PayPal Button adds a styled button that sends visitors to PayPal to pay. Choose a one-off checkout, a donation or a subscription, then enter your PayPal email and price. No shop plugin or API keys are needed.
A product checkout, a donation and a monthly subscription, each with its own button style. These are demo buttons with payments switched off, so you can click them safely.
Transaction Type: Checkout, price 34, currency GBP. PayPal blue with a darker hover and the PayPal icon after the label.
Hand thrown stoneware, 22cm tall.
£34.00Transaction Type: Donation. No price is sent, so the donor picks the amount on PayPal. PayPal gold with a heart icon.
£3,840 raised of £6,000
Transaction Type: Subscription, billing cycle Monthly, Auto Renewal on, price 18 GBP. A dark button with a 12px radius.
£18 a month
Set it up in a couple of minutes.
Pick Checkout for a one-off payment, Donation for gifts of any amount, or Subscription for repeat payments.
Add your PayPal account email, the item name, the price and the currency. For subscriptions, pick the billing cycle.
Set the button text and icon, then the colours, typography, borders and padding to match your site.
Everything happens on PayPal, so there is nothing to host or secure.
Charge a fixed price for a product, service or ticket.
Open PayPal's donation page, where visitors choose how much to give.
Bill daily, weekly, monthly or yearly, with auto renewal on or off.
Charge in GBP, USD, EUR, AUD, CAD, JPY and 19 more.
Send buyers to a thank you page of your choice when they have paid.
Set width, background and hover colours, borders, typography, padding, and icon colour and size.
Use the PayPal icon or pick any icon from your icon sets.
The email, item name, price and button text accept dynamic data, so one template can sell many items.
The button posts straight to PayPal. There are no keys or webhooks to set up.
When you want to take a payment without setting up a shop.
Sell an ebook, a template or a print from a landing page.
Add a donate button to your site or blog.
Charge a monthly or yearly fee for a club or community.
Take a booking deposit or a fixed-price service fee.
Sell places at a workshop, class or meet-up.
Let readers support your work with a donation.
This is the full list of settings in the Breakdance editor, with their default values.
| Control | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Content | ||
| Transaction Type | Checkout, Donation or Subscription. | Checkout |
| PayPal Account Email Address | The PayPal account that receives the money. | — |
| Product/Item Name | The name shown on the PayPal page. | — |
| Price | The amount to charge. Not used for donations. | 5 |
| Currency | One of 25 currencies. | USD |
| Billing Cycle | Daily, Weekly, Monthly or Yearly. Subscriptions only. | Daily |
| Auto Renewal | Keep billing each cycle. Subscriptions only. | On |
| Redirect After Payment | The page PayPal returns buyers to after paying. | — |
| Button Text | The label on the button. | Buy Now |
| Button Icon | The icon after the label. | PayPal |
| Design | ||
| Width | Width of the button. | — |
| Background Color | Button colour, with a hover colour. | — |
| Borders | Border width, colour and radius. | — |
| Typography | Text style, with a hover colour. | — |
| Padding | Space inside the button. | — |
| Icon | ||
| Color | Icon colour, with a hover colour. | — |
| Size | Icon size in pixels. | — |
You need a PayPal account that can receive payments. Enter its email address in the element.
On PayPal. The button opens PayPal in a new tab, and the buyer pays there. No card details touch your site.
No. The button always sends buyers to the live PayPal checkout. To test, use your own PayPal account with a small price and refund the payment afterwards.
For donations the price is not sent, so PayPal’s donation page lets the visitor choose the amount.
The button asks PayPal to try a failed payment again. Turn Auto Renewal off if you do not want the subscription to repeat.
No. It is a single button for a single payment or subscription. There is no cart, stock or order management.
PayPal Button is included with Phox Elements, along with 140+ other premium elements for Breakdance.