{"id":828,"date":"2025-03-24T14:27:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T14:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/how-to-test-if-your-paid-listings-are-working-as-expected\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T15:40:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T14:40:02","slug":"how-to-test-if-your-paid-listings-are-working-as-expected","status":"publish","type":"gd_place","link":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/pricing-manager-extension\/how-to-test-if-your-paid-listings-are-working-as-expected\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Test if Your Paid Listings are Working as Expected?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pricing Manager listings, whether free or paid, work out of the box. However, you can test your listings to make sure everything is working as desired.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The testing process requires two steps:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You add a paid listing package to your site.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You setup a test\/sandbox payment gateway with GetPaid.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adding a Paid Pricing Package<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Please refer to our guide about <a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/pricing-manager-extension\/how-to-add-a-new-pricing-package\/\">adding new pricing packages<\/a> to CPTs. Bear in mind that unless listings are added to a paid package, users cannot purchase or upgrade to those listings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Setting up Test Payment Gateway<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, you need to setup a test or sandbox payment gateway. Generally, most users tend to go with PayPal or Stripe. We especially recommend Stripe since it is the easiest to setup for testing purposes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, depending on your needs, you might opt for a different payment gateway. Bear in mind, though, your payment gateway of choice should support sandbox payments (some solutions, such as a wire transfer, do not have a sandbox option).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you have GetPaid setup and linked to Pricing Manager, <a href=\"https:\/\/wpgetpaid.com\/documentation\/article\/category\/payment-gateways\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">install the required payment gateway extension<\/a> and set up its sandbox.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once all done, you can test your paid listings with the test payment gateway credentials. If everything is working as expected, just replace your payment gateway credentials from sandbox\/testing to production\/live.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pricing Manager listings, whether free or paid, work out of the box. However, you can test your listings to make sure everything is working as desired.&nbsp; The testing process requires two steps:&nbsp; Adding a Paid Pricing Package Please refer to our guide about adding new pricing packages to CPTs. Bear in mind that unless listings [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"article\/tags":[659,660,661],"article\/categories":[213,426],"class_list":["post-828","gd_place","type-gd_place","status-publish","hentry","gd_place_tags-testing-payments","gd_place_tags-payment-gateways","gd_place_tags-test-paid-listings","gd_placecategory-extensions-features","gd_placecategory-pricing-manager-extension"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gd_place"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/828\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"gd_place_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/tags?post=828"},{"taxonomy":"gd_placecategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/categories?post=828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}