What FaltaPay needs before you install it
- WordPress 5.6 or later.
- PHP 7.4 or later.
- A merchant account with HyperPay or Tap Payments. You can start with a test/sandbox account; you do not need live credentials to install and explore the plugin.
- At least one of the plugins FaltaPay connects to: WooCommerce, ProfilePress, MemberPress, Paid Memberships Pro, LifterLMS, Tutor LMS or GiveWP. FaltaPay adds a payment option inside these plugins, so it needs one of them already active to be useful.
FaltaPay is sold directly by The Falta as a single paid plugin. It is not listed on WordPress.org, so you will not find it by searching Plugins > Add New in your dashboard. You install it from the zip file you receive after purchase.
Install the plugin
- Download the FaltaPay zip file from your purchase confirmation or your account on thefalta.com.
- In your WordPress dashboard, go to Plugins > Add New Plugin, then click Upload Plugin at the top of the screen.
- Choose the zip file and click Install Now.
- Click Activate Plugin once the install finishes.
The plugin folder is named faltapay-pro once installed, even though the product is called FaltaPay. This is expected and is how the licensed build is packaged; it does not mean you installed the wrong file.
Connect your licence
The first time FaltaPay runs, it asks you to connect the plugin before you can use it. This is handled by Freemius, the licensing service FaltaPay uses for updates and support. Enter the licence key from your purchase email and confirm the connection. You cannot skip this step, because FaltaPay has no free tier to fall back to.
If you activate the plugin without a licence key to hand, you can still explore the settings screens, but see Manage your account and licence for what stays locked until you activate one.
Where FaltaPay’s settings live
Activating FaltaPay adds a FaltaPay item near the bottom of your WordPress admin menu, with three submenus:
- Settings, where you choose a payment gateway and enter its credentials.
- Integrations, where you turn FaltaPay on for each plugin it supports.
- Logs, where API requests and errors are recorded.
Freemius adds two further items to the same menu once your licence is connected: Account, for managing your licence, and Pricing, for upgrades.
On a fresh install, activating the plugin takes you straight to the guided setup wizard instead of the Settings screen. The wizard walks through choosing a gateway, choosing which plugins to sell through, and entering credentials, in that order. You can leave at any point with Skip & configure later and pick up from FaltaPay > Settings instead; nothing you enter in the wizard is lost if you leave partway through.
Next step
Once the plugin is active, set up your payment gateway: see Configure FaltaPay with HyperPay or Tap.