Charitable - Donation Plugin for WordPress - Fundraising with Recurring Donations & More

Charitable Pro This plugin is the Lite version of Charitable Pro, which comes with additional email marketing & payment integrations, crowdfunding, peer-to-peer fundraising, automated workflows, and more. Click here to purchase the best premium WordPress donation & fundraising plugin now!

• Add suggested donation amounts, allow people to donate custom amounts, or do both.
• Accept one-time donations and recurring donations.
• Add donation goals and display them in the donation widget.
• Easily collect all relevant donor details.
• Customize your donate buttons to match your design needs.
• Display donation forms in a popup modal, on a separate page, in a widget on your site, or on the same page as the campaign. You can embed donation forms anywhere on your site.

• Create unlimited fundraising campaigns for your charity (no extra costs).
• Create time-sensitive fundraising campaigns that end automatically when they're finished.
• Set fundraising goals, display total donors (donor wall) for your campaigns, share donor comments, donation updates, fundraising video, and more.
• Add peer-to-peer fundraising (aka crowdfunding) to maximize your donations.

• See a complete history of your donor activity, track donation goal progress, and more in a single dashboard.
• Send beautiful annual tax-deductible donation receipts for end of year tax reporting.
• Add donor profiles to highlight your top contributors and raise more donations toward your cause.
• Send personalized donor updates to keep donors informed about their donations & contributions to your nonprofit charity.
• Export all donation details in CSV to help with your workflow.

• Nonprofit Charity Walkathons
• Nonprofit Charity Carwashes
• Nonprofit Charity Fundraising Dinners
• Other non-profit charity events

• Integrate with your favorite email marketing tools like Mailchimp, ActiveCampaign, MailerLite, Campaign Monitor, and more.
• Give your fundraising campaigns a boost through Charitable videos.
• Enable Charitable Geolocation to geotag your donation campaigns to bring more awareness to the fundraising cause.
• Save time with smart donation workflow automation with Zapier, Zoho Flow, and Webhooks.

• Donation Form Builder - powerful drag & drop donation form builder. Create smart donation forms, add custom donate buttons, accept donation payments, and more without writing any code.
• 100% mobile responsive.
• GDPR & CCPA friendly - full privacy compliance tools
• Pre-built Fundraising Templates - Get access to sleek modern fundraising templates that are optimized to help you raise more donations.
• Secure Credit Card Payments - securely accept credit card donations on your website with Stripe donations, PayPal donations, and dozens of other payment gateways.
• Recurring Donations - accept recurring donations on your website with Stripe, PayPal, and other payment solutions. Turn one-time donors into repeat supporters.
• Offline Donations - accept offline donations from donors through other payment methods like cash, check, and wire transfer while keeping track of it in Charitable donation platform.
• Automatic Donation Receipts - automatically send PDF receipts for each donation to your donors (save time).
• Comprehensive Donation Management - easily manage and track all donor activity, donation amount, donor communication, and more from a single dashboard.
• Actionable Donation Reports - see all your donation reports in one place.
• Peer to Peer Fundraising - allow your community to raise more donations for your cause with crowdfunding.
• Donation Teams with Ambassadors - allow supporters and ambassadors to create donation teams to help raise more money for your nonprofit. Track progress through custom donate buttons for each team.
• Donation Fee Relief - allow donors to cover donation payment processing fees.
• Donation Goal Widget - Display public donation goals in a donation widget to motivate your donors and supporter.
• Annual Donation Receipts - help donors with annual tax planning with beautiful donation receipts.
• Anonymous Donations - allow donors to make anonymous donations.
• Gift Aid - allow donors to boost their donations through the government's gift aid tax incentive.
• Spam protection built-in with support Google reCAPTCHA and hCaptcha.
• Workflow Automation to help you save time with Zapier, Webhooks, Zoho Flow, and more.

• Stripe - We're a Stripe Verified Partner for Stripe Donation payments. Easily accept credit card donations on your website with Stripe.
• PayPal - Easily accept PayPal donations on your website.
• Square - Accept credit card donations with Square.
• Braintree
• Authorize.net
• Mollie
• PayFast
• Payrexx
• PayUMoney
• GoCardless
• Paystack
• Windcave

• Mailchimp
• Campaign Monitor
• ActiveCampaign
• Zapier - connect with over 7000+ apps.
• Zoho Flow - connect with over 900+ apps.
• MailerLite
• MailPoet
• Mailster
• Webhooks

• Charities
• Non-profit Organizations
• Political Fundraisers
• Foundations, Clubs, & NGOs
• Individuals looking to raise money (i.e weddings, birthdays, etc)

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• WPCharitable (correct)
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1. Install Charitable either via the WordPress.org plugin repository or by uploading the files to your server. (See instructions on how to install a WordPress plugin)
2. Activate Charitable.
3. Navigate to the Charitable menu in your WordPress admin area and create your first campaign.
4. Want more features? Purchase Charitable Pro!

• NEW: Form templates - standard/default and "minimal", selectable in donation form settings in the "general" settings tab. Beta. More Information
• NEW: Added 'charitable_donation_amount_legend' filter to allow easier customization of "Your Donations" on donation form.
• NEW: Added beta global 'CHARITABLE_DISABLE_SHOW_CURRENT_DONATION_AMOUNT' to change behavior of showing a donation already "in session" on donation form.
• UPDATED: Turning off 'disable legacy mode' will now make more "add new" link for campaigns default to making new legacy campaigns.
• UPDATED: Donation buttons in visual campaign for campaigns that no longer accept donations will show a 'no longer accepting donations message' while button is disabled.
• FIX: Changed santitization of a url in Charitable upgrades which should allow upgrade to complete and prevent notice from appearing.
• FIX: Improved notifications and dashboard display in the admin for ltr displays.
• FIX: Resolved issue when donation module in campaign wasn't matching donation amount in modal triggered by donation button on same page.
• FIX: CSS adjustments to campaign templates: wrapper element, donation buttons, and tweaks to donation suggested amounts.
• FIX: Updated code related to translations and PHP standards.

• NEW: Added a 'charitable_gateway_fields_after_selector' action hook to insert content between gateway selectors and gateway fields on donation forms.
• UPDATED: Provided a 'campaign_categories' attribute to stat and donor shortcodes to help filter by Charitable campaign categories.
• FIX: Resolves PHP notices that appeared after WordPress 6.7.0 was released.
• FIX: Improved front-end buttons and CSS of several campaign templates.
• FIX: Remove notifications HTML when printing from a browser in the WordPress admin.
• FIX: Updated code related to translations and PHP standards.

• NEW: Added a new setting on privacy screen to allow the consent field to be required before submitting a donation.
• NEW: Added a 'charitable_redirection_after_gateway_processing' filter which helps override the URL that the donor should be redirected to after a donation in certain scenarios.
• FIX: Resolved an issue involving formatting a donation amount in non-English languages on the Charitable dashboard.
• UPDATED: Compatibility with WordPress 6.7.1.

• FIX: Resolved an issue when a button appeared unresponsive when verifying/disconnecting a license on the general settings tab.
• FIX: Updated translation strings and improved string output for email password reset email body.
• FIX: Resolved incorrect form field name on the privacy page for contact consent.

• UPDATED: To improve performance and security, user list for assigning campaign ownership in campaign settings checks for users with proper permissions.
• UPDATED: New filter 'charitable_campaign_builder_settings_general_users' to customize the updated user list.
• FIX: campaign_link() function returns $link rather than false.
• FIX: Visiting the settings page will attempt to double check licenses for any expiring or expired subscriptions.
• FIX: Notification tweaks including upgrading from older versions and showing UI even if feed is empty.
• FIX: Donation amount from custom donation field in a campaign page should now be carried to the donation page even with currency symbols included.
• FIX: Updated code related to translations, CSS, UI, and PHP standards.

• UPDATED: "Disable Legacy Campaign Mode" is set to on for new installs of the plugin. More Information
• UPDATED: Plugin notification slide out UI can be closed by also clicking outside of the notification area.
• FIX: Addressed security issue on the donations list screen.
• FIX: Updated code related to translations, CSS, UI, and PHP standards.

• NEW: WordPress editor block: "Campaigns". Displays multiple Charitable campaigns in a grid.
• NEW: WordPress editor block: "Donations". Display a simple donation widget for a campaign.
• NEW: WordPress editor block: "Donors". Display a list of donors to one or all of your campaigns.
• NEW: WordPress editor block: "Campaign Stats". Allows various statistics to be dynamically calculated and displayed on a page.
• NEW: WordPress editor block: "Donation Button". Displays a donation button for a particular campaign.
• NEW: WordPress editor block: "Campaign Progress Bar". Displays a live progress bar for a particular campaign.
• NEW: WordPress editor block: "My Donations". Displayss a list of donations for the current logged in user.
• NEW: Added a new notifications engine to keep you informed of all important updates, license information, and news. New inbox icon and notifications menu items will alert when new notifications are available.
• NEW: Updated charitable.pot.
• UPDATED: Additional minification of JS and CSS to increase performance.
• FIX: Resolved an issue regarding campaign descriptions not displaying properly with the campaign shortcode in some scenarios.
• FIX: Fixed alt-text of a LinkedIn share icon in visual campaign builder.
• FIX: Code tweaks related to translations, CSS, UI, and PHP warnings.

• NEW: "Charitable Checklist" so new users can check vital settings, connect gateways, and get to building their first campaign.
• NEW: Warning messages for admin users - in gateway settings page and viewing donation forms (as admins) - if Stripe is enabled, but no keys are detected.
• NEW: Dashboard notifications for important messages and notices.
• NEW: Added 'charitable_email_fields_donation_field_value' filter which can help with output of custom field values in emails.
• NEW: Campaigns shortcode now has a new "description_limit" parameter that limits words displayed from campaign description.
• NEW: Added a donation button shortcode. More Information
• NEW: Added both a filter and an option (in beta) in the general setting tab to disable showing a login form or registeration reminder on donation forms. More Information
• UPDATED: Improved tour guide for visual campaign builder with more interactivity and showing more elements.
• UPDATED: Campaigns shortcode now displays a photo and campaign description from campaigns built with the visual builder.
• UPDATED: Moved "Categories", "Tags", and "Customize" menus from main menu. Now found in the Charitable -> "Tools" page.
• FIX: Adjusted appearance of the donation button in Youth Sports campaign theme when modal button setting was on.
• FIX: Resolved an issue with the donation summary field for the visual campaign builder involving showing/hiding items.
• FIX: Resolved several instances where donation amounts were not being formatted currently in non-English languages in the reporting screens.
• FIX: Improved loading for the WordPress dashboard widget.
• FIX: Adjustments to CSS on the Dashboard page.
• FIX: Minor translation, misc CSS, UI, and PHP coding updates.

• NEW: Added exit modal popup on getting started screen when user visits Pro page.
• NEW: Added ability via two global PHP variables to force/not force "tour" for visual campaign builder.
• FIX: Resolved issue resolving showing license information for lifetime licenses.
• FIX: Resolved a misalignment of the icon/field for the minimum donation amount field in the visual campaign builder.
• FIX: Addressed security issue involving creating new users primarily via Charitable registration shortcode.
• FIX: Resolved sanitization issue with the custom CSS field for HTML field in visual campaign builder.
• FIX: Minor translation, CSS, and PHP coding updates.

• FIX: Resolved a PHP fatal error when saving information for legacy campaigns.
• FIX: Resolved error on getting started screen after Stripe was connected.
• FIX: Improved retrieval of campaign descriptions for legacy campaigns.
• FIX: Resolved CSS issue in visual builder.

• UPDATE: Updated copy and links on getting started screen.
• FIX: Minified starting screen CSS.
• FIX: Resolved typos and PHP notices.
• FIX: Updated additional text in admin UI to allow for translations.

• NEW: Getting Started Screen for new users upon install and activation.
• NEW: Tour guide of visual builder for new users.
• NEW: Expiring license and expired license noticiations in WordPress admin Charitable screens.
• NEW: Progress bar in visual builder campaigns show currency in frontend. Filter added for further customization.
• NEW: Show currency symbol in visual builder settings under "Goal".
• NEW: Added filters for showing content before and after donor lists and donor wall using shortcodes.
• UPDATE: UI updates and tweaks related to visual builder and admin screens.
• UPDATE: UI updates to items in marketing and payment tabs in visual builder.
• FIX: Better sync for legacy and visual campaigns in certain scenarios.
• FIX: Issue with Easy Digital Downloads addon card in addons screen resolved.
• FIX: Resolved typos and PHP warnings and notices.

• FIX: Resolve issue when incorrectly connecting to Stripe in live mode on new installs in certain scenarios.

• NEW: UI updates and tweaks to notices and tooltips.
• NEW: Deactivate legacy campaigns now an option in advanced settings.
• NEW: Added and updated several items in the Growth Tools page.
• FIX: Addressed security for ajax functions related to reporting.
• FIX: Resolved typos and PHP warnings and notices.

• FIX: Added nonce and permissions check for depreciated function to show Stripe keys.
• FIX: Fixed typo in a permissions check for viewing a campaign builder preview.

• NEW: Add three WordPress hooks to allow developers to add custom content in the gateway fieldset in the donation form.
• NEW: Add 'charitable_stripe_payment_intent_data' filter for the "payment_intent_data" attribute sent to Stripe (example: use to remove "setup_future_usage" value for payment integrations).
• NEW: New menu item "SMTP" with ability to download and install WP Mail SMTP.
• NEW: Added hooks 'charitable_gateway_fields_front', 'charitable_gateway_fields_after_legend', and 'charitable_gateway_fields_end' to insert text into gateway fields area in donation form.
• NEW: Updated charitable.pot.
• FIX: Resolved a security issue when checking to see if a campaign can recieve donation.
• FIX: Resolved issue related to exporting recurring donations.
• FIX: Added nonce and permissions check to checking licenses via AJAX.
• FIX: Resolved typos and PHP warnings and notices.

• FIX: Resolve issue when incorrectly showing ("false alarm") dashboard security notice.
• FIX: Dashboard Guide Tools notice no longer displays over populated donation charts when changing days.

• NEW: Tools page menu with Export and Import menus (previously located on the Settings page).
• NEW: "System Info" tab on Tools page.
• NEW: WPCode Intergration! Browse from all Charitable snippets on WPCode without leaving Charitable (Seen on Tools page and Dashboard page).
• NEW: Growth Tools page.
• NEW: Guide Tools recommendations on Charitable Dashboard.
• NEW: Notice on Charitable Dashboard if Charitable detects recent failed donation attempts due to invalid security checks.
• NEW: Improvements to allow third-party gateway providors a dedicated menu in the Payments tab in the campaign visual builder.
• FIX: Improved display of currency on y axis on headline chart on dashboard and overview pages and print output.
• FIX: Resolved issue where certain settings of the donor wall in the campaign visual builder weren't being reflected on the campaign page.
• FIX: Tweaks to social sharing in campaign visual builder.
• FIX: Resolve issue involving previewing Charitable emails while using newer Block themes.
• FIX: Resolved typos and some PHP warnings and notices.

• NEW: Addon and plugin suggestions for campaign and donation screens when campaign or donations don't exist yet.
• NEW: Dismissable pointer boxes added.
• NEW: Updated text and promotional content.
• NEW: Updated addon suggestions on Charitable dashboard.
• FIX: "Date Created" populated in campaign CSV export.
• FIX: Update capbility of visual campaign builder so that roles with "manage_pages" (such as Campaign Managers) would have access.
• FIX: Minor code cleanup and tweaks for PHP notices.

• NEW: Improved marketing and payment tabs in visual builder that link to Newsletter Addon settings (if installed) or enable gateways/view settings for activated payment addons.
• NEW: Email address and time now appearing on donation list page in admin.
• NEW: Campaign and donation exports show fields foramtted for currency for donations, goal amounts, etc.
• NEW: Ability for Charitable addons to add additional items on the advanced tab in "Settings".
• NEW: Addition of 'charitable_report_overview_args' filter that allows adjustment of default values for the Overview report.
• FIX: Fixed a minor JavaScript issue on addon directory page that enables "link to search/filter" to work via "search" keyword in the URL.
• FIX: Issue saving legacy license codes in certain scenarios.
• FIX: Minor code cleanup and tweaks for PHP notices.

• NEW: Pagination for all donor reports, with a filter allowing customization of items per page based on the report.
• FIX: Lybunt reporting now sorts by total lifetime amount and includes non-default avatars if possible.
• FIX: Donor reports should be more reliable showing non-default avatars and "last donation" amounts where applicable.
• FIX: Top donor reports showing more rows (if available) in non-pagination display.
• FIX: Adjustment to cache logic for visual campaign builder when loading pre-built templates when creating campaigns.
• FIX: Improved communication with Charitable server and caching of failed API attempts for licenses.
• FIX: Added additional checks for activities database tables.
• FIX: Resolved a few PHP warnings and notices.

• FIX: Resolved a PHP fatal error for older PHP versions when checking license information for addons.

• FIX: Resolved a PHP 8.x fatal error in getting sample donors for Lite users on donor report page.
• FIX: Better results for activities on activity page when "donations (paid)" filter is selected.
• FIX: Improved communication with Charitable server and caching of API data when confirming addon and license information.
• FIX: Adjusted CSS for a call to action button for lite users on campaign page.
• FIX: Resolved an issue where sample activity data was appearing for lite users in certain scenarios.
• FIX: Minor cleanup of activity HTML on overview reporting page when no activities are available to display.

• NEW: New dashboard showing new data and reports related to campaigns, donations, and donors over last 7, 14, and 30 days. More information.
• NEW: Introducing a new reporting tab that (among other reports) includes an overview showing donation breakdown, report filtering, payment breakdown, and more. More information.
• NEW: Clear activity database option in Charitable settings->advanced tab.
• NEW: Addition of 'charitable_is_main_loop' filter which is involved in checking whether Charitable is currently in the main loop on a singular page.
• NEW: Updated CSS of frontend campaign visual templates, including adding word wrap CSS to campaign title headlines.
• FIX: Resolved fatal error in certain scenarios when 'donation form on page' was in set in general settings and a shortcode was used to add a single campaign.
• FIX: In Stripe gateway settings: card descriptor field for Stripe (with Stripe Connect) appears in both CHARITABLE_DEBUG mode true and false.
• FIX: Resolved issues related to embedding campaigns in the visual builder.
• FIX: Added checks for get_current_screen() to resolve a fatal error in some scenarios on an admin screen.
• FIX: Auto setting for donation receipt pages should work better for block themes, including Twenty Twenty-Three and Twenty Twenty-Four.
• FIX: Adjusting allowed HTML in the text block for campaign visual builder. View entire donation form and fundraising platform changelog