Lightrail for WooCommerce allows Lightrail’s Gift Cards to be redeemed in your WooCommerce checkout. You can view and track Gift Card redemptions and also issue Gift Card refunds from your WooCommerce dashboard.
Lightrail is a modern platform for digital account credits, Gift Cards, Promotions, and Points—made for customer acquisition and retention.
To learn more, visit
Lightrail.
Dependencies
This requires the following dependencies.
- PHP 7.0 or later.
- Wordpress 4.7, or later.
- WooCommerce 3.0, or later.
In order for this plugin to work, the WooComerce wordpress plugin must be installed and activated.
Install and activate the plugin
Option 1 - Install automatically through your WordPress dashboard:
- Go to
Plugins
> Add new
and use the search field to search for Lightrail for WooCommerce
- Click
Install Now
and then Activate
Option 2 - Upload the plugin file:
- In your WordPress dashboard, go to
Plugins
> Add new
> Upload Plugin
.
- Click
Choose File
, select the plugin zip
, and click Install Now
.
- Click
Activate Plugin
when prompted.
Option 3 - By SFTP:
- Copy the
woocommerce-lightrail
folder into the wp-content/plugins
directory of your Wordpress instance.
- Activate the plugin through the
Plugins
menu in WordPress.
Set Up Lightrail Payment Gateway
In order to connect with the Lightrail API, the plugin needs valid Lightrail API keys. You can generate API keys in your
Lightrail dashboard: click your user badge in the top right corner, go to
Account Settings
, and then click on
API Keys
.
Once you have created an API key, enter it in the Lightrail for WooCommerce settings page. The settings are in the
WooCommerce
>
Settings
>
Checkout
tab where you can scroll down to the bottom of the page under
Payment Gateways
and find
Gift Code
by Lightrail.
Alternatively, you can directly go to the settings page by clicking on the
Settings
link under Lightrail for WooCommerce plugin name on Wordpress
Plugins
page.