Tips and Tricks HQ

Johan Steen

<p>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.</p>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" title="PayPal Donation WordPress Buttons - Usage and Setup" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oNRrN9qvUxI?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<h4>Widget</h4>
<p>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.</p>
<h4>Shortcode</h4>
<p>Insert the button in your pages or posts with this shortcode</p>
<pre><code>[paypal-donation]
</code></pre>
<p>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:</p>
<pre><code>[paypal-donation purpose="Spline Importer" reference="3D Plugins"]
</code></pre>
<p>This donation plugin generates valid XHTML Transitional and Strict code.</p>
<h4>Translations</h4>
<p>The following language translations are already available in the plugin:</p>
<ul>
<li>Albanian (sq_AL)</li>
<li>Danish (da_DK)</li>
<li>Dutch (nl_NL)</li>
<li>French (fr_FR)</li>
<li>German (de_DE)</li>
<li>Hebrew (he_IL)</li>
<li>Italian (it_IT)</li>
<li>Lithuanian (lt_LT)</li>
<li>Malay – Bahasa Melayu (ms_MY)</li>
<li>Norwegian bokmål</li>
<li>Romanian (ro_RO)</li>
<li>Russian (ru_RU)</li>
<li>Spanish (es_ES)</li>
<li>Swedish (sv_SE)</li>
<li>Turkish (tr_TR)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Related Links</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/paypal-donations-widgets-plugin" title="Usage instructions" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/paypal-donations" title="Use this for support and feature requests" rel="ugc">Support Forum</a></li>
</ul>


Donations via PayPal

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

GiveWP

Matt Cromwell

<p>A <a href="https://givewp.com/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Free_Addons&utm_content=ReceiptAttachments" rel="nofollow ugc">GiveWP</a> add-on which allows you to add a file to any GiveWP donation form and have it appear for your donors to download via the donation confirmation page and email confirmation.</p>
<p>This has many potential use-cases. Here’s a few ideas:</p>
<ul>
<li>Provide a PDF Gift Certificate to those who donate over a certian amount</li>
<li>Give a MP3 song as thanks to your donors</li>
<li>Give a ZIP file (like a free WordPress plugin) to your donors</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>FEATURES</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Choose custom title text for the confirmation page</li>
<li>Choose custom link text for the download</li>
<li>Upload your file via the Media Library Uploader</li>
<li>Optionally set a minimum donation amount per form for the Gift to be available to the donor.</li>
<li>Add the link to your Admin notification email and/or the Donor notification email via a custom Email tag.</li>
<li>Forms that don’t have uploads are not affected in any way.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>BASIC USAGE</strong></p>
<p>At the bottom of each GiveWP form edit screen you’ll find the GiveWP Receipt Attachments settings area. You configure that per form. This includes the minimum donation amount necessary for the attachment to be available (optionally).</p>
<p>If you upload a file and configure the settings there, the attachment title and link will appear automatically before the Donation Receipt table on your Donation Confirmation page.</p>
<p>In order to have the attachment link appear in your donation receipt emails, go to “Donations > Settings” then the Emails tab. In the Donation Receipt email field add <code>{attachmenturl}</code> anywhere you like. Below that field you’ll see a full list of all the available email tags.</p>
<p><strong>ABOUT MATT CROMWELL</strong></p>
<blockquote>
<p>I’m COO at <a href="https://impress.org" rel="nofollow ugc">Impress.org</a>. Our most popular plugin is <a href="https://go.givewp.com/download" rel="nofollow ugc">GiveWP</a>, the leading donation plugin for WordPress. I build custom WordPress plugins and themes and blog frequently at <a href="https://www.mattcromwell.com" rel="nofollow ugc">mattcromwell.com</a> on WordPress, Religion and Politics, and Family life.</p>
</blockquote>


Receipt Attachments for GiveWP

A GiveWP add-on which allows you to upload a file to use as an attachment on your donation email receipts and donation confirmation page.

Donations via PayPal vs Receipt Attachments for GiveWP