A card gateway left in test mode, found and switched to live (beta)
Find a Greek card gateway that is on at checkout but still in test mode, so customers are not really charged, and switch it to live with your password.
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Time
- about 10 min
- Works with
- Viva Smart Checkout, EveryPay
Run the Greek shop check and tell me whether any payment method is on at checkout but in test mode. Then show me each Greek card gateway with its mode: live, test, or no test switch. If [gateway name] is on and in test mode, switch it to live; I will approve it in SAR with my password. Don't change any other gateway.
Already connected?
If SAR is already in your AI app, this is enough:
Find any card gateway on at checkout but in test mode, and switch [gateway] to live with my password.
What happens
- The Greek shop check flags a gateway that is on at checkout but in test mode: payments made with it are not real.
- The AI app lists the Greek and Cypriot gateways with each one's mode: live, test, or none when the plugin has no test switch. No merchant id, key or password is read.
- Switching to live uses the plugin's own test switch and is approved in SAR with your password. Payments then go to the live account, whose credentials SAR never reads. A plugin without a test switch, such as Piraeus Bank's Papaki plugin, is refused.
- The switch can be undone for 30 days.
Approvals involved
Worked out from the tools this recipe uses.
wordpress_greek_store_auditCheck a Greek or Cypriot shopNonewordpress_gr_payments_overviewGreek and Cypriot payment gatewaysNonewordpress_gr_set_gateway_test_modeSwitch a gateway to live or testApproval and password
What you get
Card payments go to your live account instead of the test environment. Look for the next real payment in your provider's panel to be sure.
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Try it on your own site
Install the plugin, add SAR to your AI app and paste the prompt. Free to start.