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Donations via PayPal

Easy, simple setup to add a PayPal Donation button as a Widget or with a shortcode.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version1.9.11
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 5.5 · PHP —
Directory statusactive
Last directory update17 Aug 20262mo ago
Active installations20K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.7 / 5 from 27 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Donations via PayPal version 1.9.11 as active, updated 2mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

Adds a PayPal donation shortcode and sidebar Widget to WordPress. The options menu lets you setup you PayPal ID and a few other optional settings. You can choose which donation button you want to use or if you want to use your own button.

You can also set an optional default purpose and reference which can be overridden on each inserted instance with the shortcode options or in the Widget settings. There is also options available for currency, localization of the button, custom payment page style and the return page.

Widget

In the Appearance -> Widgets you’ll find the PayPal Donations widget. After adding it to your sidebar you can enter a title for the Widget, some descriptive text that will appear above the button and specify an optional purpose and reference for the donation button to override the default settings.

Shortcode

Insert the button in your pages or posts with this shortcode

[paypal-donation]

Which is the simplest option, and uses all default and optional settings. If you want to make a specific button for a specific purpose you can add additional options. Example:

[paypal-donation purpose="Spline Importer" reference="3D Plugins"]

This donation plugin generates valid XHTML Transitional and Strict code.

Translations

The following language translations are already available in the plugin:

  • Albanian (sq_AL)
  • Danish (da_DK)
  • Dutch (nl_NL)
  • French (fr_FR)
  • German (de_DE)
  • Hebrew (he_IL)
  • Italian (it_IT)
  • Lithuanian (lt_LT)
  • Malay – Bahasa Melayu (ms_MY)
  • Norwegian bokmål
  • Romanian (ro_RO)
  • Russian (ru_RU)
  • Spanish (es_ES)
  • Swedish (sv_SE)
  • Turkish (tr_TR)

Related Links

  • Documentation
  • Support Forum
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Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • donation
  • donations
  • paypal
  • shortcode
  • widget
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.5 · PHP not listed
Update activity17 Aug 20262mo ago

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