How to Add A Paypal Button App to a Tumblr Website

The easy way to add PayPal Button to Tumblr in minutes without coding or needing help from a developer.

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PayPal Button, Donation Button and Buy Now Buttons created with the POWR PayPal Button app.

Steps to Add a PayPal Button App on a Tumblr Site

Create your customized PayPal Button app, match your website's style and colors, and add PayPal Button to your Tumblr page, post, sidebar, footer, or wherever you like on your site.

How To Add a PayPal Button App on Tumblr:

  1. Create a Free PayPal Button App

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  2. Edit Theme

    In your Tumblr dashboard, open your Account Settings. Select Edit Appearance and click Edit Theme.
  3. Edit HTML

    Click on the Edit HTML link.
  4. Paste the Script

    Paste this exact POWR script into the HTML file, in between the Head tags. Then click Update, and save.
  5. New Text Post

    Back inside the Tumblr blog editor, embed a new Text Element.
  6. Paste Shortcode

    Paste the shortcode into the post. Then save. If you expand the post, you will see your new POWR PayPal Button.Click the POWR Settings Icon to open the POWR Editor.
  7. Begin editing the following PayPal Button plugin directly inside of the Tumblr website:

    Go to the live Tumblr website and click the Settings Icon in the upper right corner of the PayPal Button plugin.

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Remove the Guesswork of Building Your Brand

Begin Building Brand Identity From Your Website

You've already invested time and resources in building your business online just by having a Tumblr website.


Your work isn't done yet, though! Now it's time to attract and engage visitors, then turn them into customers.

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Now You Have To Make Your Elements Unique

Some may first try to DIY a PayPal Button app or 'knows a guy' that can build one in 'no time'.


Others attempt to find open source PayPal Button apps, or foreign companies that allegedly offer PayPal Button apps at rock-bottom prices.

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Also, customizing these apps usually requires coding experience or another designer to help -- costing even more resources.


In a world where scammers infiltrate sites every day, many other PayPal Button apps out there aren't built with security in mind, which could expose your customers or worse -- crash your whole site. Not with POWR!

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Support feature

All POWR apps are built to scale with your business on Tumblr, so we offer the most advanced security features and high-volume capabilities on the market to keep your customers (and you) safe.

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Our award-winning customer support team is available 24/7, as well as a dedicated Help Center to answer any questions.

Furthermore, our team of talented engineers work at all hours to keep POWR apps like your Tumblr PayPal Button at peak performance for you.

CASE STUDY: POWR put Rbia Shades on the success track

Rbia Shades needed to expand beyond its region by bringing its products online. They needed a low-maintenance, non-techie solution.


After much research, they chose POWR as their no-code tool of choice.

In just a few short months of installing a POWR Popup app, Rbia earned over 600 new contacts – a 250% growth.


Next, they used a Social Feed app and quickly noticed a leap in new followers on Instagram and 200% more engagement on their site.


Last came the Media Slider. A beautiful way to show off their products and accessories to every site visitor the moment they land on their site.

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Contacts growth 250%
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Up 2x in engagement
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2x time on site

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