Wallet Payments** — Receive cryptocurrency payments directly into your
   own wallet without third-party custody.
 * **No Middlemen** — No custodial wallets, payment processors, or unnecessary intermediaries
   between you and your funds.
 * **Use Your Own Wallet** — Configure the wallet you already own and control — 
   no need to create or maintain additional accounts.
 * **Choose Your Preferred Cryptocurrency** — Select the supported cryptocurrency
   you want to accept for payments.
 * **Live Exchange Rates** — Payment amounts are calculated using live market exchange
   rates to help customers pay the correct amount.
 * **QR Code Payments** — Customers can quickly scan the generated QR code with 
   their compatible wallet application for a smooth checkout experience.
 * **Native WooCommerce Integration** — Works seamlessly with WooCommerce using 
   the familiar payment gateway interface.
 * **Flexible Configuration** — Configure the gateway to match your business requirements
   with simple, straightforward settings.

#### Key Features

 * Search and select your preferred cryptocurrency from over 18,000 tracked by CoinGecko—
   your choice of one to accept
 * Live exchange rates fetched from CoinGecko (with Coinbase as a fallback), cached
   for 5 minutes to reduce API calls
 * QR code generation with the coin’s logo rendered at the center
 * Optional transaction screenshot upload to speed up manual payment verification
 * Admin dashboard to review, confirm, or reject pending crypto payments
 * Email notifications to both store admin and customer when a payment is submitted
   or its status changes
 * Works with both the classic WooCommerce checkout and the block-based Cart & Checkout
   blocks
 * Compatible with WooCommerce High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS)

#### Perfect For

 * Online stores
 * Digital product sellers
 * Service providers
 * Membership websites
 * Donation websites
 * Freelancers and agencies
 * Businesses accepting cryptocurrency payments

#### How It Works

 1. In WooCommerce  Settings  Payments  ChainCheckout, choose your cryptocurrency and
    enter your wallet address
 2. A customer selects “Pay with Crypto” at checkout and sees a live-converted amount
    with a QR code for your configured coin
 3. They send the payment from their own wallet app and click “I’ve Made the Payment,”
    optionally attaching a screenshot
 4. You get notified by email and review the payment in ChainCheckout  Payments, confirming
    or rejecting it with one click
 5. The customer is notified automatically once you’ve made a decision

#### Third-Party Services Used

This plugin fetches live cryptocurrency exchange rates from two third-party APIs
so that the amount shown to your customers is accurate at the time of checkout:

 * **CoinGecko** (primary) — API documentation: [CoinGecko API](https://www.coingecko.com/en/api).
   Terms of use: [CoinGecko Terms and Conditions](https://www.coingecko.com/en/terms).
 * **Coinbase** (fallback, used only if CoinGecko is unreachable) — API documentation:
   [Coinbase Exchange API docs](https://docs.cloud.coinbase.com/exchange/docs). 
   Terms of use: [Coinbase User Agreement](https://www.coinbase.com/legal/user_agreement).

No personal or order data is sent to either service — only the cryptocurrency symbol
and your store’s currency are used to request a current exchange rate. No account,
registration, or API key is required for either service.

#### Privacy

ChainCheckout communicates with external services only when required to retrieve
live cryptocurrency exchange rates and generate payment information. See our [Privacy Policy](https://jetlegz.com/privacy-policy/)
for details.

#### Documentation

Documentation, setup guides, FAQs, and troubleshooting resources are available at
[jetlegz.com/documentation/chaincheckout](https://jetlegz.com/documentation/chaincheckout/).

#### Support

Need help or have a question? Visit [jetlegz.com/support](https://jetlegz.com/support/)
or contact us at info@jetlegz.com.

## Screenshots

[⌊Configure ChainCheckout directly from WooCommerce.⌉⌊Configure ChainCheckout directly
from WooCommerce.⌉[

Configure ChainCheckout directly from WooCommerce.

[⌊Customers can choose cryptocurrency during checkout.⌉⌊Customers can choose cryptocurrency
during checkout.⌉[

Customers can choose cryptocurrency during checkout.

[⌊Search and pay with 18,000+ cryptocurrencies using live CoinGecko market data.⌉⌊
Search and pay with 18,000+ cryptocurrencies using live CoinGecko market data.⌉[

Search and pay with 18,000+ cryptocurrencies using live CoinGecko market data.

[⌊Monitor and manage incoming crypto payments from the admin panel.⌉⌊Monitor and
manage incoming crypto payments from the admin panel.⌉[

Monitor and manage incoming crypto payments from the admin panel.

[⌊View payment activity and gateway insights from the ChainCheckout dashboard.⌉⌊
View payment activity and gateway insights from the ChainCheckout dashboard.⌉[

View payment activity and gateway insights from the ChainCheckout dashboard.

## Installation

 1. Upload the plugin files to `/wp-content/plugins/chaincheckout`, or install directly
    through the WordPress plugins screen
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress
 3. Go to **WooCommerce  Settings  Payments  ChainCheckout**, choose your cryptocurrency,
    and enter your wallet address
 4. Enable the gateway on that same settings screen
 5. That’s it — the option will now appear at checkout

## FAQ

### Does this plugin process payments automatically?

No. ChainCheckout is a manual-confirmation gateway. Customers send cryptocurrency
directly to your own wallet address, then notify you. You review and confirm the
payment yourself in the ChainCheckout  Payments screen. This plugin does not have
access to your wallet, hold funds, or move cryptocurrency on your behalf at any 
point.

### Do I need an account with ChainCheckout to use this?

No. There is no registration, account, or external dashboard required. You install
the plugin, add your own wallet address, and use it entirely within your own WordPress
admin.

### Where do the exchange rates come from?

Live rates are fetched from CoinGecko’s public API, with Coinbase’s public API used
as a fallback if CoinGecko is unreachable. See the “Third-party services used” section
above for details.

### Which cryptocurrencies are supported?

You can search and select from over 18,000 coins tracked by CoinGecko right on the
settings screen — Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tether (USDT), and thousands more. Only one
cryptocurrency can be active at a time per store.

### Does ChainCheckout verify that my wallet address is valid?

For Bitcoin, Ethereum (and other EVM-compatible chains like BNB Chain and Polygon),
Solana, XRP Ledger, Litecoin, Dogecoin, Cardano, and Tron, ChainCheckout checks 
that the address you enter matches that chain’s format before saving it. For coins
outside these chains, it tells you plainly that it can’t verify the format yet and
asks you to double-check the address yourself — it will never falsely claim an address
is valid.

### Does this work with the new WooCommerce block-based checkout?

Yes. ChainCheckout supports both the classic shortcode-based checkout and the newer
Cart & Checkout blocks.

### Can I accept more than one cryptocurrency?

The free plugin supports one cryptocurrency at a time — you choose which one in 
WooCommerce  Settings  Payments  ChainCheckout. If you need to accept multiple currencies
simultaneously, that’s available in **ChainCheckout Pro**, a separate paid add-on—
see [jetlegz.com/chaincheckout](https://jetlegz.com/chaincheckout/) for details.
Pro also adds automatic on-chain payment detection, SMS notifications, subscription
renewal support, and a branded payment screen.

### Is payment confirmation manual? Can it be automated?

In the free plugin, you confirm payments manually in ChainCheckout  Payments after
a customer notifies you. **ChainCheckout Pro** adds automatic on-chain detection—
it polls the blockchain every 5 minutes and confirms orders automatically when payment
lands in your wallet, with no admin action required.

### Is there a Pro version?

Yes. ChainCheckout Pro is a separate add-on plugin available at [jetlegz.com/chaincheckout](https://jetlegz.com/chaincheckout/).
It requires this free plugin to be installed and active. Pro adds: unlimited multi-
currency support (any CoinGecko coin), on-chain auto-detection, Twilio SMS notifications,
WooCommerce Subscriptions renewal support, and a branded payment page builder.

### Where can I get documentation or support?

Full documentation is available at [jetlegz.com/documentation/chaincheckout](https://jetlegz.com/documentation/chaincheckout/).
For support, visit [jetlegz.com/support](https://jetlegz.com/support/) or use the
Support forum on this plugin’s WordPress.org page.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“ChainCheckout – Crypto Payment Gateway” is open source software. The following 
people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Jetlegz ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jetlegz/)

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### Interested in development?

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## Changelog

#### 1.0.17

 * Rewrote the third-party service links in the “Third-Party Services Used” section
   so link text is a readable label instead of a raw URL, resolving a plugin-review
   URL-validation false positive.
 * Renamed the currency-search transient cache key from `cco_search_` to `chaincheckout_currency_search_`
   for namespace consistency with the rest of the plugin’s options and transients.

#### 1.0.16

 * Corrected an outdated price shown for the Pro Enterprise plan on the “Upgrade
   to Pro” screen, and added the monthly price alongside the annual price (previously
   only annual was shown).

#### 1.0.15

 * Additional output-escaping and coding-standards fixes following a full WordPress.
   org plugin review pass — no functional changes.

#### 1.0.14

 * Hardened input handling and output escaping throughout the admin dashboard, payments
   list, and checkout screens ahead of WordPress.org submission.
 * Fixed a translatable string missing a translators comment, and corrected placeholder
   ordering in a translatable order note.
 * Synced the readme’s stable tag with the plugin version.

#### 1.0.13

 * Admin menu icon color now matches the WordPress admin menu text color for a more
   consistent look.

#### 1.0.12

 * Enlarged the admin menu icon, which was rendering noticeably smaller than other
   menu icons.

#### 1.0.11

 * Fixed the ChainCheckout admin menu icon not appearing at all on hosts with stricter
   security configurations, by loading it as a standard image file instead of inline
   image data.

#### 1.0.10

 * Further fix for the admin menu icon not displaying on some setups.

#### 1.0.9

 * Fixed the ChainCheckout admin menu icon appearing invisible in the WordPress 
   sidebar.

#### 1.0.8

 * Fixed “Creation of dynamic property” deprecation notices on PHP 8.2+ for the 
   gateway’s coin/wallet/metadata properties. On hosts that display PHP notices 
   inline, these were being printed before the coin-search AJAX response and corrupting
   it — which is the most likely cause of the search picker still hanging on “Searching…”
   after the 1.0.7 timeout fix.

#### 1.0.7

 * Fixed the coin search picker getting stuck on “Searching…” indefinitely when 
   the search request hangs (e.g. a host that can’t reach CoinGecko) — the request
   now times out after 15 seconds and shows a clear error instead of hanging forever.
 * Added debug.log entries (when WP_DEBUG_LOG is on) for CoinGecko search failures,
   to make connectivity issues diagnosable.

#### 1.0.6

 * The Cryptocurrency field is now a search picker (powered by CoinGecko) instead
   of a fixed 6-coin dropdown — search any coin by name or symbol, still limited
   to the one wallet the free plugin supports.
 * Fixed live rate pricing and checkout icon/logo not resolving correctly for coins
   selected outside the old fixed list.

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.0**
 *  Last updated **23 hours ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.8 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.0.4**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [bitcoin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/bitcoin/)[crypto](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/crypto/)
   [cryptocurrency](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/cryptocurrency/)[payment gateway](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/payment-gateway/)
   [woocommerce](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/woocommerce/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/chaincheckout/advanced/)

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## Contributors

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