{"id":9591,"date":"2015-10-27T14:40:10","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T18:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/?post_type=gdoc&p=9591"},"modified":"2019-10-03T12:01:45","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T16:01:45","slug":"accepting-payments-without-ssl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/accepting-payments-without-ssl\/","title":{"rendered":"Accepting Payments Without SSL"},"content":{"rendered":"
Notice<\/strong>: In June 2017, the PayPal IPN began requiring SSL\/HTTPS on all IPN callbacks. If you are using the PayPal IPN, you will need to obtain an SSL certificate. As such, this is a deprecated article left here only for historical reasons.<\/div>\n

While an SSL certificate is a great idea in almost all use cases (especially when entering any personal information), some users may choose not to use one.<\/p>\n

Most payment services, such as Authorize.net, require an SSL to receive payments, as the data is processed from within your site. The good news is, this is not the case for the PayPal Standard Add-On.<\/p>\n

When submitting a payment through a form using the PayPal Standard add-on<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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  1. The user fills out the form that contains their total price.<\/li>\n
  2. The pricing and user is then redirected to PayPal’s website to complete the purchase.<\/li>\n
  3. After completion, the user and payment completion are then directed back to your website.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Using this method, no payments are being processed directly on your site, and therefore an SSL is not required. Since all sensitive information is being entered directly to PayPal, there is no need for an SSL to encrypt this sensitive data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Learn how to accept payments using Gravity Forms without your own dedicated SSL by using the PayPal Standard add-on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_autodraft_ids":[],"_sb_is_suggestion_mode":false,"_sb_show_suggestion_boards":false,"_sb_show_comment_boards":false,"_sb_suggestion_history":"","_sb_update_block_changes":"","_is_real_time_mode":false,"_realtime_collaborators":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":"","cf_checklist_status":[]},"categories":[191],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-knowledge-base","wpautop"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAccepting Payments Without SSL - Gravity Forms Documentation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In this article, we will show you how to accept payments using Gravity Forms without your own dedicated SSL by using the PayPal Standard add-on.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/accepting-payments-without-ssl\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Accepting Payments Without SSL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In this article, we will show you how to accept payments using Gravity Forms without your own dedicated SSL by using the PayPal Standard add-on.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/accepting-payments-without-ssl\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gravity Forms Documentation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-10-27T18:40:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-10-03T16:01:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/gf-docs-default-v3.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"544\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"288\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Justin Pakes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@gravityforms\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@gravityforms\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Justin Pakes\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/docs.gravityforms.com\\\/accepting-payments-without-ssl\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/docs.gravityforms.com\\\/accepting-payments-without-ssl\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Justin Pakes\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/docs.gravityforms.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8a88745ec2ee5bc1bb24eea8634bf376\"},\"headline\":\"Accepting Payments Without SSL\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-10-27T18:40:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-10-03T16:01:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/docs.gravityforms.com\\\/accepting-payments-without-ssl\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":202,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/docs.gravityforms.com\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Knowledge Base\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/docs.gravityforms.com\\\/accepting-payments-without-ssl\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/docs.gravityforms.com\\\/accepting-payments-without-ssl\\\/\",\"name\":\"Accepting Payments Without SSL - 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