Hi, I've been reading paypal help guides for a week now and I need to know if someone can answer a few questions I have about ipn or api. I'm using wordpress with woocommerce and Matt Gates product vendor selling download zip files. My biggest problem is I want the person to get their order right after they buy it and not have to wait for me to approve the order. None of the woocommerce setting work. I had mod_xsendfile installed in my vps but I'm kind of lost with that too. I'm not sure if I need to configure the xsendfile or only add setting to the htaccess file. I got an api at paypal but that doesn't seem to work either. Anyways, after all my reading I feel the paypal ipn method is probably best for me to use. ================ The direction say "Enter the URL address of your IPN script and select the radio button next to "Receive IPN messages (Enabled)". 1) If I understand correctly, the first thing I need to do is install an ipn script. a) If this is correct, where do I get the script? b) Do I install the script in the web site main directory or the woocommerce plug in folder? c) How do H do I know what the url of the IPN is? ======================= Auto Return these are the direction for the wootheme page: You can setup auto-return in your PayPal account. Set it to: yoursite.com/checkout/order-received/ Regardless of this setting, it should redirect dynamically to the correct receipt page. Add ?utm_nooverride=1 to the end of your URL if you want to ensure that transactions (i.e. conversions) are credited to the original traffic source, rather than PayPal. 2) Is the url I use: yoursite.com/checkout/order-received/?utm_nooverride=1 ========================== Only late thing, just out of curiosity, would using an api or getting the $5.00 a month paypal advance make my issues easier to deal with? I have PayPal Adaptive Payments in my payment options but I can never get the api setting to work and I'm not sure they are worth the time to figure out. Thank you in advance for your time Kimberly
@KimberH follow http://www.paysketch.com/configure-and-setup-paypal-ipn/ to see if it helps you with IPN setup. I doubt if using api would help you with this. IPN, PDT and API all work different. API is used to setup and configure your cart PDT is used to redirect buyers back to your website (or a particular URL). You can show order info, enable downloads etc upon verification IPN is for receiving notifications about transactions