If you have an ecommerce or business WordPress site then PCI compliance is not new for you. As an online merchant / seller your WordPress website has to be compliant to the PCI DSS regulations, otherwise you risk being fined. Even if you use a third party payment gateway such as PayPal or Stripe, there are still some regulatory requirements your website has to adhere to.
We have prepared this definitive guide to PCI compliance for WordPress site owners to help you build a PCI DSS compliant website. In this guide we explain in detail all you need to know about PCI DSS, PCI compliance and how you can have a PCI compliant WordPress site for your business.
What is PCI DSS and PCI Compliance?
PCI DSS stands for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard. It is a set of actionable security requirements and regulations online business merchants need must adhere with to be in compliance. The regulations are maintained by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council, which is formed by the five major credit card companies: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover and JCB.
Every merchant, regardless of its size, number of transactions it handles and its revenues falls under PCI.
Source: https://managewp.org/articles/18432/pci-dss-compliance-for-wordpress-ecommerce-site-admins
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