VibeFox Helcim for WooCommerce

Overview

VibeFox Helcim Gateway adds credit card payments through the Helcim Payment API to WooCommerce. The customer enters the card on your checkout page, your server sends it to Helcim, and the order is updated from Helcim's answer in the same request. Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover and UnionPay are accepted, in CAD or USD.

It suits merchants in Canada and the United States with a Helcim account who want a card form directly on their checkout. Card details pass through your web server, so your store needs HTTPS and PCI DSS compliant hosting (SAQ D). The plugin has no saved cards, subscriptions, ACH or bank payments, Apple Pay, Google Pay or 3-D Secure, and no Helcim webhooks: captures, refunds and voids made in the Helcim dashboard are not reflected in WooCommerce.

Key features

Card form on your checkout: card number, expiry, CVC and cardholder name, checked before sending (card number checksum, expiry not in the past), with card brand icons.

Purchase or pre-authorization: charge the card at once, or only hold the funds and capture them later with the order action Capture Helcim pre-authorization.

Paid only when Helcim approves: the order is marked paid only after Helcim approves the transaction and the approved amount and currency match the order. Otherwise the order is put on hold with a note.

One charge per order: a paid order is never charged again, parallel submits are locked, and every attempt uses an idempotency key, so a retry after a timeout returns the original Helcim result instead of charging the card twice.

Refunds: full and partial refunds from the WooCommerce order screen. A full refund of an uncaptured pre-authorization releases the hold.

Live and test tokens: separate API tokens for your live and test Helcim accounts. Captures and refunds always use the account the order was paid in.

Order currency: orders are charged in their own currency, CAD or USD, as your Helcim account allows. For other currencies the payment method is hidden.

Modern WooCommerce: classic checkout, Checkout block, the Pay for order page, HPOS. Optional log without card numbers, CVC, tokens or personal data. French (Canada) translation included.

Requirements

WordPress 5.8 or later, WooCommerce 7.0 or later, PHP 8.0 or later. A Helcim merchant account (Canada or United States) and an API token. HTTPS on your store and PCI DSS compliant hosting. A VibeFox license key from vibefox.net (one key per domain).