Let readers give to authors

HI there,

I love that idea. It’s not something we offer out of the box, but here’s the way I’d approach that:

1. Create a form for each author. Note the Form ID for each author’s form.
2. Use this snippet to make the form use the author’s paypal:
https://github.com/impress-org/give-snippet-library/blob/master/gateway-customizations/paypal/paypal-standard-mutliple-accounts.php
3. In order for the donations to be shown as “Complete” each author will need to update their PayPal IPN number to refer to your website. Here’s basic instructions for that here:
https://givewp.com/documentation/core/payment-gateways/paypal-standard/troubleshooting-ipn-issues/#confirm-ipn
4. Then you’ll probably want to use the [give_form] shortcode to output a Button in the WordPress Profile and use the Button Only display mode. See docs on that here:
https://givewp.com/documentation/core/shortcodes/give_form/

IF you want to get a little more developer-oriented with this, you could add a custom field to the Author bio that sets that paypal address dynamically. But you’ll still need each author to update their IPN manually — there’s really no workaround for that, it’s a PayPal thing.

thanks!

Hi Matt,
Thanks for sharing!
Is this feature coming soon? It would be a killer feature:)
Thanks!