16 November 2006
WordPress Plugin: Paypal Donate
Posted by Mikhail Esteves under: Projects .
Allows easy addition of Paypal Donate buttons in Wordpress posts and pages. Option page allows you to put in the donate button code provided by Paypal and you use the pre-defined tag in the posts/pages you want the button to appear in.
Installation
1. Upload contents of the ZIP file to your wp-content/plugins folder.
2. Activate the “Paypal Donate” plugin
3. You’ll see a “Paypal Donate Options” sub-page in the Plugins page. Go there.
4. Use Paypal’s Merchant Tools to generate a Paypal Donate button.
5. Paste the provided code in the Options page.
6. Edit the post/page in Wordpress where you want the Donation button to appear.
7. Add the pre-defined donate tag anywhere in the post/page where you want the donation button to appear.
More details available in the readme.txt file.
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31 Comments so far...
sascha/hdrs Says:
23 November 2006 at 10:31 am.
ok, it’s got it! thnx for the great plugin! :)
Blackfyr Says:
28 November 2006 at 6:59 am.
The options page doesn’t work with WP 2.0.5. It just won’t recognize/load the file.
Mikhail Esteves Says:
28 November 2006 at 11:02 pm.
@Blackfyr: I made it with 2.0.4 and I’m using it with 2.0.5 now. Works perfectly.
Dustin Says:
30 November 2006 at 1:38 am.
This works great in my pages, thank you. Could you turn it into a sidebar widget? Or even tell me how to get it onto my sidebar? Thanks Dustin
Dave Says:
16 December 2006 at 8:40 pm.
Great plugin, just what I needed, thanks. One very minor thing tho… on the Paypal Donate Options page, it says the tag is <—donate—> instead of <!—donate—>
Thanks again
Dave
Alfredo Says:
20 January 2007 at 1:49 pm.
Thanks for the plugin! Bookmarked it now and will add it to my blog. :)
Bobby Says:
28 January 2007 at 11:39 pm.
installed and activated! thank you. now i hope that people actually contribute to my wedding.
John Says:
9 February 2007 at 6:16 am.
Just installed it and it works great! Thanks! Only I founds that you have to use the tag instead of the
Michel Says:
9 February 2007 at 5:11 pm.
Hi,
I didn’t see a license agreement on this plugin. Is this plugin included in the Creative commons license as well? .
Lori Says:
15 February 2007 at 4:29 pm.
Hi – has anyone tested this in Wordpress 2.1? It’s not listed on the compatibility page.
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1 March 2007 at 4:51 am.
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TotalBalance Says:
12 March 2007 at 11:44 am.
Great plug-in. Works fine on 2.12 for posts and pages (need to paste in HTML mode).
One question, can the code be tweaked or how can you call within sidebar, header or footer php files.
Thx. in advance.
Dave Butler Says:
13 May 2007 at 6:11 am.
Thanks I was looking for something like this for my websites. Much appreciated. I’ll try out your donation button!
The Hapless Photographer Says:
27 May 2007 at 5:05 am.
WOO! Thankyousomuch for this. It is exactly what I have been looking for
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Mark Says:
12 November 2007 at 8:28 am.
Works out fine for me too , thanks for sharing this plugin with us.
Kerim Friedman Says:
12 December 2007 at 4:32 am.
The “donate now” code provided by the plugin is incorrect. It should have an exclamation point after the opening angle bracket. Otherwise it works great! Thanks.
jasmine Says:
17 December 2007 at 12:50 pm.
its just great to download n use it htanx for sharing it
jsmine
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some guy Says:
5 January 2008 at 10:45 am.
cannot believe that someone finally figured this out! kudos to you for troubleshooting THE wordpress/paypal dilemma. seemed like such a simple thing, but to my knowledge your the first to actually get this to work (outside of a sidebar) within a post/page.
many thanks
Albert Lynn Says:
23 January 2008 at 2:54 am.
Does this work for all Paypal buttons, Buy It Now, Add to Cart, etc
Joe Infurnari Says:
23 January 2008 at 12:47 pm.
I can’t get this to work to save my life. I’m running 2.3.2 with an encrypted Paypal button code that I’ve added in the Options page. I’ve noted the code and yet nothing is happening in the post. Am I doing something wrong? I’d like to get this to work as I think it’s a great idea. Thanks in advance for any support.
Joe Infurnari Says:
23 January 2008 at 12:53 pm.
Okay, got it. I was just typing it in the visual post composer. This works great! Thanks!
Mikhail Esteves Says:
27 January 2008 at 2:10 pm.
@Albert: Yes, you can use it for any kind of button. Just paste the code in the configuration page.
Adam Kayce Says:
13 February 2008 at 6:40 am.
Works like a charm – thanks so much!
I was ripping my hair out trying to figure out how to get PayPal’s encrypted code to work on my site… this plugin did the trick immediately. Godsend. Thanks again.