Coldtill Brings Its Self-Hosted Crypto Payment Processor to WordPress.org With a WooCommerce Crypto Payments

New York, NY, November 10th, 2026, FinanceWire

WooCommerce stores can now install the plugin from the WordPress directory and connect it to a Coldtill server they run themselves

Coldtill today announced that its WooCommerce payment plugin is available in the official WordPress.org plugin directory, and that the Free edition of its self-hosted crypto payment gateway is distributed through a public GitHub repository. Together, they let a WordPress merchant go from a bare Linux server to a working crypto checkout without opening an account with anyone.

Product Launch and Availability

The Coldtill Self-Hosted Crypto Payment Gateway plugin was published on WordPress.org on 2 November 2026 and is currently at version 1.0.4. It is free and can be installed from the WordPress admin like any directory plugin. The plugin requires WordPress 6.4 or higher, PHP 8.1 or higher and an active WooCommerce store, and it works with the classic checkout, the checkout block and WooCommerce high-performance order storage.

The plugin does not hold funds itself. It connects the store to the merchant's own Coldtill server, creates a payment when a customer chooses crypto, and updates the order from signed webhooks. If a webhook is missed, it re-checks the payment when the customer returns to the order page. The plugin contacts no service other than the Coldtill server the merchant enters in its settings.

The Free edition of Coldtill is available from the self-hosted crypto payment gateway repository on GitHub, which carries the install script, Docker image files, static binaries and SHA-256 checksums for each release. Merchants can install it with one command and no account; the installer verifies the download, generates secrets and starts the stack, defaulting to testnet until the merchant chooses to go live.

"A merchant should be able to find us where they already look for plugins, read exactly what it sends and where, and try it on testnet the same afternoon," said Rollo Unden, the developer behind Coldtill. "Nobody has to approve them, and nobody can switch them off later."

Platform Features and Payment Processing

Coldtill is a self-hosted, non-custodial gateway. Customers choose a network and coin at a branded checkout page, which can run on the merchant's own domain, scan a QR code and watch the payment confirm. Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Tron, BNB, POL, USDT and USDC are accepted directly. With auto-convert switched on, 200+ further tokens on 35+ chains can be accepted and settled to the merchant as USDC or USDT.

Payments go to the merchant's cold wallet. On Ethereum, Base, Polygon, BNB Chain, Tron and Solana, each customer pays into a deposit contract that can only send to that wallet; Bitcoin goes to addresses from the merchant's own wallet. Coldtill then sweeps balances to the cold wallet in batches when the value justifies the gas. A small, passphrase-encrypted hot wallet covers gas, refunds and payouts, with an address book, limits and two-factor approval for large amounts.

Target Users and Applications

Coldtill is aimed at independent online sellers, WordPress agencies and developers who want crypto revenue to land in their own wallets rather than a processor balance. Agencies can run several shops on one server, each as a separate project with its own wallets, API keys, webhooks, branding and checkout domain. Developers get a small REST API, OpenAPI 3.1 documentation and a TypeScript SDK. Coldtill also lists plugins for EmDash, PrestaShop, Magento, WHMCS and DashCommerce.

"The plugin is the easy part to install. The reason it exists is that the money never passes through us," Unden said.

Pricing and availability

The WordPress plugin is free. The Coldtill server it connects to comes in three editions that run the same software: Free, with a 2% sweep fee; Standard, $499 one-time with a 1% fee; and Pro, $999 one-time with no fee. Paid editions include a year of updates, and security fixes are free on every edition. Bitcoin and auto-converted payments carry no fee on any edition.

Those rates are published as fixed figures, which Coldtill sets against PayRam, a self-hosted rival that markets "0% core processing fees" while its own documentation states "a flat 1%-5% fee on settlement, when funds are withdrawn to the cold wallet". That is up to 5% of every payment swept. Coldtill's comparison with PayRam quotes each of these statements with its source. The plugin is listed at wordpress.org/plugins/coldtill-crypto-payment-gateway.

About Coldtill

Coldtill is crypto payment software that businesses run on their own Linux server with Docker. It accepts 200+ coins on 35+ chains, sends every payment to the merchant's cold wallet and requires no sign-up, KYC or KYB. It has no licence server and no custody of funds, and it publishes its security model and threat model openly.

Web: https://coldtill.com

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