With the advent of the internet, it has become very so simple to connecting with different people and working for the same cause, a similar goal. Whether be it for simple charity purposes or fundraising events, the internet is a great source for getting more donations.
Give
Give is one of the most popular donation plugins for WordPress with over fifty thousand active installations. Built from the ground up, once installed, the plugin will integrate a powerful donation platform on your website.
You will be able to set up a customized donation form, access donation statistics, and reports, manage donors, and even integrate third-party gateways and services. And best of all, its all for free.
PayPal Donation
PayPal Donations WordPress plugin, as you can guess by the name, helps integrate a donation portal in your website with PayPal as the payment gateway. Since PayPal is one of the most popular ways of transacting on the internet, the plugin has managed to gain equal popularity as Give.
Once installed and activated on your website, you will have to set up your PayPal ID for the plugin to work properly. Plenty of customization options are also available to make the donation form unique to your website. And with widget and shortcode support, you can embed the donation-form practically anywhere on your website.
Charitable
Charitable is a freemium donation plugin for WordPress websites. For free, you will get access to all necessary features to help you start accepting donations from day one. However, if you want access to more advanced functionalities, then there are paid add-ons available which you can install.
With the free version alone, you will be able to create unlimited customizable donation forms, set up PayPal as your payment gateway, manage donations, and even send customized thank you emails to your donors. All these features are sufficient for running a basic donation campaign.
Mollie payment forms & donation
Mollie payment forms & donations is a user-friendly payments form and donation plugin for WordPress websites. Following a short setup guide of around 15 minutes, the plugin will help you set up a donation form. The main notable feature of the plugin is that it gives you access to iDEAL as the default payment method, however, support for PayPal and other payment gateways are also included.
Now iDEAL is a Dutch payment service with support for all Dutch banks. In fact, over 60% of all Dutch customers prefer iDEAL over PayPal. As such, if most of your donors are residents of the Netherlands, it makes most sense use this plugin. And in the case for international donors, there is support for PayPal, Bitcoin, and other payment methods.
Paypal Donation
Unlike some of the other plugins on the list, with PayPal Donation, you won’t be able to set up a donation form on your website. Instead, the plugin allows you to create a custom PayPal donation button which you can embed almost anywhere on your website.
Of course, you will have to sign up with your personal PayPal account in order to start accepting payment through the plugin. There is also the option to set up a PayPal sandbox to test if everything is working fine. Lastly, a premium version of the plugin is also available, PayPal Donation Pro, which comes with some more advanced functionalities as discussed below.
So these were our picks for the top donation plugins out there for WordPress websites. Do let us know if you found the list to be helpful, and which plugin you picked for your own fundraising project or charity organization.
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