CharityGlow — Donations & Fundraising

CharityGlow is a modern WordPress donation and fundraising plugin for nonprofits, NGOs, charities, mosques, religious organizations, schools, and community organizations. Create professional donation forms, launch fundraising campaigns, accept one-time or recurring donations, and manage donor information — without needing to build a donation system from scratch. Simple setup. Powerful features. No coding required. 🚀 See CharityGlow in Action 👉 Live Demo: https://demo.charityglow.com/ 👉 Official Website: https://charityglow.com/ 🎁 Free Setup Assistance Free setup assistance for the first 100 organizations. If you need help getting started, we'll help you install, configure, and launch your CharityGlow donation system. 💡 Why CharityGlow? CharityGlow gives you the core tools needed to start accepting donations and managing fundraising campaigns from your WordPress website.

• Create beautiful donation forms
• Accept one-time and recurring donations
• Connect popular payment gateways
• Create unlimited fundraising campaigns
• Track donations and donors
• Display campaign goals and progress
• Send donor receipts and admin notifications
• Manage donation data from your WordPress dashboard

Start free, then upgrade when you need more advanced fundraising tools. 💳 Payment Gateways

• Stripe — Credit and debit card donations
• PayPal — PayPal and supported guest checkout options
• SSLCommerz — bKash, Nagad, Rocket, Upay, Bangladeshi bank cards and internet banking
• Bank Transfer — Offline/manual donations

🇧🇩 Built for Bangladesh CharityGlow includes SSLCommerz in the free version, giving Bangladesh-based organizations access to local payment methods from the same donation system. Accept donations through:

• bKash
• Nagad
• Rocket
• Upay
• Bangladeshi bank cards
• Internet banking supported by SSLCommerz

Note: SSLCommerz is intended for organizations using BDT and requires an approved SSLCommerz merchant account for live payments. 🎨 Beautiful Donation Forms Choose from 5 included donation form templates:

• Classic
• Inline
• Minimal
• Card
• Wizard

You can also configure preset donation amounts, custom amounts, anonymous donations, and donation comments. ❤️ Fundraising Campaigns Create unlimited campaigns and give each campaign its own fundraising goal, deadline, featured image, donation form, and progress display. Use CharityGlow to build campaigns for:

• Emergency fundraising
• Zakat and sadaqah
• Orphan support
• Education
• Medical assistance
• Community projects
• General charity campaigns

🔁 Recurring Donations Give donors the option to make recurring contributions:

• Monthly
• Quarterly
• Yearly

Recurring payments are handled through supported payment gateways. 👥 Donor Management Keep donation and donor information organized inside WordPress.

• Donor profiles
• Donation history
• Lifetime value
• Campaign-related donation data
• Recent donations
• Public donor wall with anonymous donation support

📊 Reports & Dashboard Monitor your fundraising activity from the WordPress dashboard.

• Donation statistics
• Basic charts
• Recent donations
• Campaign progress
• Donation records
• Donor information

📧 Donation Receipts & Notifications CharityGlow can send:

• Donor email receipts
• Admin donation notifications

Your donors can receive confirmation after a successful donation while administrators stay informed about new donations. 📱 Mobile-Friendly CharityGlow donation forms are designed to work across:

• Desktop
• Tablet
• Mobile

🆓 Free Version The free version includes the core tools needed to launch a WordPress donation system. Included in Free:

• 5 donation form templates
• Stripe
• PayPal
• SSLCommerz
• Bank Transfer
• One-time donations
• Recurring donations
• Unlimited campaigns
• Campaign goals and deadlines
• Progress bars
• Featured campaign images
• Donor profiles
• Donation history
• Lifetime donor value
• Dashboard statistics
• Basic charts
• Recent donations
• Donor wall
• Donation comments
• Anonymous donations
• Donation email receipts
• Admin notifications
• 12 shortcodes
• 25+ currencies
• Mobile-responsive forms
• GDPR-related data tools

Free version limitation: Donation forms include CharityGlow branding. 🚀 CharityGlow Pro Need more control over your donation forms, receipts, reporting, and page-builder integration? CharityGlow Pro adds advanced fundraising tools on top of the free version. Pro features include:

• Advanced form builder
• Multi-step donation forms
• Basic conditional fields
• Custom donation amounts in the form builder
• Popup/modal donation forms
• 10 premium donation templates
• Remove CharityGlow branding
• PDF donation receipts
• Custom receipt logo and branding
• Sequential receipt numbers
• Failed payment email notifications
• Donor CSV import/export
• Campaign-level reports
• Basic fundraising analytics
• Elementor widgets for donation forms, campaigns, and progress
• Additional payment options and integrations as Pro development expands

👉 Explore CharityGlow Pro: https://charityglow.com/ 🔥 Why Upgrade? The free version is designed to help you start accepting donations quickly. Upgrade to Pro when you need advanced tools such as: Advanced Forms

• More form layouts
• Multi-step forms
• Conditional fields
• Popup/modal donation forms Professional Receipts
• PDF donation receipts
• Custom receipt branding
• Sequential receipt numbers Better Administration
• Campaign-level reports
• Donor CSV import/export
• Additional analytics WordPress Page Builder Integration
• Elementor widgets for forms, campaigns, and progress Branding Control
• Remove CharityGlow branding from donation forms

❤️ Who Is CharityGlow For? CharityGlow is suitable for:

• Nonprofits and NGOs
• Charities and fundraising organizations
• Mosques and Islamic organizations
• Churches and religious organizations
• Schools and educational organizations
• Community and social organizations
• Individual fundraising campaigns

🧩 Shortcodes

• [charityglow_form] — Main donation form
• [charityglow_form campaign_id="123"] — Donation form linked to a campaign
• [charityglow_form amounts="10,25,50,100,250"] — Custom preset donation amounts
• [charityglow_campaigns] — Display campaigns
• [charityglow_progress_bar campaign_id="123"] — Display campaign progress
• [charityglow_donor_wall] — Display public donor wall
• [charityglow_recent_donations] — Display recent donations
• [charityglow_stats] — Display donation statistics

🔒 Security & Privacy CharityGlow is designed to work with established payment providers for payment processing.

• Payment card information is handled by the supported payment provider rather than stored as raw card data by CharityGlow.
• Stripe, PayPal, and SSLCommerz process payments through their own systems.
• CharityGlow includes data export and deletion tools to help site administrators manage donor data.
• Review the payment provider's terms and privacy policy for details about their services.

🎥 Live Demo 👉 Frontend Demo: https://demo.charityglow.com/ See donation forms, campaigns, payment options, donor management, reports, and other CharityGlow features in action. 🔧 Installation

1. Install CharityGlow from the WordPress plugin directory, or upload the charityglow folder to /wp-content/plugins/.
2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress.
3. Go to CharityGlow → Settings.
4. Configure one or more payment gateways.
5. Create your first campaign from CharityGlow → Campaigns.
6. Add [charityglow_form] to a page where you want to accept donations.

🎁 Free setup assistance is available for the first 100 charities. ⚡ Quick Start

1. Install and activate CharityGlow.
2. Open CharityGlow → Settings.
3. Configure Stripe, PayPal, SSLCommerz, and/or Bank Transfer.
4. Create a campaign.
5. Add a CharityGlow donation form to your page.
6. Test your donation flow.
7. Publish your campaign and start accepting donations.

Quick Start for Stripe Testing

1. Go to CharityGlow → Settings.
2. Enter your Stripe test API keys.
3. Enable test mode.
4. Create a test campaign.
5. Add [charityglow_form] to a page.
6. Use Stripe's official test card information when testing payments.

For current Stripe test-card details, see Stripe's documentation. Quick Start for Bangladesh (SSLCommerz)

1. Go to CharityGlow → Settings → Payment Gateways.
2. Enable SSLCommerz.
3. Enter your SSLCommerz Store ID and Store Password.
4. Use your approved sandbox credentials for testing.
5. Set your donation currency to BDT.
6. Add [charityglow_form] to a page and test the donation flow.

Use the credentials provided by SSLCommerz for your account. Do not publish real merchant credentials in documentation or support requests.

1.2.1 - 2026-08-27

• New: Data Export & Import System — Full plugin data export/import via JSON format for campaigns, donations, donors, forms, and activity logs.
• Fix: Donation Success Page social sharing — Fixed Facebook sharing and updated LinkedIn and X sharing URLs.
• Fix: Campaign Single Page social sharing — Fixed LinkedIn sharing and updated X sharing.

1.2.0 - 2026-05-09

• Improvement: Introduced a consistent brand color system across the plugin — Primary Green (#15803D), Secondary Blue (#1E40AF), and Accent Amber (#F59E0B).
• Improvement: Campaign details page redesigned with improved layout, goal/progress display, and donor information presentation.
• Improvement: Setup wizard updated with refreshed UI and smoother onboarding.
• Fix: Multiple CSS conflicts and styling inconsistencies in the admin area.
• Fix: Admin panel color overrides are properly scoped to avoid conflicts with WordPress core styles.

1.1.0 - 2026-03-11

• New: SSLCommerz payment gateway integration for Bangladesh — bKash, Nagad, Rocket, Upay, bank cards, and internet banking.
• New: BDT (Bangladeshi Taka) currency support.
• Improvement: Payment gateway settings now show a Bangladesh-specific notice for SSLCommerz.
• Improvement: Donation forms display enabled payment options based on administrator settings.

1.0.0 - 2026-02-02

• Initial release.
• Payment gateways: Stripe, PayPal, Razorpay, Offline/Bank Transfer.
• Form templates: Classic, Inline, Minimal, Card, Wizard.
• Campaign management with goals, deadlines, and progress tracking.
• Donor management with profiles, history, and lifetime value.
• Shortcodes for forms, campaigns, statistics, donor walls, progress bars, and more.
• Email receipts and administrator notifications.
• Analytics dashboard with statistics, charts, and reports.
• Recurring donations: monthly, quarterly, and yearly.
• Multi-currency support with proper formatting.
• Zero-decimal currency support.
• Mobile-responsive donation forms.
• GDPR-related data export and deletion tools.
• Anonymous donations.
• Theme compatibility with properly coded WordPress themes.