BMPF Payment Infrastructure
PayFast payment infrastructure for WordPress, with reusable invoice and donation payment experiences for Bold Mark Creative integrations.
Solid choice
BMPF Payment Infrastructure is a solid plugin choice in 2026, with a few things worth checking first. Was last updated 1 day ago, and scores 64/100 on our health check.
- Actively developed ā last update 1 day ago
- Tested with the latest WordPress (7.1)
- Small user base (<10 active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
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Daily downloads
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Rankings
Where BMPF Payment Infrastructure stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| donations | >100 |
| invoice | >100 |
| payfast | #20 |
| payment gateway | >100 |
| payments | >100 |
About BMPF Payment Infrastructure
From the official readme Ā· v0.1.6Description
BMPF Payment Infrastructure (BMPF) is a modular WordPress payment foundation developed by Bold Mark Creative that integrates with PayFast for payment processing.
The Free Edition provides a reliable payment foundation for WordPress websites that need to accept invoice payments or donations through PayFast.
BMPF handles the payment infrastructure so website owners and developers do not need to implement PayFast transaction handling, signatures, ITN processing and transaction tracking themselves.
Features
- PayFast Sandbox and Live environment support
- Merchant ID, Merchant Key and Passphrase settings
- PayFast payment request generation
- PayFast signature generation
- Secure payment redirects
- PayFast ITN REST endpoint
- ITN signature validation
- PayFast notification source validation
- Payment amount validation
- Server-side PayFast transaction confirmation
- Payment status handling
- Dedicated BMPF transaction database table
- Transaction creation and retrieval
- Transaction verification and status updates
- Transaction administration
- BMPF dashboard
- Public BMPF integration API
- Standalone invoice payments
- Decimal invoice amounts
- Invoice or Payment Reference field
- Standalone donations
- Suggested donation amount buttons
- Custom donation amounts
- Reusable payment configurations
- Enable/disable payment configurations
- Payment shortcodes
- Optional per-integration Pay Button Colour
External Services
BMPF communicates with PayFast, a third-party payment service, to process payments and verify payment notifications.
When a payment is created, BMPF sends the payment request data required by PayFast, including the merchant identifier, payment amount, payment description, customer return URLs and the BMPF transaction reference. PayFast processes the payment on its own service.
PayFast sends an Instant Transaction Notification (ITN) to the BMPF endpoint configured for the site. BMPF validates the notification and performs a server-side confirmation request to PayFast before updating the transaction status.
For more information about PayFast’s services, terms and privacy practices, see:
- PayFast General Terms & Conditions: https://payfast.io/legal/general-terms-conditions/
- PayFast Privacy Policy: https://payfast.io/privacy-policy/
Invoice Payments
BMPF can provide a standalone invoice payment experience using the [bmpf_payment] shortcode.
The customer enters an invoice or payment reference and the amount to be paid. BMPF validates the request, creates the PayFast transaction and redirects the customer to PayFast.
Example:
[bmpf_payment id="invoice-default"]
Invoice references support letters, numbers and common reference characters including periods, underscores, slashes and hyphens.
Donations
BMPF can provide a standalone donation payment experience using the same reusable payment shortcode system.
Suggested donation amounts can be configured alongside a custom donation amount.
Example:
[bmpf_payment id="donation-default"]<h3>Payment Flow</h3>
The standard BMPF payment lifecycle is:
- A website requests a payment through BMPF.
- BMPF validates the payment request.
- BMPF creates a pending transaction.
- BMPF generates the PayFast payment request and signature.
- The customer is redirected to PayFast.
- PayFast processes the payment.
- PayFast sends an ITN notification to BMPF.
- BMPF validates the notification.
- BMPF locates the original transaction.
- BMPF validates the payment amount.
- BMPF confirms the transaction directly with PayFast.
- BMPF updates the transaction according to the verified PayFast status.
Transaction Protection
BMPF maintains its own transaction record for each payment attempt.
Verified transactions are protected against being treated as new active payments for the same payment reference.
Pending transactions are handled separately from completed transactions so that payment state can be tracked safely.
Existing transaction records are retained for administration and audit purposes.
Payment Configuration
BMPF provides reusable payment configurations for standalone payment experiences.
Each configuration can define:
- Configuration name
- Configuration key
- Description
- Payment type
- Minimum amount
- Maximum amount
- PayFast payment name
- Suggested donation amounts where applicable
- Optional Pay Button Colour
- Enabled or disabled status
Configurations can be managed from the WordPress administration area.
Public Integration API
BMPF includes a public integration API that allows other Bold Mark Creative systems and custom WordPress development to request payments through the central BMPF payment infrastructure.
This keeps PayFast handling, transaction creation, verification and payment state in one reusable payment layer.
Current Status
The Free Edition currently provides the core payment foundation for invoice payments and donations.
The PayFast Sandbox payment lifecycle has been successfully tested, including payment creation, redirect, ITN receipt, notification validation, amount validation, server-side confirmation and transaction verification.
Standalone invoice payments and donations have also been implemented and tested, including decimal payment amounts and configurable donation amounts.
The plugin is intended to provide a stable foundation for future payment integrations while keeping the core payment engine reusable and independent.
Development Roadmap
- PayFast payment infrastructure ā COMPLETE
- Signature generation ā COMPLETE
- PayFast redirect ā COMPLETE
- ITN validation ā COMPLETE
- Server-side payment verification ā COMPLETE
- Transaction system ā COMPLETE
- Transaction administration ā COMPLETE
- BMPF dashboard ā COMPLETE
- Public integration API ā COMPLETE
- Standalone invoice payments ā COMPLETE
- Standalone donations ā COMPLETE
- Payment configuration system ā COMPLETE
- Free Edition 0.1.2 ā COMPLETE
- Additional payment integrations ā FUTURE
Architecture
BMPF is designed as a reusable payment infrastructure layer.
The core architecture consists of:
BMPF
|
+– Payment Engine
+– PayFast Signature Handling
+– ITN Verification
+– Transaction System
+– Admin Dashboard
+– Integration API
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+– Standalone Payment Experiences
+– Future Integrations
The payment engine remains responsible for PayFast communication and payment state, while individual payment experiences provide the customer-facing payment context.
Security
BMPF validates payment requests server-side and does not rely solely on browser-side payment information.
PayFast ITN notifications are validated before transactions are updated.
Payment amounts are checked against the original transaction before a payment can be marked as verified.
Administrative actions use WordPress capability checks and nonces.
Requirements
- WordPress 6.0 or later
- PHP 7.4 or later
- A PayFast merchant account
Author
Bold Mark Creative
https://boldmark.co.za/
Changelog
0.1.6
- Added an optional per-integration Pay Button Colour setting.
- Added front-end styling for custom payment button colours.
- Updated the short description to comply with WordPress.org length requirements.
0.1.5
- Updated the plugin identity and WordPress.org contributor metadata.
- Added PayFast external service documentation.
- Replaced direct inline JavaScript output with enqueued assets.
- Updated release metadata for the 0.1.5 remediation release.
0.1.3
- Added configurable success messages for verified invoice and donation payments.
- Added verified payment return handling with automatic status confirmation.
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FAQ
BMPF Payment Infrastructure: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org Ā· checked Oct 7, 2026
Is BMPF Payment Infrastructure free?
Yes. BMPF Payment Infrastructure is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is BMPF Payment Infrastructure safe to use in 2026?
BMPF Payment Infrastructure is a solid plugin choice in 2026, with a few things worth checking first. Was last updated 1 day ago, and scores 64/100 on our health check.
How many websites use BMPF Payment Infrastructure?
BMPF Payment Infrastructure is active on <10 WordPress websites and has been downloaded 28 times since it launched in October 2026. It was downloaded 41 times in the last 30 days.
Does BMPF Payment Infrastructure work with WordPress 7.1?
Yes. The developer has tested BMPF Payment Infrastructure up to WordPress 7.1.3, the latest release. It requires WordPress 6.0 or newer.
What PHP version does BMPF Payment Infrastructure need?
BMPF Payment Infrastructure requires PHP 7.4 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.
When was BMPF Payment Infrastructure last updated?
The latest version, 0.1.6, was released on October 6, 2026 (1 day ago).
Who makes BMPF Payment Infrastructure?
BMPF Payment Infrastructure is developed and maintained by Xyno.
What are the best alternatives to BMPF Payment Infrastructure?
The most popular alternatives to BMPF Payment Infrastructure are Donations via PayPal (20K+ installs), Stripe Payment Forms by WPā¦ (8K+ installs) and Donorbox (8K+ installs).
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