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PayPal

<p>Start accepting PayPal payments from any post or page with the PayPal Payment Buttons block. Designed to streamline the checkout experience, PayPal Payment Buttons can help boost your conversion at the point of payment.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Fast, easy setup</strong>: You can create PayPal Payment Buttons in seconds – no coding experience needed. Embed the buttons on your site in minutes. Just copy and paste 5 lines of code.</li>
<li><strong>More payment options</strong>: Let your customers choose how they want to pay. You can accept PayPal, Venmo, Pay Later, Apple Pay®, debit cards, and credit cards. Availability may vary by region.</li>
<li><strong>Higher sales</strong>: We help drive conversion by offering a trusted, seamless payment experience.</li>
<li><strong>International reach</strong>: We make it simple to accept payments from customers around the globe. Access PayPal’s coverage for over 200 countries and regions, supporting 24 currencies and 25 languages to support sales around the globe.</li>
<li><strong>Smart security</strong>: Get peace of mind with encryption and fraud prevention.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Highlight Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Add images and descriptions to showcase your products and services.</li>
<li>Easily add and manage product variants.</li>
<li>Implement the Name Your Price feature for tipping or flexible price payments.</li>
<li>Tailor your page and buttons to align with your personal brand.</li>
<li>Offer a variety of shipping options and tax rates based on buyer’s location.</li>
<li>Easily track payments via your PayPal dashboard.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Requirements</h3>
<p>The PayPal Payment Buttons block is free to use. It is available as part of the Jetpack plugin. It is also available to all WordPress.com hosted sites. It is also available as a standalone plugin from the WordPress.org plugin directory.</p>
<p>Once you have added and set up the block, you’ll also need a free PayPal account linked to your bank account to claim any payments you receive.</p>
<p>You can add the PayPal Payment Buttons block in your post or page, by following these steps:</p>
<h3>Add a PayPal Payment Buttons block</h3>
<ol>
<li>Select the PayPal Payment Buttons block from the block picker. You can recognize the block by its green credit card icon.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.paypal.com/bizsignup/entry?product=payment_button&utm_source=wp&at_code=wp" rel="nofollow ugc">Sign up</a> or <a href="https://www.paypal.com/ncp/buttons/create?utm_source=wp&at_code=wp" rel="nofollow ugc">log in</a> to PayPal to get your Payment Button code.</li>
<li>Choose between Stacked Buttons and Single Buttons based on your needs.
<ul>
<li><strong>Stacked Buttons (Recommended)</strong>: This option lets you present all of your product information and PayPal payment method upfront on your website.</li>
<li><strong>Single Buttons</strong>: This option lets you quickly paste a single button on your site, with no product information.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Copy the provided button code from the PayPal site.</li>
</ol>
<h4>If you are using the Stacked Buttons:</h4>
<ol>
<li>Select the HTML code language from the dropdown above your button code. </li>
<li>Then paste the code for the <code><head></code> into the first text box in the PayPal Payment Buttons block. (We’ll take care of placing this code into your post or page <code><head></code> only once.)</li>
<li>Then paste the <code><body></code> code into the second text box in the PayPal Payment Buttons block.</li>
</ol>
<h4>If you are using the Single Button:</h4>
<ol>
<li>Click the Single Button option in the PayPal Payment Buttons block.</li>
<li>Copy the single button code from the PayPal site and paste it into the text area of the block.</li>
</ol>
<p>By repeating the process above, you can add as many PayPal Payment Buttons blocks to your page as you like.</p>
<h3>Taking Payments with PayPal</h3>
<ol>
<li>When a visitor clicks a PayPal payment button, a new window will open to guide them through the PayPal checkout process.</li>
<li>Visitors can use an existing PayPal account or a credit or debit card to complete their purchase.</li>
<li>All payments are credited to the PayPal business account that was used to create the payment button code.</li>
</ol>


PayPal Payment Buttons

Easily showcase products/services, upload images, manage variants, set pricing options, and simplify checkout with shipping and taxes.

Noor Alam

<p><a href="https://wphowto.net/wordpress-paypal-plugin-732" rel="nofollow ugc">Payment Button for PayPal</a> plugin (also known as WP PayPal) allows you to easily create PayPal Buy Now, Add to Cart, Donation or Subscription type buttons. It generates dynamic buttons using shortcodes that enable PayPal checkout on your WordPress site.</p>
<p>Your customers will be able to pay for your products using PayPal or Credit Card. This plugin makes it easy for you to set up your online e-commerce store. You do not need to spend days configuring products and settings. All you need to do is insert a shortcode into one of your web pages and your website will be ready to go live.</p>
<p>Payment Button for PayPal supports PayPal Sandbox. PayPal Sandbox is a simulation environment which allows you to do test purchases between a test buyer and a seller account. This is to make sure that your store can process PayPal transactions without any issues. It also helps you get prepared before selling to real customers.</p>
<h3>Payment Button for PayPal Add-ons</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wphowto.net/wordpress-paypal-plugin-732" rel="nofollow ugc">Buy Now Custom Amount</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wphowto.net/applying-discount-to-a-paypal-buy-button-in-wordpress-834" rel="nofollow ugc">Buy Now Discount</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wphowto.net/wp-paypal-button-integration-with-contact-form-7-6710" rel="nofollow ugc">Contact Form 7 Integration</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wphowto.net/how-to-show-a-text-box-at-wp-paypal-checkout-to-collect-custom-data-from-buyers-6517" rel="nofollow ugc">Custom Input</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wphowto.net/wp-paypal-mailchimp-integration-6559" rel="nofollow ugc">Mailchimp Integration</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wphowto.net/how-to-configure-product-variations-in-wp-paypal-6413" rel="nofollow ugc">Product Variations</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wphowto.net/wp-paypal-variable-price-6988" rel="nofollow ugc">Variable Price</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wphowto.net/how-to-add-a-quantity-field-to-a-paypal-button-6428" rel="nofollow ugc">Variable Quantity</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wphowto.net/how-to-add-a-recurring-price-field-to-a-paypal-subscription-button-6450" rel="nofollow ugc">Variable Subscription</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wphowto.net/custom-donations-for-wordpress-paypal-donate-buttons-6778" rel="nofollow ugc">Custom Donations</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wphowto.net/wp-paypal-order-export-7347" rel="nofollow ugc">Order Export</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Payment Button for PayPal Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Sell products or services using PayPal</li>
<li>Create PayPal buttons on the fly in a post/page using shortcodes</li>
<li>Accept once off payments</li>
<li>Accept recurring subscription payments</li>
<li>Accept donations from users</li>
<li>Use multiple PayPal accounts to accept payments</li>
<li>Allow users to add multiple items to the shopping cart and checkout</li>
<li>View or Manage orders received via PayPal buttons from your WordPress admin dashboard</li>
<li>Quick settings configurations</li>
<li>Enable debug to troubleshoot various issues (e.g. orders not getting updated)</li>
<li>Open PayPal log to see how IPN (Instant Payment Notification) is being received from PayPal</li>
<li>Accept debit or credit card payments</li>
<li>Accept recurring subscription payments on a daily, weekly, monthly or yearly basis</li>
<li>Switch your store to PayPal sandbox mode for testing</li>
<li>Sell in any currency supported by PayPal</li>
<li>Charge shipping on your products or services</li>
<li>Charge tax on your products or services</li>
<li>Send a purchase confirmation email to your customer after a transaction</li>
<li>Send a sale notification email to one or more recipients (e.g. the seller) after a transaction</li>
<li>Accept payments with PayPal smart payment buttons</li>
<li>Accept Pay Later Pay in 4 payments</li>
</ul>
<p><em>Note: This is NOT an official PayPal product.</em></p>
<h3>How to Use Payment Button for PayPal</h3>
<p>Once you have installed this plugin you need to go to the settings menu to configure some PayPal settings (WP PayPal -> Settings).</p>
<h4>PayPal Checkout Settings</h4>
<p>These settings apply to the “[wp_paypal_checkout]” shortcode button. It uses the PayPal Checkout payment method.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Client ID</strong>: The client ID for your PayPal REST API app</li>
<li><strong>Currency Code</strong>: The default currency code for payments</li>
<li><strong>Return URL</strong>: The redirect URL after a successful payment</li>
<li><strong>Cancel URL</strong>: The redirect URL when a payment is cancelled</li>
</ul>
<h4>PayPal Payments Standard Settings</h4>
<p>These settings apply to the “[wp_paypal]” shortcode button. It uses the PayPal Payments Standard payment method.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>PayPal Merchant ID</strong>: Your PayPal Merchant ID</li>
<li><strong>PayPal Email</strong>: Your PayPal email address</li>
<li><strong>Currency Code</strong>: The default currency code</li>
</ul>
<h3>Payment Button for PayPal Emails</h3>
<p>Payment Button for PayPal plugin comes with an “Emails” tab where you will be able to configure some email related settings.</p>
<p><strong>Email Sender Options</strong></p>
<p>In this section you can choose to customize the default From Name and From Email Address that will be used when sending an email.</p>
<p><strong>Purchase Receipt Email</strong></p>
<p>When this feature is enabled an email sent to the customer after completion of a successful purchase. Options you can customize here:</p>
<ul>
<li>The subject of the purchase receipt email</li>
<li>The content type of the purchase receipt email. The default is “Plain Text”. But you can also set it to “HTML”</li>
<li>The body of the purchase receipt email.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Sale Notification Email</strong></p>
<p>When this feature is enabled an email is sent to your chosen recipient(s) after completion of a successful purchase. Options you can customize here:</p>
<ul>
<li>The subject of the sale notification email</li>
<li>The content type of the sale notification email. The default is “Plain Text”. But you can also set it to “HTML”</li>
<li>The body of the sale notification email.</li>
</ul>
<p>You can use various email tags in the subject/body of an email to dynamically change its content. You can find the full list of available email tags in the <a href="https://wphowto.net/wordpress-paypal-plugin-732" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress PayPal</a> plugin page.</p>
<p>Can the email messages be sent over SMTP? Absolutely. The following SMTP plugins have been tested:</p>
<ul>
<li>SMTP Mailer</li>
<li>Gmail SMTP</li>
<li>WP Mail SMTP</li>
<li>Post SMTP</li>
<li>FluentSMTP</li>
<li>Easy WP SMTP</li>
</ul>
<h3>How to Create a PayPal Checkout Button</h3>
<p>In order to create a PayPal Checkout button insert the shortcode like the following:</p>
<pre><code>[wp_paypal_checkout description="test checkout product" amount="3.99"]
</code></pre>
<h4>PayPal Checkout Shortcode Parameters</h4>
<p>You can use additional parameters to customize your PayPal Checkout buttons.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>description</strong> – Description of the purchase.</li>
<li><strong>amount</strong> – The price of the product.</li>
</ul>
<p>For more information check the <a href="https://wphowto.net/wordpress-paypal-plugin-732" rel="nofollow ugc">PayPal Checkout</a> documentation page.</p>
<h3>How to Create a PayPal Payments Standard Button</h3>
<p>In order to create a PayPal Payments Standard button insert the shortcode like the following.</p>
<h4>PayPal Buy Now</h4>
<p>Buy Now buttons are for single item purchases. In order to create a buy button you need to specify it in the button parameter of the shortcode.</p>
<pre><code>[wp_paypal button="buynow" name="My product" amount="1.00"]
</code></pre>
<h4>PayPal Add to Cart</h4>
<p>Add To Cart buttons let users add multiple items to their PayPal shopping cart and checkout.</p>
<pre><code>[wp_paypal button="cart" name="My product" amount="1.00"]
</code></pre>
<h4>PayPal View Cart</h4>
<p>View Cart buttons let users view items that were added to their PayPal shopping cart.</p>
<pre><code>[wp_paypal button="viewcart"]
</code></pre>
<h4>PayPal Donation</h4>
<p>Donation buttons let you accept donations from your users.</p>
<pre><code>[wp_paypal button="donate" name="My product"]
</code></pre>
<h4>PayPal Subscription</h4>
<pre><code>[wp_paypal button="subscribe" name="My product" a3="1.00" p3="1" t3="M" src="1"]
</code></pre>
<p>Subscribe buttons let you set up payment subscriptions.</p>
<h4>PayPal Payments Standard Shortcode Buttons Parameters</h4>
<p>You can use additional parameters to customize your PayPal buttons.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>type</strong> – The type of button to render (e.g. “buynow”, “cart”, “donate” or “subscribe”)</li>
<li><strong>name</strong> – Description of the item.</li>
<li><strong>button_image</strong> – Your custom button image URL (e.g. button_image=”https://example.com/images/buy.png”).</li>
<li><strong>button_text</strong> – Your custom button text (e.g. button_text=”Buy Now”).</li>
<li><strong>number</strong> – The number of the item (Also known as SKU. e.g. number=”16″).</li>
<li><strong>amount</strong>– The price of the item (e.g. amount=”4.95″).</li>
<li><strong>currency</strong> – The currency of the item (e.g. currency=”USD”).</li>
<li><strong>quantity</strong> – Quantity of items to purchase (e.g. quantity=”2″).</li>
<li><strong>shipping</strong> – The cost of shipping this item. (e.g. shipping=”0.75″). If you specify “shipping” and “shipping2” is not defined, this flat amount is charged regardless of the quantity of items purchased. </li>
<li><strong>shipping2</strong> – The cost of shipping each additional unit of this item (e.g. shipping2=”1.25″)</li>
<li><strong>handling</strong> – The handling cost of an item (e.g. handling=”2.5″)</li>
<li><strong>tax</strong> – The flat tax amount for an item (e.g. tax=”2.99″).</li>
<li><strong>tax_rate</strong> – The rate of tax for an item (e.g. tax_rate=”2.9″).</li>
<li><strong>locale</strong> – The desired locale of the PayPal site (e.g. locale=”GB”). This feature is useful if you want to render the payment page in a specific language.</li>
<li><strong>return</strong> – The URL to which the user will be redirected after the payment (e.g. return=”https://example.com/thank-you”).</li>
<li><strong>cancel_return</strong> – The URL to which PayPal will redirect the buyer if they cancel checkout before completing the payment (e.g. cancel_return=”https://example.com/payment-canceled”).</li>
<li><strong>no_shipping</strong> – This parameter allows you to control whether or not to prompt buyers for a shipping address (e.g. no_shipping=”1″). Allowable values: 0 – Prompt for an address, but do not require one (This is set by default), 1 – Do not prompt for an address, 2 – Prompt for an address, and require one.</li>
<li><strong>undefined_quantity</strong> – Allow buyers to specify the quantity of the item on the payment page (e.g. undefined_quantity=”1″). This option is only used with a Buy Now button.</li>
<li><strong>target</strong> – This parameter allows you to open a PayPal button in a new window or tab (e.g. target=”_blank”).</li>
<li><strong>shopping_url</strong> – This parameter allows you to customize the Continue Shopping URL for the View Cart button (e.g. shopping_url=”https://example.com/shop”).</li>
<li><strong>business</strong> – This parameter allows you to override the seller account specified in the settings. You can specify either your PayPal merchant ID or email address in it (e.g. business=”HV3QO52MBTT34″ or business=”rbg123@gmail.com”).</li>
<li><strong>form_class</strong> – Your custom CSS class to target the button form (e.g. form_class=”ppbtn”). Multiple classes are supported (e.g. form_class=”ppbtn ppbtn2 ppbtn3″).</li>
</ul>
<h4>PayPal Add to Cart Button/Shopping Cart Specific Parameters</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>handling</strong> – Handling charges. This parameter is not quantity-specific, which means the same handling cost applies, regardless of the number of items on the order. (e.g. handling=”2.00″).</li>
</ul>
<p>For detailed documentation please check out the <a href="https://wphowto.net/wordpress-paypal-plugin-732" rel="nofollow ugc">Payment Button for PayPal</a> plugin page.</p>
<h3>Translation</h3>
<p>If you are a non-English speaker please help translate the plugin into your language.</p>
<h3>Additional PayPal Documentation</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wphowto.net/applying-discount-to-a-paypal-buy-button-in-wordpress-834" rel="nofollow ugc">Add automatic discount to a buy button</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wphowto.net/how-to-create-a-paypal-subscription-button-in-wordpress-911" rel="nofollow ugc">Subscriptions & Recurring Payments Setup</a></li>
</ul>


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