Allowing Gateway Webhooks or IPN Data into a Protected Site (for testing or development)

by Kimberly Coleman | Recipes, Troubleshooting

Many development and staging sites want to restrict total access to the site’s folder on the webserver. One of the easiest ways to do this is by setting a UNIX password at the server level.

This advanced developer recipe shows you how to set up custom .htaccess rules to allow your Webhook or IPN data through this security measure. This will allow you to properly configure and test payment gateways in Paid Memberships Pro.

About the Recipe

If your site has a UNIX password or is in Coming Soon/Maintenance Mode, your gateway will not be able to get to your site and send their data.

The recipe below will allow any of the listed IP addresses access to your website and will prompt everyone else to enter your secret UNIX username and password.

Note that this recipe specifically allows the IP addresses of the PayPal IPN Live Server and the Stripe Webhook. If you are using another gateway or using PayPal in Sandbox mode you will need a separate list of IP addresses. Please consult your payment gateway documentation to locate their active IP addresses.

This recipe will only work with sites restricted by a UNIX password. If you are using a Coming Soon plugin, you’ll need to take another approach to allow gateway access to your site (the easiest method is to disable the maintenance mode while running your tests). We’ll try to put together a similar recipe for popular plugins with this feature, or you can open topic in the members-only support forum for personal help.

The Code Recipe

This code recipe requires a Plus Account or higher.

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Redirect the s2member IPN URL to the PMPro IPN URL

by Jason Coleman | Recipes

If you’re migrating from s2member to Paid Memberships Pro, here’s one additional step needed to ensure PayPal IPN data is sent and updated within PMPro.

Customize and add this code to your theme’s functions.php file or a helper PMPro Customizations plugin (our recommended method).

The code would be very similar for other membership plugins. If you need help crafting this IPN redirect for another plugin migration, post to the member forums.