54 lines
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54 lines
3.2 KiB
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# MoneroWP
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A WooCommerce extension for accepting Monero
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## Dependancies
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This plugin is rather simple but there are a few things that need to be set up before hand.
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* A web server! Ideally with the most recent versions of PHP and mysql
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* The Monero wallet-cli and Monero wallet-rpc tools found [here](https://getmonero.org/downloads/)
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* [WordPress](https://wordpress.org)
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Wordpress is the backend tool that is needed to use WooCommerce and this Monero plugin
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* [WooCommerce](https://woocommerce.com)
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This Monero plugin is an extension of WooCommerce, which works with WordPress
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## Step 1: Activating the plugin
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* Downloading: First of all, you will need to download the plugin. This can be done with the command `git clone https://github.com/monero-integrations/monerowp.git` or can be downloaded as a zip file from the GitHub web page.
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* Put the plugin in the correct directory: You will need to put the folder named `monero` from this repo into the wordpress plugins directory. This can be found at `path/to/wordpress/folder/wp-content/plugins`
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* Activate the plugin from the WordPress admin panel: Once you login to the admin panel in WordPress, click on "Installed Plugins" under "Plugins". Then simply click "Activate" where it says "Monero - WooCommerce Gateway"
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## Step 2: Setup the Monero Wallet RPC
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* Setup a monero wallet using the monero-wallet-cli tool. If you do not know how to do this you can learn about it at [getmonero.org](https://getmonero.org/resources/user-guides/monero-wallet-cli.html)
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* Start the monero daemon on your server and leave it running in the background. This can be accomplished by running `./monerod` inside your monero downloads folder.
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* Start the Wallet RPC and leave it running in the background. This can be accomplished by running `monero-wallet-rpc --rpc-bind-port 18081 --rpc-login username:password --wallet-file /path/walletfile` where "username:password" is the username and password that you want to use, seperated by a colon and "/path/walletfile" is your actual wallet file.
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## Step 3: Setup Monero Gateway in WooCommerce
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* Navigate to the "settings" panel in the WooCommerce widget in the WordPress admin panel.
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* Click on "Checkout"
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* Select "Monero GateWay"
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* Check the box labeled "Enable this payment gateway"
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* Enter your monero wallet address in the box labled "Monero Address". If you do not know your address, you can run the `address` commmand in your monero wallet
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* Enter the IP address of your server in the box labeled "Daemon Host/IP"
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* Enter the port number of the Wallet RPC in the box labeled "Daemon PORT" (will be `18081` if you used the above example).
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* Enter the username and password that you want to use in their respective feilds
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* Click on "Save changes"
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## Info on server authentication
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It is reccommended that you specify a username/password with your wallet rpc. This can be done by starting your wallet rpc with `monero-wallet-rpc --rpc-bind-port 18081 --rpc-login username:password --wallet-file /path/walletfile` where "username:password" is the username and password that you want to use, seperated by a colon. Alternatively, you can use the `--restricted-rpc` flag with the wallet rpc like so `./monero-wallet-rpc --testnet --rpc-bind-port 18081 --restricted-rpc --wallet-file wallet/path`.
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