{"id":1384,"date":"2025-01-16T23:18:28","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T23:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/notificationsformercadopago.com\/guides\/ipn-notification-configuration\/"},"modified":"2025-01-16T23:36:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T23:36:22","slug":"ipn-notification-configuration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/notificationsformercadopago.com\/en\/guides\/ipn-notification-configuration\/","title":{"rendered":"IPN Notification Configuration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>IPN notifications<\/strong> are a mechanism used by Mercado Pago to send payment information from all applications linked to an account to a single destination.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Differences Between IPN Notifications and Webhooks<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Configuration:<\/strong> IPN notifications are set at the account level and apply to all linked applications, whereas <strong>Webhooks<\/strong> allow you to configure a different URL for each application.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Subscription Support:<\/strong> IPN notifications <strong>do not<\/strong> support subscription notifications, while Webhooks <strong>do<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>When Should I Use IPN Notifications?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Mercado Pago has announced that <strong>IPN notifications will be discontinued in the future<\/strong>. Although this announcement was made several years ago and no official retirement date has been set, we recommend using <strong>Webhooks<\/strong> whenever possible.<\/p>\n<p>However, if you prefer to use IPN notifications, our system fully supports them. IPN notifications can be useful if you only need to receive payment alerts and already have an integrated checkout or use an eCommerce platform with native Mercado Pago support.<\/p>\n<p>If you generate <strong>Mercado Pago payment links<\/strong> through our system, we recommend keeping the <strong>IPN option disabled<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>How to Enable IPN Notifications<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>To activate <strong>IPN notifications<\/strong> in our system, follow these steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Access the <strong>Mercado Pago Developer Panel<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercadopago.com\/developers\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.mercadopago.com\/developers<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Go to the <strong>&#8220;IPN&#8221;<\/strong> section and add the <strong>Webhook URL<\/strong> found in our system\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/app.notificationsformercadopago.com\/mercadopago-connection\">connections section<\/a>. <em>(Note: When testing the configuration, Mercado Pago may display an error, but this does not necessarily indicate a problem. You can ignore it in that case.)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>&#8220;Payments&#8221;<\/strong> as the event to be notified.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Save<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1366 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/notificationsformercadopago.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ipn-config-3000x1359.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"864\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/notificationsformercadopago.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ipn-config-3000x1359.png 3000w, https:\/\/notificationsformercadopago.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ipn-config-768x348.png 768w, https:\/\/notificationsformercadopago.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ipn-config-1536x696.png 1536w, https:\/\/notificationsformercadopago.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ipn-config-2048x928.png 2048w, https:\/\/notificationsformercadopago.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ipn-config-120x54.png 120w, https:\/\/notificationsformercadopago.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ipn-config-240x109.png 240w, https:\/\/notificationsformercadopago.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ipn-config-360x163.png 360w, https:\/\/notificationsformercadopago.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ipn-config-480x217.png 480w, https:\/\/notificationsformercadopago.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ipn-config-820x371.png 820w, https:\/\/notificationsformercadopago.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ipn-config-1040x471.png 1040w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, make sure that the <strong>IPN option is enabled<\/strong> in your <a href=\"https:\/\/app.notificationsformercadopago.com\/settings\">account settings<\/a> within our system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IPN notifications are a mechanism used by Mercado Pago to send payment information from all applications linked to an account to a single destination. Differences Between IPN Notifications and Webhooks Configuration: IPN notifications are set at the account level and apply to all linked applications, whereas Webhooks allow you to configure a different URL for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1010,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1384","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"," c-blog-1-item  nt-post-class"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/notificationsformercadopago.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/notificationsformercadopago.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/notificationsformercadopago.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/notificationsformercadopago.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/notificationsformercadopago.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1384"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/notificationsformercadopago.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1392,"href":"https:\/\/notificationsformercadopago.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1384\/revisions\/1392"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/notificationsformercadopago.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/notificationsformercadopago.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}