VCS Virtual Terminal – Direct for WooCommerce is a payment gateway that connects via the “Host-to-Host” method, allowing you to capture credit card details and submit to VCS for processing. Note that 3D Secure is not supported when processing transactions in this way.
Note: This product has been retired and is not for sale. Documentation is no longer being updated.
Requirements
↑ Back to top- An active VCS Virtual Terminal account from www.vcs.co.za
- An SSL certificate
- South African Rand set as your store currency
- VCS must enable hash checking
Installation
↑ Back to top- Download the .zip file from your WooCommerce account.
- Go to: WordPress Admin > Plugins > Add New and Upload Plugin with the file you downloaded with Choose File.
- Install Now and Activate the extension.
Setup and Configuration
↑ Back to top- Go to: WooCommerce > Settings > Checkout > VCS – Direct.
- Select and enter your options:
- The “Title” option allows you to determine what your customers will see this payment option displayed as. You might choose this to be something like “Pay by Credit Card”.
- Tick “Enable VCS Direct”.
- Leave the default “VCS Host-to-host URL” URL value.
- Input your Terminal ID supplied by VCS into the “Merchant Identity” field.
- Input your “Personal Authentication Message” (PAM) as per your VCS virtual terminal setting into the “Merchant PAM” field.
- For debugging purposes you have the option of checking “Enable logging”
- Save changes.