With the latest release of the WooCommerce PayPal Payments module, there have been a lot of complaints.

A client’s site was not working properly where if someone clicked the Place Order button it showed an error. But, the PayPal buttons below the Place Order button work.

So, I found a script and modified it to hide the Place Order button if the PayPal option is chosen.

Add the following code to your child theme functions.php file.

TIP: In your browser console, look at the value field in the input for the payment option you want to hide. Copy the value, in this case is “ppcp-gateway”, replacing this value in the array field below.

* Hide checkout button when PayPal payment method is chosen - BEGIN */

 add_filter('woocommerce_order_button_html', 'remove_place_order_button_for_specific_payments' );

function remove_place_order_button_for_specific_payments( $button ) {

    // HERE define your targeted payment(s) method(s) in the array

    $targeted_payments_methods = array('ppcp-gateway');

    $chosen_payment_method     = WC()->session->get('chosen_payment_method'); // The chosen payment

    // For matched payment(s) method(s), we remove place order button (on checkout page)

    if( in_array( $chosen_payment_method, $targeted_payments_methods ) && ! is_wc_endpoint_url() ) {

        $button = ''; 

    }

    return $button;

}

// jQuery - Update checkout on payment method change

add_action( 'wp_footer', 'custom_checkout_jquery_script' );

function custom_checkout_jquery_script() {

    if ( is_checkout() && ! is_wc_endpoint_url() ) :

    ?>

<script type="text/javascript">

    jQuery( function($){

        $('form.checkout').on('change', 'input[name="payment_method"]', function(){

            $(document.body).trigger('update_checkout');

        });

    });

    </script>

<?php endif; } /* Hide checkout button when PayPal payment method is chosen - END */