How to add Buy Me a Coffee to your website
Buy Me a Coffee is a tipping and membership platform for creators, used by creators, writers, musicians, illustrators and independent makers. Here's how to put it on your own website, which embed option to pick, and what goes wrong.
Quick answer
Get the code from your Buy Me a Coffee dashboard under Buttons & Widgets, which generates both button and floating widget code. For most people the right choice is the button — a simple 'Buy me a coffee' button linking to your page. Paste it into a code or embed block on your site — not a plain text field — then place it beside your main call to action and test the whole flow on a phone before relying on it.
Buy Me a Coffee: which option to use
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Button | A simple 'Buy me a coffee' button linking to your page. |
| Floating widget | A persistent corner widget that expands into the support panel. |
| Membership embed | For recurring supporters rather than one-off tips. |
Step-by-step
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Find the code or link in your account
Buy Me a Coffee keeps this in your Buy Me a Coffee dashboard under Buttons & Widgets, which generates both button and floating widget code. Copy what you need before touching your website — most of the time people lose is spent hunting for the snippet, not installing it.
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Pick the right option for the job
The table above is the decision. Button: A simple 'Buy me a coffee' button linking to your page. Floating widget: A persistent corner widget that expands into the support panel. Choosing before you paste saves rebuilding the section later.
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Paste it into a code or embed block
This needs an HTML, code or embed block — not a plain text field, where the code will simply appear as text on your page. On Adviita, ask the AI editor to add an embed section and drop the code in. On WordPress use a Custom HTML block, on Squarespace a Code block (Business plan or above), and on Wix an Embed HTML element.
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Put it where the decision happens
Getting paid should take the customer as few taps as possible — every extra step is money left on the table. A widget three scrolls down does a fraction of the work of the same widget beside your main call to action. Decide what the page is for, then place it at the point the visitor is deciding.
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Check it on an actual phone
Most visitors to a small business website arrive on a phone, and embeds are where mobile layouts break. Open your live site on your own phone and confirm it loads, fits the screen without sideways scrolling, and does not push your contact button out of view. Third-party embeds are also the most common cause of a slow page, so if it noticeably delays loading, consider a plain link instead.
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Test it end to end before you rely on it
Run through the whole flow yourself as a customer would — make a small real payment — and confirm what should happen actually happens. Broken embeds fail silently, and the first person to notice is usually a customer who has already given up.
Tips & best practices
- ▸Third-party scripts affect page speed. If your site is otherwise fast, a plain link keeps it that way.
- ▸A bare support button converts poorly. One sentence explaining what the support funds does more than any styling choice.
- ▸Fees and payout schedules differ from a direct payment link — worth checking if the amounts matter to you.
- ▸Re-test the embed after any change to your site, your plan, or the connected account — third-party widgets break quietly and nothing tells you.
Common questions
How do I add a Buy Me a Coffee button to my site?
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In your Buy Me a Coffee dashboard, open the buttons and widgets section, choose a button or the floating widget, and copy the code. Paste it into a code block on your site, or use the plain link behind your own button if you would rather avoid the script.
Buy Me a Coffee or Ko-fi?
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They do much the same job. Ko-fi is generally more generous on fees for one-off tips and has a strong commissions and shop feature; Buy Me a Coffee has a cleaner membership flow. If you already have an audience on one, stay there — moving supporters between platforms loses more than the fee difference is worth.
Do I need a developer to add Buy Me a Coffee to my site?
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No. Every option here is copy and paste into a code or embed block, which every mainstream website builder provides. The only genuine blocker is a builder or plan that does not allow custom code at all — Squarespace, for instance, requires a Business plan or above for code blocks.
Will adding Buy Me a Coffee slow down my website?
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Any third-party embed has some cost, because it loads code from another company's servers. One is usually unnoticeable; four or five on the same page is where small business sites become visibly slow. If page speed matters to you, prefer a plain link over a script wherever the option exists, and keep embeds to the pages that genuinely need them.