Building a modern WooCommerce experience.

Building a modern WooCommerce experience.

Building a modern WooCommerce experience.

Shift4 needed a WooCommerce integration capable of delivering modern payment functionality, strong security standards and flexible checkout experiences for merchants operating on WordPress and WooCommerce. GENE designed and developed the official Shift4 WooCommerce extension, combining Apple Pay, saved cards, 3DS2 and advanced transaction controls into a scalable plugin architecture built for growth.

Shift4 needed a WooCommerce integration capable of delivering modern payment functionality, strong security standards and flexible checkout experiences for merchants operating on WordPress and WooCommerce. GENE designed and developed the official Shift4 WooCommerce extension, combining Apple Pay, saved cards, 3DS2 and advanced transaction controls into a scalable plugin architecture built for growth.

Payments & Fintech

WooCommerce

Payment Integration Development

Building a modern WooCommerce experience.

Shift4 needed a WooCommerce integration capable of delivering modern payment functionality, strong security standards and flexible checkout experiences for merchants operating on WordPress and WooCommerce. GENE designed and developed the official Shift4 WooCommerce extension, combining Apple Pay, saved cards, 3DS2 and advanced transaction controls into a scalable plugin architecture built for growth.

Payments & Fintech

WooCommerce

Payment Integration Development

The Partnership

Delivering a merchant- ready WooCommerce integration

Delivering a merchant-ready WooCommerce integration

Shift4 required a production-ready WooCommerce extension that could support modern payment experiences while remaining flexible for different merchant requirements and checkout strategies.

We developed the official Shift4 WooCommerce extension with support for Apple Pay, saved cards, 3D Secure, full and partial refunds, configurable capture strategies and WooCommerce-native administration, all built around a lightweight architecture using Shift4’s v3 PHP SDK.

Partnership Highlights

Developed the official Shift4 WooCommerce extension

Integrated Apple Pay directly into WooCommerce checkout

Enabled saved cards and customer vaulting functionality

Implemented configurable 3DS2 verification modes

Supported full and partial refund workflows

Built support for authorise-only and capture payment flows

Designed compatibility with WooCommerce Classic Checkout

Architected support for future block-based checkout compatibility

Delivered merchant-friendly configuration and debugging tools

The Journey

Projects & Milestones.

Explore our work across the partnership.

Building the official Shift4 WooCommerce extension

Shift4 needed a scalable WooCommerce integration capable of supporting modern payment experiences across a wide range of merchant stores. We developed the official plugin architecture using the Shift4 v3 PHP library, ensuring compatibility with WooCommerce 8.3+ and modern PHP environments.

Official WooCommerce Plugin

Shift4 v3 SDK

WooCommerce Compatible

Bringing Apple Pay to WooCommerce checkout

Mobile wallet adoption continued to grow, particularly on mobile-first ecommerce stores. We integrated Apple Pay directly into WooCommerce checkout flows through Shift4, creating a faster and more seamless payment experience for customers.

Apple Pay Integration

Faster Mobile Checkout

Wallet Payment Support

Supporting flexible payment and capture flows

Different merchants required different operational payment workflows. We introduced configurable payment capture strategies allowing merchants to either capture payments immediately or authorise transactions for later settlement directly within WooCommerce settings.

Flexible Capture Logic

Authorise or Capture

Merchant-Controlled Payments

Introducing secure saved card functionality

To improve repeat purchasing and customer convenience, we implemented card vaulting and saved card functionality directly into the extension, allowing logged-in customers to securely reuse payment details on future transactions.

Saved Card Support

Repeat Purchase UX

Secure Vaulting

Building checkout security around 3DS2

The integration needed to balance strong security standards with checkout conversion performance. We implemented configurable 3DS2 modes including disabled, frictionless and strict verification options, allowing merchants to tailor authentication flows to their own risk requirements.

3DS2 Support

Frictionless Authentication

Configurable Security

Creating merchant-friendly operational tooling

The extension included detailed debugging tools, admin ordering functionality and transaction logging capabilities to simplify merchant troubleshooting and operational management within WooCommerce environments.

Debug Logging

Admin Order Support

Operational Visibility

The Journey

Projects & Milestones.

Explore our work across the partnership.

Building the official Shift4 WooCommerce extension

Shift4 needed a scalable WooCommerce integration capable of supporting modern payment experiences across a wide range of merchant stores. We developed the official plugin architecture using the Shift4 v3 PHP library, ensuring compatibility with WooCommerce 8.3+ and modern PHP environments.

Official WooCommerce Plugin

Shift4 v3 SDK

WooCommerce Compatible

Bringing Apple Pay to WooCommerce checkout

Mobile wallet adoption continued to grow, particularly on mobile-first ecommerce stores. We integrated Apple Pay directly into WooCommerce checkout flows through Shift4, creating a faster and more seamless payment experience for customers.

Apple Pay Integration

Faster Mobile Checkout

Wallet Payment Support

Supporting flexible payment and capture flows

Different merchants required different operational payment workflows. We introduced configurable payment capture strategies allowing merchants to either capture payments immediately or authorise transactions for later settlement directly within WooCommerce settings.

Flexible Capture Logic

Authorise or Capture

Merchant-Controlled Payments

Introducing secure saved card functionality

To improve repeat purchasing and customer convenience, we implemented card vaulting and saved card functionality directly into the extension, allowing logged-in customers to securely reuse payment details on future transactions.

Saved Card Support

Repeat Purchase UX

Secure Vaulting

Building checkout security around 3DS2

The integration needed to balance strong security standards with checkout conversion performance. We implemented configurable 3DS2 modes including disabled, frictionless and strict verification options, allowing merchants to tailor authentication flows to their own risk requirements.

3DS2 Support

Frictionless Authentication

Configurable Security

Creating merchant-friendly operational tooling

The extension included detailed debugging tools, admin ordering functionality and transaction logging capabilities to simplify merchant troubleshooting and operational management within WooCommerce environments.

Debug Logging

Admin Order Support

Operational Visibility

Stuggling with the technicalities of your integration?

Modern payment experiences demand more than a basic plugin.

From Apple Pay and saved cards to flexible capture logic and 3DS2 security, we help payment providers build WooCommerce integrations designed for real merchant operations at scale.

Stuggling with the technicalities of your integration?

Modern payment experiences demand more than a basic plugin.

From Apple Pay and saved cards to flexible capture logic and 3DS2 security, we help payment providers build WooCommerce integrations designed for real merchant operations at scale.

Stuggling with the technicalities of your integration?

Modern payment experiences demand more than a basic plugin.

From Apple Pay and saved cards to flexible capture logic and 3DS2 security, we help payment providers build WooCommerce integrations designed for real merchant operations at scale.