How to Add a Paypal Button to Add Apaypal Button in Wordpress

STEPS ON HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY ADD A DONATE BUTTON OF PAYPAL INTO WORDPRESS

Currently many bloggers consider applying the donations of PayPal as one way (there are many) to meet the expenses of maintaing their blog. Here, we shall show you sequential guidelines to create a Donate Button of PayPal in WordPress sidebar/posts using or not using a plugin.

Starting Setup

Firstly, you must have a PayPal’s account. If you have none, then you’ll have to create a new one. That is a quite simple procedure right? Just search PayPal from your browser. Next, login to the PayPal account. This can be achieved through visiting the site: http://www.paypal.com/login but it is significant to note that you have to upgrade either to Business account/Premier for you to receive any payment via PayPal’s buttons.

After logging in, you will select the button of Merchant Services found on the horizontal search area. Lastly, click the link reading Donate found in the create buttons title. See the figure below for demonstration.

CREATING THE DONATE BUTTON

After clicking the donate option from the above image, the page below comes out. Fill it precisely step by step

After filling out the form, click the Create Button. Next, you will be prompted to an area with two codes; Website/Email. We highly believe that email choice could be less intrusive thus it’s highly recommended for you to use the option. Using this option will work even on most sites powered by WordPress.com. After clicking Email tab, a link comes in. Carefully copy the given link.

You can now comfortably login to the WordPress administrator panel. We shall now show you the steps to follow in adding the donate button in a WordPress post/page or inserting it to sidebar.

ADDING THE PAYPAL DONATE BUTTON INTO A WORDPRESS PAGE/POST

Firstly, create a fresh page/post. Alternatively, add this to an already created post. It is highly recommended to use the HTML’s Editor rather than visual editor (ensure you do that). To...