by Syed Balkhi 4.9 (217 reviews)

Charitable – Donation & Fundraising Platform (Donation Forms, Recurring Donations & Fundraising Campaigns)

Name: Charitable – Donation & Fundraising Platform (Donation Forms, Recurring Donations & Fundraising Campaigns)
Rating: 4.9 (217 reviews)
Author: Syed Balkhi

The best WordPress donation plugin. Create fundraising donation forms, accept recurring donations, easy donor management, add crowdfunding, and more.

Charitable ranks #1,614 among WordPress.org plugins with 10,000+ active installations, is #173 of 12,226 in the E-commerce category, a 4.9/5 rating from 217 reviews, and was last updated Aug 28, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v1.8.12.3 Current Version v1.8.12.3

Updated 2 weeks ago Last Update on 28 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 7 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#173 of 12,226 in E-commerce Top 5% by installs Downloads -56% this week Actively maintained

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#1,614

-1 this week

Active Installs

10K+

-43.6%

KW Avg Position

2.8

— No change

Downloads

1.2M

+139 today

Support Resolved

80%

— No change

Rating

98%

Review 4.9 out of 5

4.9 (217 reviews)

Next Milestone 20K

Total Progress 75.9%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.9

217 reviews

Overall 98%

208 (96%)

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4 (2%)

Support Threads Overview

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Total Threads

Resolved

Unresolved

80%

Resolution Rate

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

25 known vulnerabilities on record · 14 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Aug 31, 2026

Charitable – Donation & Fundraising Platform (Donation Forms, Recurring Donations & Fundraising Campaigns) [charitable] < 1.8.12.2

CVE-2026-81287 · Fixed in v1.8.12.2
Aug 21, 2026

Charitable – Donation & Fundraising Platform (Donation Forms, Recurring Donations & Fundraising Campaigns) [charitable] < 1.8.12

CVE-2026-16650 · Fixed in v1.8.12
Aug 18, 2026

Charitable – Donation & Fundraising Platform (Donation Forms, Recurring Donations & Fundraising Campaigns) [charitable] < 1.8.12.2

CVE-2026-77189 · Fixed in v1.8.12.2
Aug 14, 2026

Charitable – Donation & Fundraising Platform (Donation Forms, Recurring Donations & Fundraising Campaigns) [charitable] < 1.8.12

CVE-2026-73994 · Fixed in v1.8.12
Aug 2, 2026

Charitable – Donation & Fundraising Platform (Donation Forms, Recurring Donations & Fundraising Campaigns) [charitable] < 1.8.5.3

CVE-2025-15675 · Fixed in v1.8.5.3
Jun 5, 2026

Charitable – Donation & Fundraising Platform (Donation Forms, Recurring Donations & Fundraising Campaigns) [charitable] < 1.8.11.2

CVE-2026-10038 · Fixed in v1.8.11.2
May 12, 2026

Charitable – Donation & Fundraising Platform (Donation Forms, Recurring Donations & Fundraising Campaigns) [charitable] < 1.8.10.5

CVE-2026-7619 · Fixed in v1.8.10.5
Apr 6, 2026

Charitable – Donation & Fundraising Platform (Donation Forms, Recurring Donations & Fundraising Campaigns) [charitable] < 1.8.10

CVE-2026-3177 · Fixed in v1.8.10
Oct 24, 2025

Charitable – Donation & Fundraising Platform (Donation Forms, Recurring Donations & Fundraising Campaigns) [charitable] < 1.8.8.5

CVE-2025-11893 · Fixed in v1.8.8.5
Jun 25, 2025

Charitable – Donation & Fundraising Platform (Donation Forms, Recurring Donations & Fundraising Campaigns) [charitable] < 1.8.6.2

CVE-2025-5275 · Fixed in v1.8.6.2

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.8.12.3
Last Updated: Aug 28, 2026
Requires WP: 5.9+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Syed Balkhi

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9
Reviews: 217
Support Threads: 5
Resolved: 80%

Keywords

crowdfunding donate donation fundraising recurring donations

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

Charitable is for nonprofits, charities, foundations, clubs, NGOs, and individuals who want to raise money online through their WordPress site. It solves the problem of collecting one-time and recurring donations by providing a drag-and-drop donation form builder, campaign management, donor tracking, and payment gateway integrations.

Drag & drop donation form builder
Recurring donations support
Peer-to-peer fundraising / crowdfunding
Donor management dashboard
Automatic PDF donation receipts
CSV export of donation details
Stripe, PayPal, Square integrations
Donation Fee Relief for processing fees

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Charitable – Donation & Fundraising Platform (Donation Forms, Recurring Donations & Fundraising Campaigns)

Yes you can! If you use Stripe, donors will be able to make credit card donations right on your website. If you use PayPal, donors will be redirected to PayPal to complete their donation. You can also use the Offline Donations gateway to allow your donors to create a donation and make the payment via cheque or bank transfer (you can display your payment details to them). Want to accept credit card donations from other payment gateways? Upgrade to Charitable Pro.

Easy. Just add [campaigns] into your page content. Read more.

You can use the [charitable_donation_form] shortcode to embed a particular campaign's donation form on a page. Read more

You can accept monthly, quarterly or semi-annually or annually recurring donations with the Recurring Donations extension. This works with PayPal, Stripe, Braintree, Authorize.Net and PayFast.

Indeed you can! Charitable is the best way to run peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns with WordPress. Peer-to-peer fundraisers are supported with our Ambassadors extension

Yes. Our Fee Relief extension adds support for this, with the option to set how fees are calculated for different payment gateways. Read more

You certainly can. The Newsletter Connect extension supports MailChimp, Campaign Monitor, ActiveCampaign, Mailerlite, MailPoet and Mailster.

No. WP Charitable is a standalone donation and fundraising plugin and does not integrate with WooCommerce.

You can. Charitable has full localization support through the charitable textdomain. All Charitable extensions are also fully translatable. Contribute to the translation project in your language and help us make Charitable better for everyone!

You can post in the support forum or reach us via our support form.