Do PayPal “Add to Cart” buttons work?

  • Can I simply paste the PayPal button code into the html of a page for it to function correctly?

    I’ve read some posts on the internet that say it doesn’t work but the posts were from 2007.

    I’m thinking of setting a client up with a WordPress site but don’t want to run into a PayPal hassle.

    THANKS for any help and suggestions!

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  • it works very well
    you need to install this plugin to execute code in posts and pages
    https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/exec-php/

    Thread Starter FloridaGal

    (@lindafar)

    Thanks for the speedy reply samboll.

    I was hoping it would work without having to resort to plugins because as you will see from my other post (https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/317979 which hasn’t been resolved yet), I’m having trouble getting plugins to upgrade automatically.

    But I’ve downloaded the one you’ve recommended and I’ll give it a try.

    I have to say I’m getting a little bit confused about the whole WordPress-Paypal saga.

    I have wordpress installed on my privatly hosted website and I have tested this Paypal issue with some buttons from my work’s website (currently looking to redo the company website and use wordpress so I need to make sure the paypal buttons work fine with no issues at all before I proceed).

    I’m a little suprised to see that by copying the code automatically generated from my paypal buttons and pasting into my post editor using the HTML view seems to work perfectly for me: https://www.melissawood.co.uk/wordpress/freebies/post-11

    Please excuse the messyness of this blog. It’s a personal one which I’m using as a testing ground as well as building it up.

    I have also read somewhere that there is a limit on paypal buttons using wordpress, which is 10 buttons. I have also tested this and found that 16 buttons worked fine as well and was adding all the correct items to the cart.

    I’ve also found somewhere in here that there is a setting in Paypal which you need to switch off for paypal buttons to work within a wordpress platform. The setting of accepting code from non-encrypted buttons has been said it needs to be set to ‘yes’ for the buttons to work. Though in my company’s paypal merchant account I have this set to ‘no’ and the buttons seem to work fine.

    Anyone able to shed any light on this for me, also might help to answer Lindafar’s questions at the same time. It would also be great to get some reassurance from someone else that what I have done is correct and will continue to work fine.

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