How To Add PayPal Functionality In WordPress

Using the following snippet will let you add PayPal button to your WordPress website. Remember to add the snippet to your theme’s functions.php file and you are done.

function cwc_donate_shortcode( $atts ) {
    extract(shortcode_atts(array(
        'text' => 'Make a donation',
        'account' => 'REPLACE ME',
        'for' => '',
    ), $atts));
    global $post;
    if (!$for) $for = str_replace(" ","+",$post->post_title);
    return '<a class="donateLink" href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick&business='.$account.'&item_name=Donation+for+'.$for.'">'.$text.'</a>';
}
add_shortcode('donate', 'cwc_donate_shortcode');

function cwc_donate_shortcode( $atts ) {

extract(shortcode_atts(array(

'text' => 'Make a donation',

'account' => 'REPLACE ME',

'for' => '',

), $atts));

global $post;

if (!$for) $for = str_replace(" ","+",$post->post_title);

return '<a class="donateLink" href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick&business='.$account.'&item_name=Donation+for+'.$for.'">'.$text.'</a>';

}

add_shortcode('donate', 'cwc_donate_shortcode');

Snippet Source/Credit: Snipplr

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