Charitable is delighted to announce a significant update that enhances your experience with the best donation plugin, offering two major improvements for your fundraising efforts.

Introducing New Editor Blocks

We are thrilled to introduce new blocks for the WordPress editor (which is code named Gutenberg). Starting with version 1.8.3, you can effortlessly integrate the following blocks into your posts and pages, all without needing to write any code! This update is ideal for non-profits and donors seeking an efficient way to manage fundraising campaigns.

• Donation Button/Link: Effortlessly display a donation button for a specific campaign, encouraging seamless donor engagement.
• Donations: Add a straightforward donation widget for any campaign to boost your fundraising efforts.
• Campaigns: Showcase multiple Charitable campaigns in an attractive grid layout to captivate your audience.
• Campaign Stats: Dynamically calculate and present various statistics on your page, providing insightful data for non-profits.
• Campaign Progress Bar: Display a real-time progress bar for any campaign, motivating donors to contribute.
• Donors Block: Feature a list of donors for one or all your campaigns, celebrating their contributions.
• My Donations Block: Allow logged-in users to view a personalized list of their donations.

These new blocks complement our existing “Charitable Campaign” block, which lets you quickly add a single Charitable campaign. This comprehensive update further establishes Charitable as the best donation plugin for WordPress, enhancing the experience for non-profits, campaign managers, and donors alike.

In-Plugin Notifications

We want to make sure you’re always up-to-date with the latest developments on our platform and can continue using it with confidence. So we’ve added in-plugin notifications that will keep you informed about important updates and changes to Charitable directly from your WordPress dashboard.

With this addition you’ll know about new features, bug fixes, non-profit tips and advice, and other information we think you’ll find relevant.

PHP Version Update

This version will include a warning message for anyone using PHP versions older than PHP 7.4. If you are running an older PHP version please check our new doc page on the subject of supporting PHP versions for Charitable.

Other Updates

Outside of what I just mentioned above, here’s a list of items that are a part of the “changelog” for 1.8.3.

• NEW: Updated charitable.pot.
• UPDATED: Additional minification of JS and CSS to increase performance.
• FIX: Resolved an issue regarding campaign descriptions not displaying properly with the campaign shortcode in some scenarios.
• FIX: Fixed alt-text of a LinkedIn share icon in the visual campaign builder.
• FIX: Code tweaks related to translations, CSS, UI, and PHP warnings.

Wrapping Up

Want to start benefiting from the latest version of Charitable? Head to your site and update Charitable to the latest version.

And if you’re not using Charitable yet, this can be the perfect time to start!

Get Charitable Pro for your site today to grow your donations with the best WordPress donation plugin on the market.

Of course, we can’t end this without thanking our awesome community for making this update possible. We’re truly grateful for your continued support and feedback.

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(Hint: We’ve got more updates and surprises coming up for you, so stay tuned!)

David Bisset Project Manager

David is the project manager of Charitable since 2022. David works with several non-profits (one operated by his wife) along with managing and developing features, support, and marketing for Charitable. Has been with WordPress since 2006 and has been lead organizer of multiple conferences, events, and meetups.

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