# Prerequisites Before using Pay Addons, it is important to ensure that your WordPress environment includes the **Elementor** page builder plugin and a **Stripe** account. Pay Addons is a payment plugin that is designed to work with Elementor, and it is not compatible with other page builders or WordPress environments that do not have Elementor installed. ## **MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS** WordPress 5.0 or greater PHP version 7.0 or greater MySQL version 5.0 or greater ## Elementor Website Builder (v3.2.0 or greater) To install Elementor website builder, Log in to your WordPress dashboard and install the active version ## Stripe Account In order to use this plugin, you must have a Stripe account. If you do not have one, you can [register a stripe account](https://dashboard.stripe.com/register) for free. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.payaddons.com/getting-started/prerequisites.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.