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Taking donations for the upkeep of your blog or for a non-profit organization is much easier with a PayPal Donate Button on your website. This is a very easy thing to do and it won’t be hard to add this button to your WordPress website. Here are the easy steps to follow if you want to add the PayPal donate button to your site.

Accessing your PayPal Account

Before you do anything else, you will need to log into your PayPal account. To use the donate button, you will need to have a Premier or Business account. If you don’t, you can easily upgrade your account.

Once you are upgraded and into your account, you will click on Merchant Services at the top of the screen.

Now, click the “Create Payment Buttons” option in the middle of the screen.

On the next screen, you will have the option to click the step-by-step guide for different types of buttons. You can select the guide for the donate button and follow it to make sure you set up the button properly on your WordPress website.

If you don’t want to use the guide, just click the “Create a Button” button at the top of the page.

Make sure to change the dropdown for “Choose a button type” to donate. Once you’ve done this, fill in the information on the screen and click “Create Button” at the bottom of the screen.

Change the code to the “Email” option and copy the code for later. You will use this link to create the button on your WordPress site in the next step.

You can add this button to your WordPress Website in two ways. First, you can use a text widget in your sidebar and second, you can add it in a post or page. Here’s how you do both.

Add the PayPal Donate Button to Your Sidebar

If you want to put the PayPal Donate button in your WordPress sidebar, just log into your WordPress dashboard. Go to Appearance >> Widgets and add a Text Widget to your sidebar where you want the button to go.

Now, just enter the following code and give it a title:

You can use any of the following image URLS for your button:

After you add the code, just save the widget and you will be all set.

Adding a PayPal Donate Button to a WordPress Page or Post

Adding the PayPal Donate Button to a WordPress page or post isn’t very difficult. You will need to switch over to the HTML editor or Text editor and add the following code:

Along with these two easy ways to add a PayPal Donate Button to your WordPress Website, you can also use a plugin. There are three main plugins for this task”

• Donate Plus
• PayPal Donations
• Multi-Currency PayPal Donations

All three work very well and it’s very easy to add the buttons to your WordPress site with these plugins. Just choose the one that fits your needs best and follow the instructions provided.

We hope this post provided the right information to help you add PayPal Donate Buttons in WordPress. If you’d like to provide us with feedback or you have any questions, leave us a comment below or join us on Facebook, Twitter and Google+.

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