Payment gateways

Stripe, WooCommerce, manual/offline, and free enrollment — how each behaves.

CourseGlade includes several ways to charge, all in the free plugin. Enable and configure them under CourseGlade → Settings → Payments.

Stripe

Native Stripe Checkout — cards and wallets, with webhook confirmation. See the dedicated Stripe setup guide.

WooCommerce

Route sales through your WooCommerce store and any WooCommerce gateway. See WooCommerce integration.

Manual / offline

The Manual / Offline Payment card (“Bank transfer, check, cash, or any other offline method”) has three fields:

Title — shown to customers at checkout
Description — the short line next to the option
Payment Instructions — shown after the order is placed (bank details, mailing address, etc.)

A manual order is created on hold and grants access provisionally. When the money arrives, open the order and click Confirm Payment to complete it.

Free enrollment

The Free Enrollment gateway is always available for zero-price courses — the student enrolls in one click with no payment step. It also kicks in automatically when a 100%-off coupon brings a paid course to $0.

Course checkout showing the course and price, an order summary, a coupon code link, and a payment method list with Manual Payment, Credit Card (Stripe) selected, and WooCommerce, above a Complete Purchase button — Checkout with three gateways enabled. Students only see the ones you've turned on in **Settings → Payments**.

Choosing a gateway

Situation	Use
Courses are your main product	Stripe — fewest moving parts
You already sell in WooCommerce	WooCommerce gateway
You take bank transfer or cash	Manual / offline
Free or preview courses	Free enrollment

You can enable more than one at a time; students pick at checkout. Currency (default currency, symbol position, decimals) is set in the Currency card on the same tab.