Title: Paypal code changes
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Paypal code changes

 *  [anelson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anelson/)
 * (@anelson)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/paypal-code-changes/)
 * I created an ‘Add To Cart’ button on the Paypal site, copied the code, and pasted
   it into a WP page. When I view it the first time it looks good. My button includes
   an ‘Option’ pull down window for customer to choose from different options.
 * When I go back to the WP editor to do more work on the page and update the page
   again, the Paypal code changes and the ‘Options’ that I created are no longer
   displayed as a pull down window, but all options are displayed on the page. What’s
   the fix?

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 *  [bcmdme](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcmdme/)
 * (@bcmdme)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/paypal-code-changes/#post-2440059)
 * I am having the same problem. Does anybody have any idea what is going on and
   how to resolve it?
 *  Thread Starter [anelson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anelson/)
 * (@anelson)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/paypal-code-changes/#post-2440060)
 * I talked with PayPal. They say WP wants to re-format their code to WP standards.
   They had no solution on how to prevent it.
 * I found a way to deal with it. I noticed that the code only re-formats to WordPress
   standards when I went from the HTML editor to the Visual editor. So I first used
   the visual editor for everything except the Paypal code. I then went to the HTML
   editor and pasted my PayPal code where it belonged. Next, I copied and pasted
   all of the HTML for the page into a MS Word document as a quick and easy back
   up. That was important, bc I had to make more changes using the Visual editor.
 * [http://www.alansguitarmethod.com/pricing/order-page/](http://www.alansguitarmethod.com/pricing/order-page/)
 *  [bcmdme](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcmdme/)
 * (@bcmdme)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/paypal-code-changes/#post-2440061)
 * Thanks! I also found out that if you turn off the visual editor befor you paste
   in the PayPal code that seems to fix it also. After pasting in the code and updating
   the form turn the visual editor back on and everything still works.
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/paypal-code-changes/#post-2440062)
 * That page has 17 validation errors in it — some of which might be in PayPal’s
   code. You might want to address those errors whether they are yours or PayPal’s.
 * Also, you really should not use Word in creating or copying HTML code as it can
   corrupt it and when you paste it back in, it may create problems. Use a plain
   text editor or one designed for HTML coding.

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 * [paypal](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/paypal/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/paypal-code-changes/#post-2440062)
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