Charitable
10,000+ active installs · Rated 4.9/5 · Updated October 19, 2026
A donation and fundraising plugin for building campaigns with drag-and-drop donation forms and ready-made templates. It accepts one-off and recurring donations through payment providers such as Stripe, PayPal and Square, and includes a simple donate button option. It suits nonprofits, clubs and charities fundraising on their own site. The free lite version covers the basics, and Charitable Pro adds crowdfunding, peer-to-peer fundraising and more integrations.
Pros
- Stripe, PayPal and Square gateways plus offline donations in the free edition
- Campaign builder with templates, goals and progress bars
- Donor database, reports and CSV export
- Built-in reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha and Turnstile spam protection
- Usage tracking is opt-in
Cons
- Lite card payments carry a 3 percent fee on top of gateway fees
- Recurring donations and many integrations need Pro or extensions
- Heavy admin with many upsell screens and menus
- Large codebase of almost 5,000 files
Topics: Recurring Donation plugins
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