8 Best Plugins to Accept Donations on your WordPress Site
Do you have a WordPress site for your Non-Profit Organisation? Then it would probably be a good idea to enable your audience to donate to the good cause that you support. A WordPress donation plugin can turn your site into a means of fundraising by adding a donate button to your site. Find out where to get started with this list from us at WP Carers of the 8 Best Plugins to Accept Donations on your WordPress Site.
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1. PayPal Donations – WordPress Directory Plugin
This is the most popular donation plugin WordPress makes available on the WordPress directory. PayPal Donations is specifically designed to accept payment via PayPal, which is the most widely used online money transfer service on the web. Your donate button can be added anywhere on your site (including header, page, posts, sidebar and footer). You can set a minimum or default payment, as well as the currency, country, language and button style. One downside to this WordPress donation plugin is that there’s no simple option that lets you thank your donors.
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2. Give – Donation Plugin WordPress
Give is amongst the best plugins for adding a donate button available for WordPress sites. This WordPress donation plugin was created by Matt Cromwell and Devin Walker, who have created more than one popular WordPress directory plugin. PayPal payment gateway comes as standard, but you have to pay for other payment gateways. What makes this one of the best plugins is the way it provides an intuitive way to raise money without taking a percentage of the money raised. Additional features include; test made, history of donations, import and export functions. The only cons we noticed with this plugin is the lack of anonymous donations and profile pages.
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3. Smart Donations – Best Plugins
Do you require more choice when creating a donate button on your WordPress? Then maybe Smart Donations is the plugin for you! It features 5 types of donations; Classic donation, TextBox donation, Three Buttons donation, Slider donation and Forms. This WordPress donation plugin also supports PayPal and Stripe for hassle-free payment.
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4. Donation Manager Pro – Donate Button
Donation Manager Pro is a premium WordPress donation plugin where you create a donation campaign, place the shortcode wherever you like on your site, then hopefully begin to receive donations! This plugin is nothing if not felixible, accepting payments through PayPal, Payza/AlertPay, Skrill/Moneybookers, Authorize.net, 2Checkout, InterKassa, EgoPay and Liberty Reserve. In addition, this WordPress donation plugin comes with 2 templates to find the best fit for your site.
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5. Seamless Donations – WordPress Donation Plugin
This is amongst the best plugins for donations as it due to the fact it automatically shows your donors a thank-you message when they make a payment via PayPal. Seamless Donations also enables you to embed the PayPal widget anywhere on your site using a shortcode. Additional features include; accepting payments anonymously, collecting recurring payments, inviting users to join your email list and tracking down donors. One annoying downside to this WordPress donation plugin is that it assumes all donors are in the USA when they fill out their address.
6. Custom Post Donations – WordPress Directory Plugin
Custom Post Donations is amongst the best plugins on this list for choice as it allows 3 different types of widget: standard donation, fixed price + additional donation and per item + additional donation (if you are selling a product with the proceeds going to your charity). If this is not enough for you, there is also a paid version of this WordPress donation plugin available which has 2 additional types of widget and more functionality.
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7. Donation Thermometer – Donation Plugin WordPress
This will be the one of the best plugins for you if you have a fund-raising target, as it uses a simple shortcode to display a thermometer image, charting the amount of donations raised. Donation Thermometer lets you display this image anywhere on your site and specify width, height, colour and text.
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8. Donation Content Locker – Best Plugins
This WordPress donation plugin takes a different approach, allowing you to hide a certain amount of your content and display it only to users who have made a donation to your charity. On Donation Content Locker you can set the minimum amount, and the plugin comes with 5 payment gateways: PayPal, AlertyPay, Payza, InterKassa and Authorize.net. After making a donation, donors will receive an activation link which enables them to see the hidden content.