However, some have found that those buttons don’t always work and return a Fatal Failure error when pressed. Does your website or blog include a PayPal Donate button with that error? Or perhaps a PayPal Donate button on a website you’re trying to donate to isn’t working? If you are unable to use the PayPal Donate button here are a few potential fixes for the error.
How can I fix Paypal Fatal failure error?
1. Don’t open the PayPal button’s page in Internet Explorer
Note that this Fatal Failure error occurs most often in Internet Explorer. So are you pressing the Donate button on a page open in Internet Explorer? If so, open the same page in Google Chrome or Opera browser instead. Using Opera can be much more efficient due to its stability and increased security for your financial behaviors online. Plus, you have integrated apps right on the homepage at your fingertips. Then press the PayPal Donate button again. This isn’t going to help website developers fix the error on their sites, but if you just need to make a PayPal donation it might do the trick.
2. Disable your browser extensions
- Click Tools > Browser Plugins to open the browser extension lists shown below. There you can select four tabs that list your Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Firefox , and Opera extensions.
- You can select all the enabled extensions by holding the Ctrl button.
- Press the Disable button to switch the extensions off.
- Now close CCleaner, open the browser you disabled the extensions on and press the Donate button again.
3. Double-check the PayPal Donation button’s HTML
If you need to fix the Donate button on your website, double-check its HTML. Check that you’ve entered the HTML right and that it doesn’t include any typos. Also, check that your editing tool isn’t modifying any of the characters from the original pasted source code. You can check the button’s HTML with the sample code below and the code shown on this page.