Create a donate button for your WordPress website sidebar
- Log into your PayPal account.
- Click on the 'Merchant Services' tab in the main nav bar.
- Click on the 'Create Payment Buttons For Your Website' button.
- Choose 'Donations' from the 'Choose a button type' drop down menu.
- Type in the name of your organization into the 'Organization name/service' field.
- Click the 'Create Button' button.
- Copy the code snippet from the 'Website' tab field.
Adding a donate button to the sidebar of your WordPress website
- Log into your WordPress website admin.
- Click on the 'Appearance' tab on the left side of the screen.
- Click on the 'Widgets' option.
- Drag a text widget into the page side bar you want the donate button to display from.
- Type 'Donate' into the title field, paste the code snippet in the 'content' area and click the 'Save' button.