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To add a PayPal button to your sidebar or post, you can follow the steps below. Note that if you want to add it to your sidebar, you need to copy the code into a Text Widget. First follow these steps:

1. Go to http://www.paypal.com/login and log in to your PayPal account. To access funds you receive through PayPal buttons, you need a Premier or Business account.
2. Click on Merchant Services. This option will be found in the primary navigation area.
   
3. Click on the Donations link.
   
4. Customize your donation options.
   
   Note that you can customize with your own button image.
   
5. Click on Create Button.
6. You will see two (2) sets of code: html code Website and a link for Email. Believe it or not, you do not want the the code for websites. WordPress.com does not let users post web forms so the website code would be stripped. You must use the code found in Link for Emails. This is the link that you want to attach to your actual button image. Keep this window open, as you will need to copy that URL in a bit.
   
7. In a separate window or tab, open a post or page for editing.
8. Switch to the HTML editor.
9. Add an image for people to click on. Below are some official PayPal buttons available to you. You can use your own image by following the same method. Copy any of the codes below and paste it directly into your HTML editor.
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     <img src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donate_LG.gif" alt="" />

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     <img src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donateCC_LG.gif" alt="" />

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     <img src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donate_SM.gif" alt="" />

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     <img src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/x-click-but21.gif" alt="" />

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     <img src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/x-click-but04.gif" alt="" />

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     <img src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/x-click-but11.gif" alt="" />

10. Switch back to the Visual editor and you should see something similar to the screenshot below, depending on which button was used.
11. Next, you need to add a link for your image. Copy the link for Email from Step 6 on this page. Click the image in your visual editor, then click the link icon and paste the PayPal code into the Link URL field.

And that’s it! Preview or publish your post to ensure that your donation button is working properly.

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Add a PayPal button to your WordPress.com blog

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Last modified: May 15, 2012