Take full control of your payment gateway titles and descriptions to create a smoother, clearer, and more trustworthy checkout experience.
A successful online store isn’t just about selling products — it’s about creating a seamless buying journey.
And the most critical step of that journey? Checkout.
Default payment method names and descriptions can sometimes be technical, unclear, or too generic, which often leads to customer confusion. A small misunderstanding at checkout can be the difference between a completed purchase and an abandoned cart.
With Rename Payment Methods for WooCommerce, you can customize both payment method titles and their descriptions — giving your customers a clearer, friendlier, and more transparent experience.
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<h2>Why this extension is essential</h2>
Imagine replacing robotic-sounding labels with human-friendly titles and explanations:
Before: “Direct Bank Transfer”
After: “Bank Transfer — Send your payment securely using online banking”
Before: “Cash on Delivery”
After: “Pay When You Receive Your Order — Simple and secure”
Before: “Stripe”
After: “Credit/Debit Card — Fast & Secure Payments”
Before: “PayPal”
After: “Pay with PayPal — Use your balance or linked cards instantly”
By customizing both the title and the description, you guide your customers confidently through the payment step, making it easier for them to choose the right option without second-guessing.
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<h2>Features</h2>
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<li>Rename any payment gateway – Customize titles and descriptions for all payment methods, including third-party extensions.</li>
<li>Make payment options friendlier – Replace confusing or technical labels with clear, human-readable names and short explanations.</li>
<li>Seamless third-party support – Compatible with PayPal, Stripe, Square, Amazon Pay, Authorize.net, Braintree, Klarna, Afterpay, and more.</li>
<li>User-friendly, zero-code interface – Built for non-technical store owners; no coding or complicated setup required.</li>
<li>Lightweight and optimized< – Designed for performance; it won’t slow down your checkout flow or overall site speed.</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Why store owners love it</h2>
<ul>
<li>Enhances the checkout experience by making payment options more transparent.</li>
<li>Reduces customer confusion with clear labels and explanations.</li>
<li>Improves trust and credibility through better communication.</li>
<li>Complies with local regulations where specific payment labels are required.</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Real-world example</h2>
Let’s say your store offers three different card gateways: Stripe, PayPal, and Amazon Pay.
By default, your checkout might just display:
<ul>
<li>“Stripe”</li>
<li>“PayPal”</li>
<li>“Amazon Pay”</li>
</ul>
Not very helpful, right?
With this extension, you could make them far more human-friendly and informative:
<ul>
<li>“Pay Using Credit/Debit Card — Securely processed via Stripe”</li>
<li>“Pay with PayPal — Use your balance or linked cards instantly”</li>
<li>“Amazon Pay — Fast checkout using your saved Amazon payment details”</li>
</ul>
Not only are the titles clearer, but the short descriptions give customers the confidence they need to complete their purchase.
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<h2>Why you need it</h2>
<ul>
<li>The payment step is where trust matters the most.</li>
<li>Customers want to feel secure, informed, and confident about how they’re paying.</li>
<li>By customizing both the titles and descriptions, you remove uncertainty, guide your customers better, and increase your checkout completion rate.</li>
<li>Whether you’re running a small WooCommerce shop or managing a large-scale global ecommerce business, this extension gives you the control and flexibility you need to deliver a cleaner, friendlier, and more optimized checkout experience.</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Benefits at a glance</h2>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Customize titles and descriptions for all payment methods.</li>
<li>Works perfectly with third-party gateways.</li>
<li>Makes payment options clearer, friendlier, and more human.</li>
<li>No coding needed — simple, intuitive, and powerful.</li>
</ul>

Rename Payment Methods

Rename and customize titles and descriptions for all WooCommerce payment methods — including third-party gateways — to improve clarity, comply with local regulations, and enhance the checkout experience.

<h2>Add fees to orders based on payment method</h2>
The Payment Gateway Based Fees extension enables you to add a fee to an order, depending on the chosen payment gateway.
The fee can be automatically assessed on the price of certain products in the cart or the cart total, in addition to being changed on an order by the shop administrator at any time. A fee may also be applied manually, i.e., if the customer wants to switch payment methods after checkout is completed.
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<h3>General options overview:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Enable/Disable additional fees for entire website without removing data</li>
<li>Enable additional fees for a single gateway or a single product</li>
<li>Automatic calculation of fees for each gateway or each product</li>
<li>Change the automatically calculated fee on the order page</li>
<li>Option to manually add a fee to an order, after the user completes checkout</li>
<li>Option to manually add a fee to orders you create on the admin page</li>
<li>Define a maximum and/or minimum limit to which a fee is added at the cart level</li>
<li>Define a maximum and/or minimum fee value to add</li>
<li>Exclude fees for defined customer E-Mails</li>
<li>Define a maximum limit to which a fee is added for a product</li>
<li>Tax calculation for additional fees is also supported</li>
<li>Three calculation methods:
<ol>
<li>“Fixed amount”: Adds a fixed amount</li>
<li>“add % to total amount”: Adds a percentage depending on the total amount of the product price or order total</li>
<li>“include % in total amount”: The fee is calculated as a commission rate (you will be payed the total amount of the order)</li>
</ol>
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<li>WPML compatible – fee caption/title can be translated (requires WPML 4.2.8 or later)</li>
<li>Since version 5.0 WooCommerce Block Checkout is supported</li>
<li>Since version 5.2 in active beta support for automated taxes when using plugin <a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/tax/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WooCommerce Tax (WooCommerce Shipping & Tax)</a> – version 2.8.8 or higher.</li>
</ul>
The Payment Gateway Based Fees extension is currently not compatible with the automated taxes service of the Jetpack plugin (except when using version 5.2 or higher with WooCommerce Tax plugin 2.8.8 or higher). Please select “Disable automated taxes” (Tax tab) on the WooCommerce settings page. We will support this feature as soon as 3rd party plugins can hook into the automated tax calculation.

Payment Gateway Based Fees

Add fees to orders based on the selected payment method

Rename Payment Methods vs Payment Gateway Based Fees