Automattic / Automattic/wp-calypso
Payment block: For one-off payments, remove requirement of WP.com account
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- TypeScript
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Description
### What
Users are prompted to create a WPcom account even if they are paying for something as a one-off ( Say someone purchasing a book on a simple site ) . This is unnecessary since the use case here does not involve recurring payments, nor member access. The use case is similar to that of a Paypal block.
It would be good to have an option where if Frequency is One off, have a toggle to disable requirement of WP.com account.
### Why
This will help users sell products to users and save dropouts for customers that are wary of creating a WP.com account.
### How
Related chat:
#33412959-hc
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by locating the Payment block and the handling for the One off frequency, then trace where the WP.com account requirement is enforced. Done means one-off payments can disable that requirement while recurring payments and member-access flows retain it; add or update coverage for both paths if the existing test entry point is found.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- react, typescript
- Domain
- frontend, payments
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100