10 Best Buy Me a Coffee Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Buy Me a Coffee has 6,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Buy Me a Coffee
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Donations via PayPal
Closest match4.7 (27) 20,000+ active installsEasy, simple setup to add a PayPal Donation button as a Widget or with a shortcode.
Shares the donation tag on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, last updated 21 days ago.
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Donorbox – Free Recurring Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform
4.8 (34) 8,000+ active installsDonorbox is a powerful and secure donation management plugin for WordPress. We are the only donation plugin for WordPress that offers a fast feature-f …
Shares the donation tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since June 30, 2025.
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Charitable – Donation & Fundraising Platform (Donation Forms, Recurring Donations & Fundraising Campaigns)
4.9 (217) 10,000+ active installsThe best WordPress donation plugin. Create fundraising donation forms, accept recurring donations, easy donor management, add crowdfunding, and more.
Shares the donation tag on WordPress.org. About 1.7 times the installs, last updated 10 days ago.
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Paytium: Mollie payment forms & donations
4.5 (64) 3,000+ active installsMollie forms for payments and donations. With iDEAL | WERO , PayPal, Credit/Debet cards, subscriptions and recurring payments!
Shares the donation tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated 4 days ago.
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4.4 (89) 2,000+ active installsWP Crowdfunding is a WordPress plugin for fundraising/backer sites. This WooCommerce based plugin lets you launch a site like Kickstarter easily.
Shares the donation tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
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Paymattic – Secure, Simple Payment & Donation with Subscription Payments, Recurring Donations, Customer Management
4.8 (44) 3,000+ active installsCreate payment form, donate button to accept payments and donations. Manage subscription payment, recurring donation with customer/donor management.
Shares the donation tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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FundEngine – Donation and Crowdfunding Platform
4.2 (22) 1,000+ active installsFundEngine - FundEngine is a fundraising and crowdfunding plugin with PayPal, Stripe, and WooCommerce payment support.
Shares the donation tag on WordPress.org. 1,000+ installs against 6,000+, last updated 18 days ago.
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AidWP – Donation & Payment Forms (Stripe Powered)
4.8 (28) 800+ active installsCreate fast donation and payment forms. Accept payments on WordPress with Stripe — no WooCommerce required.
Shares the donation tag on WordPress.org. 800+ installs against 6,000+, last updated July 15, 2026.
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Donation Platform for WooCommerce: Fundraising & Donation Management
4.9 (99) 7,000+ active installsOpen source donation system for your fundraising that supports recurring donations and more
Shares the donation tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 22 days ago.
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GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform
4.6 (707) 100,000+ active installsAccept donations and begin fundraising with GiveWP, the highest rated WordPress donation plugin for online giving.
Shares the donation tag on WordPress.org. About 17 times the installs, last updated 4 days ago.
Switching from Buy Me a Coffee: common questions
What is the best alternative to Buy Me a Coffee?
Donations via PayPal is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 20,000+ active installs with a 4.7 out of 5 rating.
Which Buy Me a Coffee alternative has the most users?
GiveWP, with 100,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Buy Me a Coffee alternative is rated highest?
Charitable, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 217 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Buy Me a Coffee alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Buy Me a Coffee score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Buy Me a Coffee on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Donations via PayPal is the closest match to Buy Me a Coffee by the data we track, and GiveWP has the widest reach with 100,000+ active installs. GiveWP shipped the most recent release, on September 3, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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