What is bitcart-woocommerce?

The Bitcart WooCommerce plugin lets online stores built with WooCommerce accept cryptocurrency payments directly, with no middleman and no processing fees. Instead of routing customer payments through a service like Coinbase or BitPay, the money goes straight into your own crypto wallet. The plugin acts as a bridge between your WooCommerce store and a separate Bitcart payment server, which you either host yourself or run through a third-party host. When a customer checks out, the system generates a fresh payment address for that invoice and displays a QR code they can scan with their wallet. Each invoice creates a unique address, which improves privacy by avoiding address reuse. Once payment is confirmed, the store records it like any other WooCommerce transaction. This is aimed at store owners who want to accept Bitcoin, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash, or Lightning Network payments without paying fees to a payment processor or handing over KYC documents. For example, a small business selling digital products could install this plugin, connect their self-hosted Bitcart instance, and start taking Bitcoin payments that land directly in their own wallet. It also supports multi-store setups, so someone running several shops or processing payments for others could use one Bitcart instance across all of them. Setup involves installing the plugin, deploying a Bitcart instance (either self-hosted or via a third party), and then entering three pieces of information in your WooCommerce payment settings: your API URL, store ID, and admin panel URL. You also need to connect your crypto wallet through the Bitcart admin panel. The README recommends doing a small test purchase before going live. The tradeoff is that you need to run and maintain a Bitcart server somewhere, or accept the limitations of a third-party host in terms of privacy and features. There's no custodial safety net, you control your own keys, which is the whole point, but it also means you're responsible for your own setup.