Best WordPress Donation Plugins in 2026
Data from WordPress.org Updated First published 5 min read
Donation forms, recurring giving and fundraising campaigns for nonprofits.
A donation plugin is a payment form with the conventions of giving around it: suggested amounts, a recurring option, gift aid or tax receipts, and a campaign that shows progress. Using a shop plugin instead works but fits badly.
Together these 10 plugins run on more than 173,000 active WordPress sites. Ranked from both WordPress.org orderings for "donation", its tag listing and its search results.
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Best Donation Plugin for each measure
One plugin per measure, taken from the same WordPress.org figures as the ranking. A measure with nothing behind it is left out rather than guessed.
- Most installed
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GiveWP
100,000+, active installs reported by WordPress.org
- Highest rated
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Charitable
4.9 out of 5, from 217 reviews, counting only plugins with at least 50
- Most reviewed
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GiveWP
707 reviews, the largest body of feedback behind a score
- Most recently updated
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Better Payment
October 11, 2026, the latest release in this list
- Longest established
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Donations via PayPal
May 8, 2009, first published on WordPress.org
- Best support record
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GiveWP
19 of 20 resolved, recent threads on the WordPress.org support forum
Donation Plugins compared: rating, reviews, installs
| # | Plugin | Rating | Reviews | Active installs |
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| 1 | GiveWP | 4.6 | 707 | 100,000+ |
| 2 | Accept Donations with PayPal & Stripe | 3.8 | 23 | 10,000+ |
| 3 | Charitable | 4.9 | 217 | 10,000+ |
| 4 | Donations via PayPal | 4.7 | 27 | 20,000+ |
| 5 | Donation Platform for WooCommerce | 4.9 | 99 | 7,000+ |
| 6 | Donorbox | 4.8 | 34 | 8,000+ |
| 7 | Donation Thermometer | 4.4 | 12 | 2,000+ |
| 8 | Stripe Payment Forms by WP Full Pay | 4.2 | 26 | 8,000+ |
| 9 | Paymattic | 4.8 | 44 | 3,000+ |
| 10 | Better Payment | 4.6 | 14 | 5,000+ |
The 10 best Donation Plugins, ranked by WordPress.org
Ranked from both WordPress.org orderings for "donation", its tag listing and its search results. Arrows show movement against the previous snapshot.
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1.GiveWP
GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform
4.6 (707) 100,000+ active installs Updated Oct 6, 2026 Tested up to 7.1.3Accept donations and begin fundraising with GiveWP, the highest rated WordPress donation plugin for online giving.
286,630 downloads in 30 days 
3.8 (23) 10,000+ active installs Updated Oct 7, 2026 Tested up to 7.1.3 Paid version availableAdd a PayPal or Stripe Donation Button to your website and start collecting donations today. No Coding Required. Official PayPal & Stripe Partner.
11,105 downloads in 30 days-
Charitable – Donation & Fundraising Platform (Donation Forms, Recurring Donations & Fundraising Campaigns)
4.9 (217) 10,000+ active installs Updated Oct 1, 2026 Tested up to 7.1.3The best WordPress donation plugin. Create fundraising donation forms, accept recurring donations, easy donor management, add crowdfunding, and more.
16,039 downloads in 30 days -
4.7 (27) 20,000+ active installs Updated Aug 17, 2026 Tested up to 7.1.3
Easy, simple setup to add a PayPal Donation button as a Widget or with a shortcode.
1,552 downloads in 30 days 
Donation Platform for WooCommerce: Fundraising & Donation Management
4.9 (99) 7,000+ active installs Updated Aug 16, 2026 Tested up to 7.1.3Open source donation system for your fundraising that supports recurring donations and more
1,131 downloads in 30 days
6.Donorbox
Donorbox – Free Recurring Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform
4.8 (34) 8,000+ active installs Updated Oct 5, 2026 Tested up to 7.1.3Donorbox is a powerful and secure donation management plugin for WordPress. We are the only donation plugin for WordPress that offers a fast feature-f …
772 downloads in 30 days
4.4 (12) 2,000+ active installs Updated Oct 7, 2026 Tested up to 7.1.3Displays a fully customisable thermometer for tracking donations or any other goal.
2,847 downloads in 30 days
Stripe Payment Forms by WP Full Pay – Accept Credit Card Payments, Donations & Subscriptions
4.2 (26) 8,000+ active installs Updated Sep 30, 2026 Tested up to 7.1.3🚀 Create Stripe payment forms for WordPress. Accept credit cards, Apple Pay, donations, subscriptions & more. Easy setup, no coding needed!
8,275 downloads in 30 days
Paymattic – Secure, Simple Payment & Donation with Subscription Payments, Recurring Donations, Customer Management
4.8 (44) 3,000+ active installs Updated Oct 9, 2026 Tested up to 7.1.3Create payment form, donate button to accept payments and donations. Manage subscription payment, recurring donation with customer/donor management.
7,424 downloads in 30 days-
Better Payment – Instant Payments, Donations, Fundraising with Subscriptions & More
4.6 (14) 5,000+ active installs Updated Oct 11, 2026 Tested up to 7.1.3Better Payment allows you to automate payment transactions to manage payments, donations, subscriptions, sell products, etc on your Elementor and Gute …
9,720 downloads in 30 days
What changed in the Donation Plugins ranking
How to choose a Donation Plugin for WordPress
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Recurring giving is the whole difference
Monthly donors are worth many times a single gift. Check recurring is in the tier you plan to use, not an add-on.
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Ask who absorbs the processing fee
Plugins that let a donor cover the fee recover a few percent of every gift. Small feature, real money.
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Receipts are a legal matter in some countries
Tax receipts and gift aid claims have formats. If you need them, that requirement decides the plugin.
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Keep the form short
Every extra field costs completed donations. Amount, name, email and card is enough for most causes.
Donation Plugin comparisons: side by side
The top four against each other on installs, ratings, reviews and updates. Each measure names its own leader; there is no overall winner.
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GiveWP vs Accept Donations with PayPal & Stripe#1 vs #2 · 100,000+ vs 10,000+ installs
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GiveWP vs Charitable#1 vs #3 · 100,000+ vs 10,000+ installs
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GiveWP vs Donations via PayPal#1 vs #4 · 100,000+ vs 20,000+ installs
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Accept Donations with PayPal & Stripe vs Charitable#2 vs #3 · 10,000+ vs 10,000+ installs
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Accept Donations with PayPal & Stripe vs Donations via PayPal#2 vs #4 · 10,000+ vs 20,000+ installs
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Charitable vs Donations via PayPal#3 vs #4 · 10,000+ vs 20,000+ installs
How we rank Donation Plugins
WordPress.org publishes two orderings for "donation" and neither is reliable alone. The tag listing covers every tag the directory files these plugins under, "donation", "donations", "donate", "fundraising" and "recurring-donations", and is sorted by active installs, which lets a large plugin carrying one of them loosely sit above the ones the category is about. Its search results are sorted by relevance and carry their own noise. So a plugin is placed here by where it sits across both lists: high in each one lifts it, high in only one does not. We fetch both every day at 03:00 UTC, keep every day's snapshot, and add nothing of our own. No plugin is inserted, removed or sponsored, and each entry shows its position in both lists on its own page. Full methodology.
Donation Plugins FAQ
What is the best Donation Plugin for WordPress?
On WordPress.org's own ranking for "donation", GiveWP is #1 as of October 12, 2026, with 100,000+ active installs and a 4.6 out of 5 rating. By rating, Charitable scores 4.9 out of 5 from 217 reviews.
Which Donation Plugin has the most active installs?
GiveWP, with 100,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org as of October 12, 2026. It ranks #1 in this list.
Which Donation Plugin has the highest rating?
Charitable, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 217 reviewers on WordPress.org. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted, so a single 5-star review does not win.
Which Donation Plugin was updated most recently?
Better Payment shipped its latest release on October 11, 2026. 10 of the 10 plugins in this list were updated in the last 90 days, which is the usual sign of active maintenance.
How many Donation Plugins are there on WordPress.org?
WordPress.org lists 286 plugins tagged "donation", "donations", "donate", "fundraising" and "recurring-donations" as of October 12, 2026. This page shows the top 10 in the directory's own order.
Are these Donation Plugins free?
All 10 are free to install from WordPress.org. 1 of them are listed as commercial, meaning the developer sells a paid version or add-ons: Accept Donations with PayPal & Stripe.
Can I use an ecommerce plugin for donations instead?
You can, by selling a product with an open price, and small sites do. What you lose is everything shaped for giving: suggested amounts, a recurring option that reads as a pledge, progress towards a goal, donor-covered fees and receipts. It also puts a cart and a checkout in front of someone trying to give you money.
How do I reduce payment fees on donations?
Two levers. Offer the donor the option to cover the processing fee, which many take and which recovers a few percent of every gift. And check whether your payment processor offers nonprofit rates, because several do and the discount is applied to the account rather than through the plugin.
Donation Plugins: the bottom line
As of October 12, 2026, GiveWP holds the #1 spot for "donation" on WordPress.org, followed by Accept Donations with PayPal & Stripe and Charitable. If install base matters most, GiveWP leads with 100,000+ active installs. If ratings matter most, Charitable scores 4.9 out of 5 across 217 reviews.
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