How to Add/Create a Subscription Button for Recurring Payment

Configuring a Subscription button for recurring payment and adding it to a post or page is very easy using the WP eStore plugin.

Creating A PayPal Subscription Button

Follow the steps below to create a subscription product/button in eStore plugin:

Step 1: Click on the “Add/Edit Products” menu in your WP eStore admin area to create a new product.

Step 2: Fill in the product details as you see fit. You can enter a descriptive price in the “Price” field of a subscription product. Example values:

• 29 USD Per Month
• 47 USD for 3 Installments
• 7 Days Trial Then 19 USD Per Month

Step 3: Go to the “Subscription/Recurring Payment Specific Settings” section of this product and enter the subscription details correctly. Save the product when you are done.

Step 4: Type the following shortcode to display a subscription button for this product on a WordPress post or page.

[wp_eStore_subscribe_button id="15"]

Replace ‘PRODUCT-ID’ with the actual id of the product (example: 15)

Example Subscription Button

The following Subscription button charges the customer $29.95 USD for the first 7 days Then $49.95 USD for each month, for 6 installments.

You can also display the subscription button using one of the fancy displays like the following:

Test Membership Subscription

Subscription button that charges the customer $29.95 USD for the first 7 days Then $49.95 USD for each month, for 6 installments

Price: $29.95

Feel free to hit the subscription button to see how it works.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Can I customize the button image? – Yes, simply specify your custom button image URL in the “Button Image URL” field when configuring the product.
• Can I display a subscription button using one of the fancy displays? – Yes, please check the shortcodes documentation to find a suitable shortcode.
• Can the subscription be added to the shopping cart? – No, please see the “Notes” section at the bottom of this page for detailed explanation.

Example Values for a Subscription Button

Here are some examples showing you what values to use to create a subscription button

Example 1: To create a subscription button  that charges $27.00 USD for each month until canceled use the following values:

Trial Billing Amount -> (leave empty)
Trial Billing Period -> (leave empty)
Recurring Billing Amount -> 27.00
Recurring Billing Cycle -> 1 Month
Recurring Billing Count -> (leave empty)

Example 2: To create a subscription button  that charges $29.95 USD for the first 7 days Then $49.95 USD for each month, for 6 installments use the following values:

Trial Billing Amount -> 29.95
Trial Billing Period -> 7 days
Recurring Billing Amount -> 49.95
Recurring Billing Cycle -> 1 Month
Recurring Billing Count -> 6

How to Test A Subscription Payment

• Please read this post before you test a subscription payment button.

Note:

Please note that the subscription payment cannot be added to the shopping cart. Why? because PayPal handles subscription payments through a different API than the normal one (Subscription payments are usually complex). How do you process two of the following payments together when you checkout using the shopping cart?

• Charge the customer $29.95 USD for the first 7 days Then $49.95 USD for each month
• Charge the customer $49.95 USD for the first 14 days Then $19.95 USD for each month, for 6 installments.

Also, PayPal will not process multiple subscriptions through the cart checkout API so if a customer added 5 subscriptions to the cart and then tried to checkout it will get stuck.