10 Best Donations via PayPal Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Donations via PayPal sits at #5 in the WordPress.org Donation Plugins ranking. 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 Donations via PayPal
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Donorbox
Closest matchDonorbox – 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 …
#9 in the WordPress.org Donation Plugins ranking. About a third of the installs, no update since June 30, 2025.
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Accept Donations with PayPal & Stripe
Paid version available3.8 (23) 10,000+ active installsAdd a PayPal or Stripe Donation Button to your website and start collecting donations today. No Coding Required. Official PayPal & Stripe Partner.
#3 in the WordPress.org Donation Plugins ranking. About half the installs, last updated 16 days ago.
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Stripe Payment Forms by WP Full Pay – Accept Credit Card Payments, Donations & Subscriptions
4.2 (25) 9,000+ active installs🚀 Create Stripe payment forms for WordPress. Accept credit cards, Apple Pay, donations, subscriptions & more. Easy setup, no coding needed!
#7 in the WordPress.org Donation Plugins ranking. About half the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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4.4 (12) 2,000+ active installsDisplays a fully customisable thermometer for tracking donations or any other goal.
#6 in the WordPress.org Donation Plugins ranking. 2,000+ installs against 20,000+, last updated 20 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.
#1 in the WordPress.org Donation Plugins ranking. About 5 times the installs, last updated 4 days ago.
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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.
#2 in the WordPress.org Donation Plugins ranking. About half the installs, last updated 10 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.
#8 in the WordPress.org Donation Plugins ranking. 3,000+ installs against 20,000+, last updated 18 days ago.
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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
#4 in the WordPress.org Donation Plugins ranking. About a third of the installs, last updated 22 days ago.
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Better Payment – Instant Payments, Donations, Fundraising with Subscriptions & More
4.6 (14) 5,000+ active installsBetter Payment allows you to automate payment transactions to manage payments, donations, subscriptions, sell products, etc on your Elementor and Gute …
#10 in the WordPress.org Donation Plugins ranking. About a quarter of the installs, last updated 6 days ago.
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4.7 (32) 2,000+ active installsLeyka is a plugin for crowdfunding and donations collection via WordPress website.
Shares the donations tag on WordPress.org. 2,000+ installs against 20,000+, last updated July 4, 2026.
Donations via PayPal against each of them
Head to head on installs, ratings, reviews and updates. Each measure names its own leader; there is no overall winner.
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Donations via PayPal vs Donorbox20,000+ vs 8,000+ installs · 4.7 vs 4.8
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Donations via PayPal vs Accept Donations with PayPal & Stripe20,000+ vs 10,000+ installs · 4.7 vs 3.8
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Donations via PayPal vs Stripe Payment Forms by WP Full Pay20,000+ vs 9,000+ installs · 4.7 vs 4.2
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Donations via PayPal vs Donation Thermometer20,000+ vs 2,000+ installs · 4.7 vs 4.4
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Donations via PayPal vs GiveWP20,000+ vs 100,000+ installs · 4.7 vs 4.6
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Donations via PayPal vs Charitable20,000+ vs 10,000+ installs · 4.7 vs 4.9
Switching from Donations via PayPal: common questions
What is the best alternative to Donations via PayPal?
Donorbox is the closest match: it shares the Donation Plugins top 10 with Donations via PayPal and has 8,000+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which Donations via PayPal alternative has the most users?
GiveWP, with 100,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Donations via PayPal 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 Donations via PayPal 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 Donations via PayPal 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 Donations via PayPal 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
Donorbox is the closest match to Donations via PayPal 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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