Finally, a WordPress Donation Plugin That’s Both Easy and Powerful

WP Charity is the best WordPress Donation Plugin. Here are the features that make WP Charity the top pick for 10,000+ non-profit organizations around the world.

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AMBASSADORS, SUPPORTERS & VOLUNTEERS

Turn your supporters into passionate ambassadors for your cause

Harness the power of peer-to-peer fundraising to grow your organization’s reach and raise more money.

WP Charity is the premier plugin for running powerful peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns in WordPress. You can use it to leverage your supporters’ network of friends and family to reach more people, helping you spread awareness for your cause and grow your fundraising in an organic way.

Organizations like Mellon Educate have started using p2p fundraising as a key way for them to expand their reach. With a WordPress plugin like WP Charity, your organization can take a leaf out of their book and run your own peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns, directly from your website.

Save thousands compared to hosted peer-to-peer fundraising platforms

Unlike most peer-to-peer fundraising platforms, WP Charity does not charge any transaction fees. For peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns, which typically raise a lot of money, this adds up to significant savings.

Consider this: With a hosted platform charging 5% for every transaction, your organization would lose $5000 on transaction fees for every $100,000 you raise. By contrast, you can get WP Charity with an affordable annual fee, saving you thousands of dollars.

Easy fundraiser creation

Creating a fundraiser should be a fast, easy process for your supporters. With WP Charity, you can customize your fundraising setup form and make it as streamlined as possible.

Crowdfunding: Build a personal fundraising platform

The WP Charity plugin also allows you to create a crowdfunding platform, similar to GoFundMe. Simply enable the option for campaign creators to set up campaigns for personal causes, and they will be able to create fundraisers for their own need.

Give people a place to fundraise for their own cause and build a crowdfunding platform focused on your local area, a specific cause, or your own unique angle.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you have a question about WP Charity? See the list below for our most frequently asked questions.

Why WP Charity?

WP Charity distinguishes itself by leveraging the robust WooCommerce infrastructure to handle all payments, gateways, taxes, fees, emails, and reporting out of the box — eliminating the need for any additional extensions and ensuring a complete donation platform with a single purchase. In contrast, Charitable and GiveWP offer comprehensive donation features but rely on paid add-ons for advanced gateways, reporting, and integrations. Across key features — payment gateways, recurring donations, fundraising campaigns, donor management, and reporting — WP Charity matches or exceeds its competitors while simplifying setup and reducing costs.

Feature	WP Charity	Charitable	GiveWP
Payment Gateways	Uses WooCommerce gateways (any supported gateway, including Stripe, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay) with no extra fees or extensions	Built-in Stripe & PayPal; additional gateways require paid extensions	18+ gateways included; some (e.g., Authorize.Net, Square) require premium add-ons
Recurring Donations	Enabled via WooCommerce Subscriptions (no extra plugin purchases)	Core supports recurring; advanced scheduling via Pro add-on	Recurring subscriptions built-in; advanced options via Recurring Donations add-on
Peer-to-Peer Fundraising	Native support; volunteers can launch individual campaigns under main fundraiser	Core peer-to-peer fundraising available via Pro add-on	Peer-to-peer functionality via Peer-to-Peer Fundraising premium extension
Donor Management	Uses WooCommerce Customer profiles for complete donor records; no separate donor table	Built-in donor database and management dashboard	Powerful donor management module; more detailed via premium reporting extensions
Donation Forms	Designed via WooCommerce product pages; unlimited forms, fully customizable via theme or builder	Drag-and-drop visual builder with pre-made templates; unlimited forms	Block editor & shortcode-based customizable forms; built-in form builder
Fundraising Reports	Leverages WooCommerce reporting (orders by donation, revenue, taxes) plus campaign-specific summaries	Basic reporting in core; detailed Fundraising Reports add-on	Full featured reporting (donations over time, donor trends) in core; further analytics via Reporting add-on
Offline Donations	Handle offline orders via WooCommerce “Manual Payment” methods	Core supports offline payments (checks, bank transfers)	Offline donations via Offline Donations extension
Multi-Campaign Support	Unlimited campaigns as WooCommerce products; no extra cost	Unlimited campaigns/trade-offs in core; campaign archives, goal-based	Unlimited campaigns; campaign goals, progress bars built-in
Integrations	Any WooCommerce extension: CRM, email marketing, accounting, currency switchers, subscriptions	Integrations via Pro: Mailchimp, Zapier, Stripe Connect	Native Zapier, Salesforce, Mailchimp; many via premium add-ons
Email Notifications	Uses WooCommerce email templates for donation confirmations & receipts; fully customizable	Customizable email templates in core; more via Pro	Custom notifications in core; PDF receipts via PDF Receipts extension
Tax & Fee Handling	Native WooCommerce tax/fee API handles VAT, tax exemptions, processing fee coverage	Basic fee coverage; tax via integrations or custom code	Fee coverage via Fee Recovery add-on; tax handling via core settings
Pricing & Licensing	Single plugin for an unbeatable price (one-site); all features included; optional support subscription	Free core; Pro starts at $149/year; many features require separate add-ons ($29–$129 each)	Free core; extensions ($39–$249 each); bundle pricing from $240+/year

1. Unified Payment Infrastructure
   WP Charity’s reliance on WooCommerce grants immediate access to any payment gateway supported by WooCommerce—without purchasing multiple add-ons — whereas Charitable and GiveWP both limit gateways in their free cores and charge for premium integrations.
2. No Add-On Dependencies
   With WP Charity, features such as peer-to-peer fundraising, recurring donations, donor management, and reporting come bundled in the single plugin purchase, sparing organizations from the complex web of multiple subscriptions required by Charitable Pro and GiveWP add-ons.
3. Seamless Donor Management
   By using WooCommerce’s well-established customer system, WP Charity centralizes donor profiles and purchase histories in the standard WooCommerce dashboard — no separate donor database or custom tables needed — whereas competitors necessitate separate donor modules or premium extensions.
4. Comprehensive Reporting
   WP Charity taps into WooCommerce’s advanced reporting capabilities, offering real-time donation analytics (including taxes, fees, campaign breakdowns) without extra cost — while Charitable and GiveWP restrict robust analytics to paid report add-ons.
5. Professional Email & Tax Handling
   Leveraging WooCommerce’s native email templating and tax settings, WP Charity ensures tax-compliant receipts and customizable notifications effortlessly — features split across several paid extensions in competing plugins.

Overall, WP Charity provides a complete, cost-effective, and straightforward fundraising solution powered by the familiar WooCommerce ecosystem — delivering advanced features without the plugin-and-extension maze of its rivals.

Changelog

1.1.0

• Emails: Author receives an email when a moderated (draft) campaign is submitted, and when it is approved and published (with a link to the live campaign).
• Integrations: Optional GHL Campaign Approval Webhook URL setting; JSON POST on draft → publish with donor context fields.
• Account: Donations tab listing donations to the volunteer’s campaigns (donor, email, amount, campaign link) in a responsive grid.
• Orders: Sidebar meta box Donation campaign to assign or reassign any order line to a campaign; campaign dropdown shows ID for duplicate titles; supports orders without prior _campaign_id.
• Admin campaigns list: Total donated column; for parent campaigns that allow volunteers, total includes all child campaign donations (line-item sums).
• Volunteers: Remind admin to review link for draft campaigns (resends admin pending-review email); success notice after use.
• Security: Campaign CPT uses campaign capability type; volunteer role has campaign-only caps (no edit_posts / pages); volunteers redirected away from wp-admin with login redirect to the account page; profile updates restricted to the logged-in user; profile picture uploads validated as images only (server-side, plus accept="image/*").
• Fix: Status bypass for admins/editors in cm_prevent_status_change now uses real capabilities (manage_options / edit_others_campaigns) instead of an invalid administrator capability check.
• Meta: Plugin URI and compatibility headers updated; WooCommerce tested up to 10.6.2; WordPress tested up to 7.0.

1.0.9

• Earlier public release (see plugin history in repository if needed).

Upgrade Notice

1.1.0

• Volunteer capabilities and the campaign post type capabilities changed: run through your staging site first. Administrators and Editors receive full campaign caps automatically; custom roles that previously relied on edit_posts for campaigns may need manual capability grants.