Integrations we have maintained
since 2012
Under the PlatobneBrany.sk brand, we build plugins that connect WooCommerce online shops to the payment gateways of Tatra banka, VÚB, GoPay, Comgate, Global Payments and others.
Since 2012, we have made sure they keep working after every change at the bank, in WordPress or in WooCommerce. We don't just provide the software: online shops subscribe to its maintenance and updates with us for the long term.
2012
development began, maintained without a break ever since
2,600+
online shops use our plugins
20+
payment systems we have integrated over the years
Our integrations still work years later
An online shop runs on WordPress and WooCommerce, while payments go through the banks' systems. Both sides release changes at their own pace, and either of them can break a plugin. That is why we have worked on the plugins continuously since 2012, so our clients don't have to deal with these changes.
Banks
New API versions, different request signing, new security requirements. Some changes give us months, others only days. A few we only learn about after the fact, and then every minute counts.
WooCommerce
A new version roughly every month. The biggest changes came with the block checkout and the new way of storing orders.
WordPress
Two to three major releases a year, each with possible changes to the core.
PHP and servers
New PHP versions and the end of support for old ones. A plugin has to work on the hosting that online shops actually use.
Legislation
Rules for payments and documents change, for example mandatory e-invoicing between Slovak businesses from 1 January 2027.
Payment methods
Apple Pay, Google Pay and other methods that customers come to expect at checkout.
The years that tested our plugins
A few of the many changes we have handled for our clients over the years.
2012
The first plugins
We started with the TatraPay and TrustPay gateways and an invoicing plugin. By the end of 2013, we had integrated twelve payment systems, from CardPay and GoPay to ČSOB and PayU.
2015
New request signing at Tatra banka
The bank introduced more secure signing of payment requests and gradually switched off the old encryption. For a while, the plugins supported both, so online shops could move over without any interruption to payments.
2017
WooCommerce 3.0
WooCommerce changed the way plugins work with orders. A compatible CardPay plugin was out less than two months after the release, and the other gateways followed.
2019
A shared foundation for the gateways
We gradually rebuilt the payment gateways on a shared foundation. Since then, fixes and new features move between them much faster.
2020
Certificate change at Tatra banka
The bank was changing its certificate for card payments. We released the update three days before the deadline, and on the day of the change it switched online shops to the new certificate by itself, at 6:00 in the morning.
2020
3-D Secure for card payments
Banks began asking for more customer data to verify card payments. Our plugins started sending it in 2020, long before it became mandatory in February 2024.
2023
New order storage
WooCommerce moved orders into their own database tables. The first gateways supported it from October 2023, the rest by the summer of 2024.
2026
Block checkout, Apple Pay and Google Pay
We adapted most of the gateways to the new WooCommerce block checkout. We added Comgate, TatraPay+ and the new VÚB gateway, through which online shops also accept Apple Pay and Google Pay.
2027
Mandatory e-invoicing
From 1 January 2027, e-invoices are mandatory between Slovak businesses. Our invoicing plugin has been able to issue them since October 2026.
The changes kept coming. The responsibility stayed with us.
How we look after integrations
Over the years, this has become an established process. It applies to a one-line fix just as much as to a change at a bank.
We watch for changes early
We test new WordPress and WooCommerce versions while they are still in pre-release, and we follow the changes the banks announce.
We roll out fixes fast
The gateways share a common foundation, so a fix reaches all of them quickly.
Every version is checked with a payment
Automated tests, code review by several AI models and a test order. A developer decides on the release.
When something breaks, hours matter
We promise to fix a critical bug within 3 working days. Most fixes, though, are out the same day, often within a few hours. Reports are handled by the people who maintain the Slovak translation of WordPress and WooCommerce, so they can quickly tell a plugin bug from a problem elsewhere.
“The plugin works as it should, but above all, whenever a problem comes up, I always get immediate support from the supplier. With something as sensitive as payments (not) working, that is crucial.”
The project includes
our own shop, PlatobneBrany.sk
We sell the plugins through PlatobneBrany.sk, a WooCommerce shop we run ourselves. We look after it as we would a client project, except that the client is us. Subscriptions on it are renewed through our own payment gateways, and our update server delivers new plugin versions to online shops. So we know every WooCommerce change from the shop owner's side, too.
We know e-commerce beyond the checkout
Payment is only one part of an online shop. From our work with online shops, we gradually built plugins for what comes after it as well: invoicing, stock, shipping and the obligations the law places on an online shop.
Invoicing and accounting
Invoices, credit notes, e-invoices and export to Pohoda or KROS Omega.
Stock
Goods received notes, dispatch notes and stocktaking directly in WooCommerce.
Shipping
For DPD SK, we develop a plugin with shipping labels and pickup point selection at checkout.
Legal obligations
Contract withdrawal directly on the website and VAT ID checks through VIES at checkout.
So when we build an integration for a client, we also know what happens to an order after payment: where the invoice goes, what happens to the stock and what the shop must do to comply with the law.
The same care for client integrations
Whether it connects to a bank, a carrier, an ERP or an internal system, we build every integration on the same assumption: it will run for years, and someone has to look after it.
Any integration we build comes with someone to maintain it.
A bank, an ERP, a CRM, a carrier or an internal system. We design the integration, build it and keep looking after it after launch.
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