I want to add a paypal button with dropdown menu to raise donations

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  oldmcfarmer · Member · Apr 11, 2015 at 5:39 am

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  I want to add a paypal button with a dropdown menu. I pay for my site, so I believe it is permitted to do this. The wordpress coding deletes the <form> coding which does not allow for the dropdown menu. Any ideas?

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  kokkieh · Staff · Apr 11, 2015 at 8:04 am

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  Hi there. We can’t use the drop-down button on WordPress.com, only the basic donation button. No upgrade changes this. See: https://en.support.wordpress.com/paypal/

  The reason is that certain types of code are not permitted for security reasons. Someone could potentially insert malware into the button code using the form coding, which would affect ALL WordPress.com sites, not just yours. That’s why no widget or button using that code will work on WordPress.com: https://en.support.wordpress.com/code/

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  oldmcfarmer · Member · Apr 11, 2015 at 4:49 pm

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  Thanks, I’d been trying to sneak the code in there, but I can understand the reasons for the protection. I appreciate the response.

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  oldmcfarmer · Member · Apr 11, 2015 at 4:50 pm

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  Is there any way to embed an external page on the site. For instance, maybe I have a dropdown menu from a non-wordpress page and I embed it in the sidebar…

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  kokkieh · Staff · Apr 11, 2015 at 5:03 pm

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  I don’t think so. Any drop-down like this would require iframe of form code, as far as I know. You can link to an external site containing the button, but not embed it.

  Is this for donations or for sales? For donations you could perhaps create a page with Google Sites and embed the button there, and then link to that page from a text widget or custom menu link on your blog. Only thing I can think of that might work for that.

  For sales, either have people enter the correct amount on PayPal themselves and then submit their order and proof of payment via a contact form, or create a shopping cart account on an external site and link to it from your blog. If you want a shopping cart integrated directly on your site you’ll need to upgrade to the Business plan. https://store.wordpress.com/plans/business/