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LA Course Commerce

Adds a purchasable price field to a Custom Post Type and lets visitors buy the CPT item through the WooCommerce checkout and PayPal payment flow.

by Tabi Idris · github.com/drizy/la-course-purchase · website

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Install

No release zip yet. The repository archive installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow:

wp plugin install https://github.com/drizy/la-course-purchase/archive/refs/heads/main.zip

Readme

=== LA Course Commerce === Contributors: la Tags: woocommerce, cpt, paypal, checkout, custom post type, ecommerce Requires at least: 6.0 Tested up to: 6.7 Requires PHP: 7.4 Stable tag: 1.0.0 License: GPLv2 or later License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Adds a purchasable price field to a custom post type and lets visitors buy the item through the native WooCommerce checkout and PayPal payment flow.

== Description ==

LA Course Commerce connects a WordPress Custom Post Type (CPT) to the WooCommerce checkout. Perfect for selling courses, training sessions or consulting packages that are already published as CPT entries.

  • Adds a price field to your chosen CPT (native WordPress meta box).
  • Turns any button on the CPT single page into a purchase button without editing theme templates.
  • Adds the item to the WooCommerce cart dynamically and redirects to checkout. No custom cart system is used — WooCommerce is the engine.
  • Works with the PayPal Payments gateway (WooCommerce PayPal Payments or the legacy PayPal Standard gateway) and shows guidance when PayPal is not configured.
  • Keeps a reference to the bought CPT entry on the order and each order line item for reconciliation.
  • Prices are always read from server-side post meta, so visitors cannot manipulate the amount.

== Installation ==

  1. Upload the la-course-commerce folder to /wp-content/plugins/ or install via Plugins → Add New.
  2. Activate the plugin. WooCommerce must be installed and active.
  3. Go to WooCommerce → Course Purchases.
  4. Select the CPT you want to make purchasable (e.g. course) and confirm the price meta key (default _la_price).
  5. On the CPT edit screen, set the price of each item in the Purchase price meta box.
  6. Add the purchase-button class (default .la-buy-now) to your existing "Sign Up Now" button. With Elementor: edit the button → Advanced → CSS Classes → enter la-buy-now.
  7. Enable PayPal under WooCommerce → Settings → Payments.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Does the plugin create WooCommerce products for every CPT item? =

No. A single hidden "Course Registration" product is used as a cart vehicle. Each cart line records the CPT reference, and the price is re-read from the CPT post meta on every cart calculation.

= What if my checkout page does not exist? =

Enable "Auto-create checkout page" in the settings. A page containing the [woocommerce_checkout] shortcode is created and assigned to WooCommerce.

= How is the purchase price protected from manipulation? =

The price is never taken from the browser. The AJAX handler only receives the CPT post ID (validated against a nonce); the amount is always read from post meta server-side and re-applied via woocommerce_before_calculate_totals.

= Which PayPal gateway is supported? =

WooCommerce PayPal Payments (gateway ppcp-gateway) and the legacy PayPal Standard gateway. If neither is enabled you will see guidance in the admin.

== Changelog ==

= 1.0.0 =

  • Initial release.

== Upgrade Notice ==

= 1.0.0 =

  • Initial release.

Read the full README on GitHub →