Plugins or Custom Integration: Which to Choose

Use a plugin if your store runs on a platform UPCS supports. Build a custom integration if it does not, or if you need the map inside your own application rather than a standard checkout.

Ready-made plugins

UPCS provides three:

• WordPress / WooCommerce, which puts the map after the billing form and offers the [upcs_map] shortcode. See install the WordPress plugin.
• PrestaShop, which supports 1.7.7+ and 8.x. See install the PrestaShop module.
• OpenCart, for 4.x. See install the OpenCart extension.

Choose these when you want it working quickly with no code, and your needs match a normal checkout.

Custom integration

Choose this when:

• Your platform has no plugin, such as a custom-built site or another e-commerce system. UPCS has no plugin for Shopify, Wix, Squarespace, Joomla or Drupal.
• The map belongs inside your own app, booking form or admin tool.
• You need to resolve or look up codes from your server.

A custom integration uses the embeddable map and the REST endpoints. The quick start takes you through it.

Side by side

	Plugin	Custom
Setup	Upload, add key	Write server and page code
Control over layout	Limited to plugin positions	Full
Platforms	WordPress, PrestaShop, OpenCart	Any
Key location	Plugin settings	Your server

Both use the same API key and the same hourly request limit.

For Magento

There is no ready-made Magento extension. See UPCS and Magento.