This article illustrates how to create a PayPal Donate Button in WordPress blogs, either in a post, page or as a sidebar widget. This guide is based on the new PayPal dashboard. NOTE: This button is intended for fundraising. If you are not raising money for a cause, you should choose another option. See PayPal’s terms regarding Donations.
Step 1 – Log into your PayPal Account
At the bottom-left of the screen, select Classic Site. PayPal Home Screen – Click Classic Site
Then, select your account settings by clicking on the cog wheel, top right. PayPal Account Settings – Click the Cog Wheel
Select My Selling Preferences from the left PayPal menu. Select My Selling Preferences
Beneath the top category, Selling online, choose PayPal buttons Update. PayPal Buttons – Choose Update
Step 2 – Create or Manage PayPal Buttons
PayPal My Saved Buttons allows you to manage existing buttons that you have already created. Create a new PayPal button by selecting Create new button. PayPal My Saved Buttons – Create New Button
Now configure your new PayPal button: –
Select the button type: Donations
Enter the name of your company or service name
Choose your default currency
Decide whether donors enter their own contribution or donate a fixed amount
Under Merchant account ID, select Use my primary email address
Click Create Button
PayPal – Create Button Configuration
Step 3 – Obtain the HTML Code for your new PayPal Button
Following the creation of your new PayPal Button, the next screen
will show the HTML code to allow its use on other websites. For
WordPress blogs, you need to select the Email tab and use that code. PayPal Button – Email Code
Step 4 – Create the Full HTML Code for your PayPal Button
Right click on your desktop and select New > Text Document. Double click your new text file to launch it.
Highlight the following HTML code and copy it to your open text document:-
<a href="Paste the Email code from PayPal here"target="_blank"rel="nofollow"><img src="The Image Code"alt=""/></a>
Go back to the Email tab in Step 3 and then click Select Code to copy the HTML code to your computer memory.
Then, in the text document, paste that code between the first set of quotation marks by using Ctrl v on your keyboard. Copy the corresponding HTML code for the PayPal Button you wish to use and paste that between the quotation marks, replacing the words: The Image Code.
It is very important to get the syntax correct. A missing quotation
mark or slash symbol will prevent the code from working properly. If you
have any problems applying your PayPal Button to WordPress in the next
steps, revisit this code and check every detail in yours.
It’s also worth saving your progress at this point. Save your text document by selecting File > Save, or give it name by using File > Save As…
Add A PayPal Donate Button to a WordPress Widget
From your WordPress Dashboard, go to Appearance > Widgets
Drag a Text widget to either your sidebar or footer.
Open the Text widget.
Enter a title for your PayPal Donate Button if you want to have one.
In the larger text box, copy and paste the HTML code from Step 5.
Click Save.
Add PayPal Donate Button HTML Code to a WordPress Text Widget
Now check your WordPress blog to see if the HTML code works. You
should see the button you chose and when clicked, it should take you to
the PayPal payment screen.
If you see the code itself, it means that there is an error. Go back to Step 5 and check the accuracy of your code.
Add A PayPal Donate Button to a WordPress Post or Page
In the WordPress Editor, select the Text tab. WordPress Visual and Text Editor TabsFind the position in your post or page where you would like your PayPal Donate Button to be seen. Copy and paste your HTML code from Step 5 to the WordPress Text Editor. Click the WordPress Visual
tab, then scroll down to see if your PayPal button is displayed
properly. If not, return to Step 5 and check the construction and syntax
of your code.
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