Documentation PayPal Environment
- Login with your PayPal Account on developer.paypal.com
- Go to “Apps & Credentials” or to developer.paypal.com/dashboard/applications/sandbox
- A “Default application” is already created. Copy the “Client ID” and the “Secret” and add them to the PayPal options of your “Contest Gallery PRO” plugin and “Save options”.
- Your are ready to go. Use “Sandbox” “Client ID” and “Secret” to make test purchases.
Please read the “Recommendations” below.
Recommendations
Remove the option to “Continue without a PayPal Account”
![](https://www.contest-gallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-2024-01-15-174017.png)
It is recommended to disable the option “Continue without a PayPal account”. If customer use this option the possibility of “pending” payment processing is high. Change “PayPal account optional” to “Off”:
![](https://www.contest-gallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-18-084649-1024x232.png)
Direct links to find “PayPal account optional”:
Live: …paypal.com/…customerprofileweb…
Sandbox: …sandbox.paypal.com/…customerprofileweb…
Testing credit cards
PayPal offers to pay via credit card. You can do test purchases in sandbox (test environment) using test credit card numbers PayPal offers: …developer.paypal.com/tools/sandbox/card-testing…