Enable WooCommerce My account Payment Methods allowing Customer To Add a Payment Method

Question

I am trying to allow the customer to add a payment method just like he or she can edit their address and everything else.

So, I added this code to the My account => Payment Methods. But when clicked, it just says that "New payment methods can only be added on checkout" or something like that.

So, any solution to this?

add_action( 'woocommerce_after_account_payment_methods', 'add_payment_method_from_my_account' );
function add_payment_method_from_my_account() { ?>

    <a class="button" href="<?php echo esc_url( wc_get_endpoint_url( 'add-payment-method' ) ); ?>">
    <?php esc_html_e( 'Add payment method', 'woocommerce' ); ?></a>
    
    <?php
}

Answer 1

You need something completely different, as the desired payment gateways, need to support "add_payment_method" feature (or "tokenization" feature).

So we don't need your code (and all other related code that you have added).

But, we can enable "add_payment_method" feature for some defined payment gateways.

Remove/disable all your related code and use instead the following hooked function:

add_filter( 'woocommerce_payment_gateway_supports', 'filter_payment_gateway_supports', 10, 3 );
function filter_payment_gateway_supports( $supports, $feature, $payment_gateway ) {
    // Here in the array, set the allowed payment method IDs (slugs)
    $allowed_payment_method_ids = array('bacs', 'cheque', 'cod');

    if ( in_array($payment_gateway->id, $allowed_payment_method_ids ) && $feature === 'add_payment_method' ) {
        $supports = true;
    }
    return $supports;
}

Code goes in functions.php file of your child theme (or in a plugin). Tested and works.

This time "Payment methods" menu item appears in My account menu items and when going to "Payment methods" section, there is a functional "Add payment method" button.