Turn on Jovvie Checkout for GiveWP donation forms

This page helps you turn on Jovvie in GiveWP so your donation forms can take in-person donations. Jovvie shows up in GiveWP as a payment gateway (a way to pay) named Jovvie Payments. You turn it on in GiveWP, then make sure each donation form where you want to take in-person donations offers it.

Before you start

• The Jovvie plugin is installed and Connection Status shows Connected. See Install and connect.
• You are signed in to WordPress as an administrator.

Turn on the gateway in GiveWP

1. In WordPress, go to Donations > Settings > Payment Gateways.
2. Find Jovvie Payments in the list of gateways.
3. Turn on Jovvie Payments.
4. Save your changes.

Make sure the form offers Jovvie

GiveWP decides which turned-on gateways each donation form offers. The form editor and its labels belong to GiveWP and can differ between GiveWP versions, so this page does not list them. If a form does not show the Jovvie option, open that form in GiveWP’s form editor and check its payment gateway settings. Make sure Jovvie Payments is included, then save the form. To find where these settings are in your version, see GiveWP’s own documentation.

On the form, the payment option for Jovvie is labeled Swipe, Insert or Tap Donations. Donors and staff see this name, not Jovvie Payments.

Under that option, the form shows a short message that starts with How it works. It explains that the donor is sent to accept the in-person payment, then taps, swipes, or inserts a card on the reader (or uses Apple Pay or Google Pay). The donor is then sent back to see the donation receipt.

Check it works

1. Turn on GiveWP’s test mode. Jovvie follows this setting, so no real card is charged. See Use test mode.

2. Open the form on the device you will use.

3. Confirm that Swipe, Insert or Tap Donations appears under the payment options.

4. Start a test donation and submit the form. See Take an in-person donation.

5. On the Jovvie payment page, before you select a reader, confirm that the orange Test Mode bar appears across the top.

   If you do not see it, the page is in live mode. Click ← Back without taking a payment, and check GiveWP’s test mode setting.

6. Finish the test donation on a simulated reader.

7. When you are done testing, turn off GiveWP’s test mode before you take real donations.

If you do not see Swipe, Insert or Tap Donations, check that Jovvie Payments is turned on in GiveWP’s gateway settings and included on the form, and that Connection Status still shows Connected.