Title: Problem with Checkout button
Last modified: May 1, 2018

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# Problem with Checkout button

 *  Resolved [kj359](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kj359/)
 * (@kj359)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-checkout-button/)
 * Hi guys,
 * I’m setting up a simple shop, offering only downloadable products. I’ll be using
   only PayPal for payments and I have setup PayPal Express plugin and sandbox and
   have been trying all day to resolve the issue. I hope you can help.
    So, there
   are two scenarios to play out:
 * Scenario 1:
    1. You go to the product page and: (a) add the product to the cart
   and use PayPal Express button to pay – this is working fine. (b) add the product
   to the cart and click View Cart, preview the info and again, use the PayPal Express
   button to pay – this is also working fine. Using this payment flow would be ideal.
 * Scenario B: Here’s the problem…
    1. You add product to cart. 2. From the top 
   right drop down icon, you click on Checkout. 3. You’re now on the Checkout page
   that I would like to remove completely. Here, the button Proceed to checkout 
   is not working at all. I simply can’t get it to work. Really not into coding.
   I would like to not direct clients here, because it’s very confusing, even though
   I have added the PayPal Express button on top.
 * So, in Woocommerce > Settings > Checkout — for Checkout Page, I used either Cart
   or the default Shop page. This removed the access to the Checkout page completely,
   but created an entirely new problem. Namely:
 * When the user pays via PayPal Express, he’s redirected to either the Shop or 
   Cart pages and has no way to download the zip archive with the product. While,
   if I leave the Checkout Page set to “Checkout”, after the purchase, the user 
   is able to download the product. It turns out the download section is tied in
   with the Checkout page. Is there a way to separate them or to set it up to work
   with Scenario 1 and the clients to still be redirected to a (custom) page to 
   download the files? I’m open to ideas and suggestions. I’m using the latest version
   of all plugins and themes. I’m running the Uncode theme as well.
 * Best,
    Kamen
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 *  Plugin Support [Hannah S.L.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fernashes/)
 * (@fernashes)
 * Automattic Happiness Engineer
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-checkout-button/#post-10237758)
 * WooCommerce does need that checkout page to work correctly, so I’d look in that
   direction. Instead of disabling the checkout page, it’s better to make sure that
   the checkout flow doesn’t send you to the checkout page.
 * You can remove the “proceed to checkout” link on the checkout page:
    [https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/paypal-express-checkout/#section-10](https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/paypal-express-checkout/#section-10)
 * You can also modify your theme to not show the checkout button at all, though
   that’ll be down to your individual theme.
 *  Thread Starter [kj359](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kj359/)
 * (@kj359)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-checkout-button/#post-10240545)
 * Thank you for the answer. I will try this method and will get back to you.
 *  Plugin Support [Hannah S.L.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fernashes/)
 * (@fernashes)
 * Automattic Happiness Engineer
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-checkout-button/#post-10241641)
 * Perfect – an update would be great when you have one!
 *  Thread Starter [kj359](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kj359/)
 * (@kj359)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-checkout-button/#post-10245834)
 * Got it to work, exactly like you said.
    Thank you.
 *  Plugin Support [Hannah S.L.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fernashes/)
 * (@fernashes)
 * Automattic Happiness Engineer
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-checkout-button/#post-10246270)
 * So glad to hear that helped. 🙂

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 * [checkout](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/checkout/)
 * [paypal express](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/paypal-express/)
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 * Last activity: [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-checkout-button/#post-10246270)
 * Status: resolved