Nodewatch Monero Payments for WooCommerce

Add Monero to your WooCommerce checkout and let WordPress do the rest. There is no backend to run, no account to open, and no company sitting between you and your buyer. Each order is paid straight to your own wallet, and WordPress checks the blockchain itself, in PHP, to confirm the payment.

Most stores are live in a few minutes. You enter your Monero address, your view key, and a node URL, pick the recommended mode, and you are done.

Why merchants pick it

You keep your money. Every order pays your wallet directly. The plugin never holds funds and never sees a spend key, so no one but you can move the coins.

Nothing to run. The two default modes verify payments inside WordPress, in pure PHP, against a public Monero node. No separate service, no wallet RPC daemon, nothing awake at 3am waiting to break.

No accounts, no API keys, no fee to a processor. The only outside thing you need is a Monero node, and a public one is fine.

It fits your checkout. Works with the modern WooCommerce Blocks checkout and the classic one, and it is HPOS ready.

The numbers are exact. Amounts are figured in piconero with integer math, so there is no rounding drift. Discounts, shipping and tax are already in the order total, so they just work.

Live progress and receipts. The order received page shows the on chain status as it settles. Overpayment is recorded for a manual refund, and paid orders can carry a signed receipt anyone can verify offline.

Pick the mode that suits you

Auto detect (recommended). The buyer does nothing special. They pay a per order address, and WordPress scans the chain with your view key and completes the order on its own.

Buyer taps “I’ve paid”. The lightest option. The buyer pays your address and pastes the transaction ID, and WordPress verifies it on chain.

Agent (advanced). You run the separate xmr-pay daemon, which holds the view key and notifies your store with a signed webhook.

The two default modes need no server, just your WordPress and a Monero node. Your host needs the PHP GMP and BCMath extensions, which most hosts already have.

Pricing

Price in XMR directly (set your store currency to XMR, no price feed needed), or price in your local currency and convert with CoinGecko, your own price URL, or a fixed rate.

External services

This plugin does not track you or your customers, sends no analytics, and does not phone home to the plugin author. It connects only to the service(s) you configure, to do its job.

1. A Monero node (the node URL you enter in the settings, a public one or your own). In the no-server modes, the plugin sends transaction IDs and chain-height queries over HTTP to read the blockchain (daemon RPC: get_transactions, get_block, get_height, get_info). No personal data is sent. The node sees the transaction ID it is asked about and your server’s IP. The node is yours to choose, so you choose who you trust; run your own for maximum privacy. (Default suggestion: a community stagenet node for testing.)

2. CoinGecko, only if you price your store in a fiat currency and choose the “CoinGecko” price source. The plugin requests the current Monero price for your currency from https://api.coingecko.com. No store or customer data is sent (only the currency code). You can avoid it entirely by pricing your store in XMR, using a fixed rate, or using your own price URL. CoinGecko terms: https://www.coingecko.com/en/terms and privacy: https://www.coingecko.com/en/privacy

3. Your own xmr-pay agent, only in the optional “Agent” mode. The plugin talks over HTTP to the agent daemon you run (on your own machine). It is your software; nothing leaves your control.

Your Monero private view key (used by the no-server modes) stays on your own server. It is never sent to any external service, including the node.