Wordpress Easy Paypal Payment or Donation Accept Plugin

WordPress Easy Paypal Payment or Donation Accept Plugin

Categories: Wordpress Plugin

‘WordPress Easy Paypal Payment or Donation Accept Plugin’ is an easy to use WordPress plugin to Accept Paypal payment for a service or a product or Donation in one click. Can be used in the sidebar, posts and pages.

After receiving numerous requests, I have added multiple currency support and a donate button option to this WordPress plugin. See the change log section below. Now WordPress admins can configure this plugin with a ‘Donate’ button to receive donations through PayPal. If you want to accept payment for products and want shopping cart functionality then check the WordPress Simple Paypal Shopping Cart plugin. If you are just after a simple donation only plugin then check out the WordPress Simple Donation Plugin Page.

A while back I was looking for a WordPress plugin to use on one of my sites to accept payment for a simple service without the Customers having to log in to my site or become a member and stuff. I couldn’t find a simple enough WordPress plugin that does the job so I wrote one myself. One of my friends used it and suggested that I should make this plugin available for others to use. So I tidied up some code and decided to release it.

Plugin Screenshot

The Plugin can be configured to accept payment for a service or a product in one click. See the screenshot for example:

The Plugin can also be configured to accept donation too. See the screenshot for example.

Donation in Pound Sterling Example

Donation with Other Amount

This plugin does not give you a shopping cart or e-commerce functionality. Those features may be added in the future releases. Check out the WordPress Simple Paypal Shopping Cart plugin, If you are looking for an e-commerce plugin for your WordPress site.

Installation

1. Unzip and Upload the folder ‘WP-accept-paypal-payment’ to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory.

2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.

3. Go to Settings and configure the options eg. your email, Subject text etc.

4. Add the following trigger text to a post or page where u want it to appear in HTML view or use the Widget. see the Usage section for more details.

Usage

There are three ways you can use this plugin:

1. Add the following trigger text to a post or page in HTML view.

2. Call the function from a template file:
3. Use the ‘WP Paypal Payment’ Widget from the Widgets page.

This Plugin in Action

If you like this plugin then support my coffee habit by buying me a coffee. You can also see the Plugin in action too

Download Latest Version (v2.4)

Download the Plugin.

Change Log

Version 2.4
- Fixed an issue whereby the decimal numbers were getting stripped from the paypal payment amount.
Version 2.3
- Added the optional “Other Amount” donation capability
- Added a “Return URL from PayPal” field.
- Made the Reference Text customizable and optional.
- Some widget display tweaks.
Version 2.2.1
- Removed the link to settings option from the widget panel.
Version 2.2
- Added multiple currency support.
  - USD US Dollar
  - GBP Pound Sterling
  - EUR Euro
  - AUD Australian Dollar
  - CAD Canadian Dollar
  - NZD New Zealand Dollar
  - HKD Hong Kong Dollar
- Added Multiple Button Types.
  - Pay Now button
  - Donate button
Version 2.1
- Added Widget Support.
- Added more payment options (up to six).
- Fixed up some minor ‘html’ bugs.

Feel free to leave your comments. I like comments

Additional Documentation

How to collect the Shipping Address from the customer

You don’t really need to collect shipping address from the customers manually as they can specify a shipping address when paying on PayPal. So this is how it works:

A customer clicks on the Pay Now/Buy Now button and goes to paypal to pay for the product or service.
The customer fills in the credit card details or logs into his/her paypal account and reviews the order
Now before hitting the “Pay Now” button the customer can specify a shipping address by clicking on “Change Shipping” that is shown below the default shipping address.
After payment, PayPal will send you a payment confirmation email which will have this postal address so you can ship the item.

If you need help wth this plugin (such as additional currency support etc) or if you find an issue with the plugin then leave a comment and I will try to address it as soon as I can and don’t forget to check out the WordPress Simple Paypal Shopping Cart plugin which also allows you to sell proucts and services sitewide and has shopping cart functionality or the WordPress Donation Plugin which allows you to receive donation.

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#1 by admin on May 14, 2009 - 8:20 am

@Gabi, I just checked the page where you are using the paypal payment accept plugin and it looks like it’s working.. so I am guessing you got it to work.. let me know if you are still having issues.

#2 by Gabi on May 14, 2009 - 7:57 am

Hi,

This is an excellent plugin,

Sadly I cannot get it to work,

I have downloaded the plugin from WP, did not work.

Then downloaded it from here, did not work either.

The plugin is activated and I am pasting the following code on HTML tab;

(double – -)

This does work as a widget, but don’t want it there

Any ideas ?

Please help when possible,

Regards,

#3 by admin on May 12, 2009 - 11:33 pm

@Jared, Sounds good.. I will include them in the plugin in the future.

#4 by Jared on May 12, 2009 - 10:36 pm

Made some modifications to the plug-in locally on http://www.theaimlesspenguin.com. Added “Paypal Donation” heading to separate this widget from other widgets and added the Paypal logo after receiving user feedback that it wasn’t clear that the donation was through Paypal. I’d suggest integrating these changes into the plug-in for other users.

#5 by admin on May 10, 2009 - 11:01 pm

@Paul, No this plugin does not have the capability to bill the customers each billing cycle.

#6 by Paul Andrews on May 10, 2009 - 7:08 pm

Hi, thank you for your time and effort on what is a very useful plugin!

Can this plugin accept payment and subscribe the user, billing them each week/month/year as a PayPal subscription service?

Thanks

#7 by Adrian on May 6, 2009 - 1:12 pm

Nice plugin, easy to use, good job!

#8 by John on May 4, 2009 - 4:09 am

Hi
I have entered the name without apostrophe and it displays the same but the option box is too small to show the whole name and I can’t seem to find where the size of the box is set. i.e. if I type into the box “This text will not fit in the box” what displays on the page is “This text will not fi”

#9 by admin on May 1, 2009 - 7:19 pm

Hi John, the display field shouldn’t be locked to 18 chars. I have a feeling that everything after the apostrophe is getting chopped. Would you mind entering the book name without the apostrophe and tell me how that goes?

#10 by John on May 1, 2009 - 5:18 am

Thanks for the update V2.4 works great with the decimal point,
The text I want to include is a book title which has an apostrophe but is also almost 40 characters inc the price but I can’t find anywhere to set the diplay field size, it seems to be locked to 18 char, could you point me in the right direction?
Thanks again

#11 by admin on April 29, 2009 - 2:05 am

@Sherrie, I am not sure if what you are asking can be done using this plugin. Could you use two ‘Donate’ buttons using the simple donation plugin instead? I could customize the donate buttons so it will have two different reference texts so you know which fund it is designated for.

#12 by admin on April 29, 2009 - 1:57 am

@Dale & John, the new version (v2.4) that I just released should take care of the decimal price issue.

Regarding the apostrophe… I will need some time to investigate and see if there is a way around.

#13 by John on April 28, 2009 - 8:24 am

I have managed to get the plugin to work but i have 2 problems:
In my payment option text I want to have a word with an apostrophie like it’s
1) The code correctly updates for PHP to it\’s but the backslah also appears on my page
2) I want to price at 9.99 and the .99 gets stripped out leaving only 9 in the currency field
Can you tell me how to fix those problems
Thanks

#14 by Sherrie on April 21, 2009 - 12:14 pm

This is a really useful plugin, thanks! My only question is this, I would like to use this instead of the simple donation plugin because we have two types of donations – however I want them to be able to fill in the amount for either option. Currently if you leave both at 0 it only displays one, is there an easy modification for this? Also it would be great if it could display the name of the option selected as the payment type so that we know which fund it is designated for.

#15 by Dale on April 20, 2009 - 6:28 am

Can anyone advise on how to accept decimal typed donatons? eg £10.50? Every time I enter in .50 or any value it strips this and changes to £10

#16 by Lorand on April 17, 2009 - 11:15 am

Hello

Thanks for this nice plugin. I can translate it in French language if you want. You can send me your .po file when you want.

Have a nice week-end

#17 by Scott on April 16, 2009 - 7:07 am

hi there,

is it possible to add other options for customer input?

for example, i want to accept payments for a sports event and need customer details such as name, address, tel, emergency contact, etc.

this info would be collected in a form like the email address currently is.

also, i have 6 product options but the individual option names be put through to paypal?

for example:

day 1: £10
day 2: £10
special: £15

at the moment, the product name doesnt go to paypal so I wouldnt know if the customer had bought day 1 or day 2.

many thanks

#18 by admin on April 14, 2009 - 10:52 pm

Ah! the good old IE

#19 by keyfitness on April 14, 2009 - 10:24 pm

Thanks Admin. I closed IE and opened a new browser. That cleared my cart out.

#20 by admin on April 14, 2009 - 6:57 pm

Hi KeyFitness, I just visited your products page (http://fitnessisthekey.com/?page_id=17) and was able to Add and delete the “Rockin’ Body” item from the shopping cart. Let me know if you are still having issues… also you might want to use the latest version of this plugin which has better images and extra features. Please post any further comments related to the paypal shopping cart plugin (which is the plugin you are using) to that plugin’s comment section (http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/?p=768). Thanks.

#21 by keyfitness on April 14, 2009 - 6:31 pm

I love this plugin!
I was able to put products and add them to my cart.

However, there is one product that seems to be “STUCK.”
I can’t delete the “Rockin’ Body” item from my cart.
I can add and delete other products, but not this one.
I can only add, but I can’t delete.

Please help. I can’t empty the cart!
=(

#22 by admin on April 14, 2009 - 4:59 pm

Cheers Leslie

#23 by Leslie on April 14, 2009 - 10:34 am

Thanks for the plugin! Very easy to use solution to getting paypal into wordpress. I used it on 2 of my sites so I bought you 2 coffees.

#24 by admin on April 12, 2009 - 12:53 am

Hi Jimbo, if you use the executable PHP code plugin which lets you execute PHP code from your sidebar widgets then just enter the following piece of code in the widget to center it.

#25 by Jimbo on April 10, 2009 - 11:05 pm

Great plugin, works like a charm…one quick question and I looked through all the feedback on this page for it, but I apologize if you’ve already answered it…

I’m trying to center the widget itself in a right sidebar column…I’m not sure where I would input the div tags in the PHP, or if I even need to do this to get it done. Any help would be greatly appreciated…

#26 by Damian on April 3, 2009 - 11:44 pm

Great plugin, very useful, thanks for share.

#27 by admin on April 1, 2009 - 5:18 am

@Martin, Thank you for the update. I will include the changes in my next release.

#28 by admin on April 1, 2009 - 5:18 am

Sorry Nazmul, I am not selling this as a plugin

#29 by Martin on April 1, 2009 - 4:51 am

I changed your plugin a bit further. Here the changelog too:

* Changed Payment option’s type to float
* Changed the Donate button image

A demo can be found on my own blog.
Can you please include this changes in your next release?

#30 by nazmul on March 31, 2009 - 5:41 pm

admin,

how can i add this to my site?
Are you selling it as plugin?

Nazmul

#31 by admin on March 31, 2009 - 4:47 pm

Hi Nazmul, I am glad you like the site and my plugin. I am using a javascript for the mouseover tooltip.

#32 by nazmul on March 31, 2009 - 7:08 am

Nice plugin,
Nice Site.

What plugin are you using for the mouseover on your site?

#33 by admin on March 27, 2009 - 8:32 pm

The shipping is set to ’0′ by default which means it will not charge any shipping.

#34 by webexist on March 27, 2009 - 8:52 am

Hi There
This is a great plugin, is there any way to turn off shipping and handling charges.
I have tried to do this in the script – adding in the hidden fields

alas, it still adds in the shipping. Just thought you might be able to advice me here if you could.
Many thanks

#35 by admin on March 18, 2009 - 12:39 am

As far as I know I don’t think Paypal allows you to include a download link on the paypal site. In my opinion… this is a pretty standard procedure that the customer pays on Paypal and comes back to your site for the product… its part of the whole sales process.

#36 by Filipino on March 17, 2009 - 3:25 pm

This plugin is great, maybe I will use this on my blog.

#37 by Internet Business With Purpose on March 16, 2009 - 4:17 am

Thanks for the great plugin. I’m using it on http://www.choosemarkets.com
I do have a question regarding delivering products once they are paid for.
I’ve already included the download page on the “return url from paypal” portion of your plugin.

I made a test purchase and the paypal page says is “return to merchant”. This takes them to the return url. But what if they don’t click this link?

Do I need to customize paypal to include a download link on the payment confirmation page?
If so, can you give me any pointers on how to do this?

Thanks,
Greg

#38 by Amelie on March 14, 2009 - 7:57 am

I thought I’d try it once.
But again my records:
Is it possible to Umlaute ä, ü, ö, ß convert?
Since I am again.
The changeover to the euro does not work on the widgets.
It works but the contributions (articles)
Bug?

Sorry

#39 by admin on March 13, 2009 - 6:36 pm

Hi Amelie, unfortunately I don’t understand what language you used when you left the comment but if you tell me which language it is I can use Google Translator to translate and reply to you.

#40 by Amelie on March 13, 2009 - 12:23 pm

Da bin ich nochmal.
Die Umstellung auf Euro funktioniert nicht über das Widgets.
Es funktioniert aber unter den Beiträgen (Artikeln)
Bug?

#41 by Amelie on March 13, 2009 - 12:06 pm

Ist es möglich auch auf Umlaute ä, ü, ö, ß umzustellen?

#42 by admin on March 12, 2009 - 4:44 pm

LOL.. it just sounded funny and cool when I read your comment. There is an option to buy me coffee through my Projects page on this blog which uses this WordPress PayPal Payment Plugin.

#43 by Neil on March 12, 2009 - 11:04 am

where is this coffee everyone is sending? Am I missing something? I would like to send you coffee. Neil

#44 by admin on March 12, 2009 - 10:24 am

Much appreciated Lee… btw, did I tell you that your site looks cool?

#45 by Lee on March 12, 2009 - 7:43 am

Just sent you a very strong and large thermos of coffee so you can stay caffeinated and awake to develop more cool stuff. LOL

#46 by admin on March 11, 2009 - 11:00 pm

LOL… I don’t know what that student is upto but there is no way paypal would have charged shipping if you used this plugin! I am glad the WordPress Paypal Payment plugin saved your time. I do have a Donate button on my Projects Page.

#47 by Lee on March 11, 2009 - 9:34 pm

Thanks. Interesting, I had a student who was charged both sales tax and shipping which I had to refund. I tried to tell him it was a tip jar but he wasn’t buying! LOL

I think you should have a Donate botton on your site. This plug-in saved me a lot of time and hassles.

Lee

#48 by admin on March 11, 2009 - 7:31 pm

Hello Lee, by default the plugin doesn’t include any sales tax or shipping charges. So the amount you put in as the price is what the customer pays you through PayPal. They don’t get charged extra for shipping or tax.