Add crypto payments to XenForo with MakePay

XenForo monetization often centers on user upgrades, paid resources, and community memberships. The MakePay add-on works as a payment provider so those flows can use hosted crypto checkout.

The provider creates a MakePay payment link from the XenForo purchase request and uses signed callbacks to complete or reverse the payment state.

Payment profiles and purchase requests

The add-on plugs into XenForo payment profiles. When a member starts a supported purchase, MakePay receives the purchase request metadata and returns a hosted checkout URL.

After the member pays, MakePay’s signed callback lets XenForo complete the purchase and record provider logs.

Keep forum payment credentials separate

Forum add-ons run inside third-party hosting environments, so each community should have its own MakePay connection rather than sharing credentials across sites.

If a forum administrator or server backup is exposed, disconnect that community in MakeCrypto and connect it again from XenForo.

Recommended launch flow

Create a test payment profile first, attach it to a low-risk user upgrade, and verify that callbacks complete the purchase. Then add MakePay to production purchase options.

Keep the MakeCrypto Connected Apps page available to billing admins so they can revoke old forum installations after migrations.