Title: More Options?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# More Options?

 *  Resolved [GvnrRickPerry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gvnrrickperry/)
 * (@gvnrrickperry)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/more-options-1/)
 * Hey,
    I wanted to say I really like the plugin, but I’m not sure if I’m using
   it right. I would like to basically have the “Purpose” and “Reference” options
   available to the “donator” to fill in. I’ve went through the configuration a 
   couple of times, but can’t find anything that puts text boxes in the Widget on
   the home page. Any ideas? Thanks! -Duane ([http://www.ak907.net](http://www.ak907.net))
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/paypal-donations/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/paypal-donations/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Johan Steen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/artstorm/)
 * (@artstorm)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/more-options-1/#post-3545843)
 * Hi,
 * The plugin those not expose those parameters on the frontend. The plugin does
   allow that behavior to be overriden using a filter though. The purpose is exposed
   to allow for a change on the frontend. You can hook into that filter and change
   it to a text box for instance.
 * `paypal_donations_purpose_html`
 * I’ll probably add more filters in a future version, but in the current version,
   using the purpose filter, should get you close to your need anyway.
 * Cheers,
    Johan
 *  Plugin Contributor [Johan Steen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/artstorm/)
 * (@artstorm)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/more-options-1/#post-3545846)
 * Let me know if you have any problems implementing a filter, and I can give you
   some example code.
 * I try to avoid to expose to many of the optional/specialized parameters in the
   GUI, to keep the plugin as simple to use as possible.
 *  Thread Starter [GvnrRickPerry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gvnrrickperry/)
 * (@gvnrrickperry)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/more-options-1/#post-3545980)
 * I have no idea about any of this but am pretty keen on figuring coding out. I
   will give it a shot, and in the interim if you see this and have a chance, could
   you post an example so I can take a look and compare what I’ve got?
    Thank you,-
   GvnrRickPerry (Duane)
 *  Plugin Contributor [Johan Steen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/artstorm/)
 * (@artstorm)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/more-options-1/#post-3545990)
 * This might help you get going, place it in your theme’s function.php file.
 *     ```
       add_filter( 'paypal_donations_purpose_html', 'display_paypal_purpose' );
   
       function display_paypal_purpose( $field )
       {
       	$field = str_replace( 'hidden', 'text', $field );
       	$field = '<label for="item_name">Purpose:</label>'.$field;
       	return $field;
       }
       ```
   
 * Cheers,
    Johan
 *  Thread Starter [GvnrRickPerry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gvnrrickperry/)
 * (@gvnrrickperry)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/more-options-1/#post-3545998)
 * Johan,
    You are the bomb! All I did was add the above code to the function.php
   file and wallah! It gives me exactly what I need!
 * Honestly, I didn’t expect anyone to be so helpful with the question I had proposed,
   but you have really gone above and beyond with the code you provided!
 * I will admin, it’s not the *best* looking as far as formatting goes, but I’m 
   so afraid I’m going to mess something up if I go in and try to fix the formatting
   that I’m not going to touch it.
 * I really do appreciate you providing that code and answering my questions. You
   are truly an asset to this community. If there’s anything I could ever do for
   you, please just let me know!
    Thank you again! -GvnrRickPerry (Duane)
 *  [leoly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leoly/)
 * (@leoly)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/more-options-1/#post-3546117)
 * Is there a way to also add the reference to the front end?
 * thank you

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