Title: Adding a paypal button…
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Adding a paypal button…

 *  [WoodiE](https://wordpress.org/support/users/woodie/)
 * (@woodie)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-paypal-button/)
 * I’ve searched the forum here and only found one plugin but it’s more for using
   WP and paypal as a shopping cart. All I need to do is add a paypal button such
   as the donate button in an article, however everytime I do WP re-codes it and
   messes it all up.
    Can anyone tell me how I can add a paypal button to an article?-
   WoodiE

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 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-paypal-button/#post-107842)
 * [https://www.paypal.com/en_US/pdf/donations.pdf](https://www.paypal.com/en_US/pdf/donations.pdf)
 *  Thread Starter [WoodiE](https://wordpress.org/support/users/woodie/)
 * (@woodie)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-paypal-button/#post-107948)
 * Podz thanks, but you didn’t read my post completely. The problem isn’t that I
   don’t know how to create or insert a paypal button (I’ve been doing it for some
   time now) the problem is as stated in the above post WP re-codes what I’ve done,
   for example WP turns this:
    ‘<div class=”center”><form action=”[https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr&#8221](https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr&#8221);
   method=”post”> <input type=”hidden” name=”cmd” value=”_xclick”> <input type=”
   hidden” name=”business” value=”REMOVED::”> <input type=”hidden” name=”undefined_quantity”
   value=”1″> <input type=”hidden” name=”item_name” value=”REMOVED::”> <input type
   =”hidden” name=”item_number” value=”REMOVED::”> <input type=”hidden” name=”amount”
   value=”4.50″> <input type=”hidden” name=”page_style” value=”PayPal”> <input type
   =”hidden” name=”cn” value=”REMOVED::”> <input type=”hidden” name=”currency_code”
   value=”USD”> <input type=”hidden” name=”lc” value=”US”> <input type=”image” src
   =”[https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/x-click-but23.gif&#8221](https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/x-click-but23.gif&#8221);
   border=”0″ name=”submit” alt=”Make payments with PayPal – it’s fast, free and
   secure!”> </form></div>’ into this: ‘<div align=”center”> <form action=”[https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr&#8221](https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr&#8221);
   method=”post”> <input type=”hidden” name=”cmd” value=”_xclick”> <input type=”
   hidden” name=”business” value=”REMOVED::”> <input type=”hidden” name=”undefined_quantity”
   value=”1″> <input type=”hidden” name=”item_name” value=”REMOVED::”> <input type
   =”hidden” name=”item_number” value=”REMOVED::”> <input type=”hidden” name=”amount”
   value=”4.50″> <input type=”hidden” name=”page_style” value=”PayPal”> <input type
   =”hidden” name=”cn” value=”REMOVED::”> <input type=”hidden” name=”currency_code”
   value=”USD”> <input type=”hidden” name=”lc” value=”US”> <input type=”image” src
   =”[https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/x-click-but23.gif&#8221](https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/x-click-but23.gif&#8221);
   border=”0″ name=”submit” alt=”Make payments with PayPal – it’s fast, free and
   secure!”> </input></input></input></input></input></input></input></input></input
   ></input></input></form>’ As well as messes up a table I have below the button.
   I’ve even tried putting a ” /” before each > in each input line but that doesn’t
   help as well. WP still re-codes what I’ve done.
 *  Thread Starter [WoodiE](https://wordpress.org/support/users/woodie/)
 * (@woodie)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-paypal-button/#post-107972)
 * macmanx,
    Thanks for the suggestion, just tired it and WP is still doing the 
   same thing, but now I have a dot next to it 🙂 -WoodiE
 *  Thread Starter [WoodiE](https://wordpress.org/support/users/woodie/)
 * (@woodie)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-paypal-button/#post-108158)
 * Developers, any ideas?
    -WoodiE
 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-paypal-button/#post-108159)
 * Could you give a link to your site, and also post your index as either a txt 
   or phps file there too ?
    That way, it may be easier to figure out ? (And apologies
   for the above link)
 *  Anonymous
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-paypal-button/#post-108196)
 * Podz, Here is the link the page that’s causing all the problems: [Lotto Page](http://www.rcnitrotalk.com/articles/archives/2002/rcnitrotalk-lottery/)
   
   ScottHeavner – Thanks for your reply, however as already stated in my second 
   post I have already tried this to no avail. -WoodiE
 *  Thread Starter [WoodiE](https://wordpress.org/support/users/woodie/)
 * (@woodie)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-paypal-button/#post-108197)
 * [http://www.rcnitrotalk.com/articles/archives/2002/rcnitrotalk-lottery/](http://www.rcnitrotalk.com/articles/archives/2002/rcnitrotalk-lottery/)
   
   Sorry wasn’t logged in.
 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-paypal-button/#post-108199)
 * I would suggest that you remove that information from the post, and instead have
   the paypal button near the Firefox button.
    The code will not get subjected to
   the ‘wp engine’ at all and should display fine. It also means that you can leave
   the code there, or just comment it out for those times you don’t want it to appear?
   Every site I can recall has their button as a static page element.
 *  [bloodylamer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bloodylamer/)
 * (@bloodylamer)
 * [21 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-paypal-button/#post-108299)
 * So no luck on this paypal stuff, huh? Damn 🙂
 *  [kvillines](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kvillines/)
 * (@kvillines)
 * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-paypal-button/#post-108326)
 * Follow this link if you are interested in the New PayPal QuickTag:
    [http://wordpress.org/support/10/19212](http://wordpress.org/support/10/19212)
 *  [marquisdupre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marquisdupre/)
 * (@marquisdupre)
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-paypal-button/#post-108403)
 * I also want to put a “Donate” button on my blog, so people may click it and donate
   money to me. I have gotten the code from the Paypal site, and like other users,
   add it into the page on my blog, and the wp engine takes and re-codes it, so 
   it isn’t showing up. Is there any way around this at all??? I see others talking
   about buy it now buttons, and wp Quicktags, but no posts about how to work around
   getting the Donate button and its functionality to stay on the blog site. Has
   anyone solved this problem? Seems that with as many WP blogs out there, more 
   people would be looking for donations 🙂
 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-paypal-button/#post-108404)
 * Got widgets? If so, put this widget in the sidebar:
 * [http://widgets.wordpress.com/2006/04/07/paypal-donate/](http://widgets.wordpress.com/2006/04/07/paypal-donate/)
 *  [marquisdupre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marquisdupre/)
 * (@marquisdupre)
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-paypal-button/#post-108405)
 * I don’t think I do….I have a blog that is called Sarcasm – 1, and I don’t see
   it on the list of widget themes…… is a widget friendly wp blog the only way to
   do Paypal donate? How do I make my blog widget friendly? How do I know if a blog
   is? I have customised the look and and a bit of the feel of my blog, so don’t
   want to start from scratch on a theme that does widgets. Thanks!

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