Insert PayPal into Wordpress - Strike 1

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While at first it appeared to be that simple this does not actually work, the button appears but when clicked an error is thrown unable to decrypt the certificate id
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How to insert Paypal into you WordPress blog

Can it really be this simple, copy the paypal code into your post, yes it is. If you do not have a paypal account you can Sign up to Paypal here

To create a donate button within Paypal

Once you have a Paypal account click on the Merchant Services Tab. Scroll down until you see “Donations” and click that. Enter the details and amount. If you would like the user to input their own amount to donate then leave the amount field blank. Then simply click on the “Create Button Now” button. The next window will have a box with code in it. Highlight the entire code in the box and copy it just as you would anything else.

Insert the Paypal Code into your WordPress Blog

Open your blog administration panel to write a post. The only thing that you may need to do different than your nomal post is before you actually paste the PayPal code is to switch to either “code” or “html” mode which should be a tab directly under the title. Once in html or code mode simply paste the code you copied from the PayPal window, The results will look similar to below.

If you have found this information helpful please feel free to Donate. Your Donation is Appreciated.

Written by Beezlebubba on July 31st, 2007 with no comments.
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