STRIPE

Securely accept donations with a popular, easy to use payment gateway

You can accept credit card donations directly on-site, or offer your donors a streamlined payment page hosted by Stripe.

Securely accept credit card donations with Stripe, a popular, easy to use payment gateway. You can accept credit card donations directly on-site, or offer your donors a streamlined payment page hosted by Stripe.

Accept credit card donations securely with Stripe

With the Charitable Stripe extension, you can give your donors the option of making card donations directly on your website, without being redirected anywhere else.

Stripe on-site card payments
Accept credit card donations on your website securely with Stripe

The payment form uses Stripe’s integrated card field, which is designed to blend seamlessly with your other donation form fields, providing a secure, user-friendly way for your to accept credit card donations.

Take card payments offsite with Stripe Checkout

Prefer to accept card payments offsite? The plugin has built-in support for Stripe Checkout, a streamlined one-page payment page hosted by Stripe.

Screenshot of Stripe Checkout
Stripe Checkout offers a streamlined attractive payment form

Stripe Checkout fully supports payments with Apple Pay and Google Pay, in addition to standard card payments.

Collect recurring donations with Stripe

The Stripe extension integrates seamlessly with Charitable’s Recurring Donations plugin, so you can easily start collecting recurring donations with Stripe.

Stripe handles weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually and annually recurring donations.

Let donors pay the transaction fee

Add the Fee Relief extension alongside Stripe to give your donors the option of increasing their donation to cover Stripe’s transaction fees.

It’s an easy yet powerful way to grow your donations.

Use Stripe globally

Stripe is available in more than 45 countries through the Americas, Europe, parts of Asia and Australia and New Zealand.

Find out if your country is supported via the Stripe Global page.

More Details

There are some minimum requirements for using the Stripe plugin:

  • A Stripe.com account.
  • An SSL certificate (required by Stripe).
  • PHP 5.6+
  • Charitable 1.6.22+

You will find detailed documentation here: Charitable Stripe documentation.

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Addon New

🤯 New Addon: Campaign Updates

Keep your supporters informed and engaged with every step of your progress! Share the ongoing impact of your mission and build lasting trust with your donor community!

The Ultimate Engagement Tool

Fundraising is a journey, not a one-time event. Now, you can easily provide real-time updates directly on your campaign pages, ensuring your donors stay connected to the causes they care about most.

📣 Easy Storytelling: Quickly post text updates, milestones, or field reports to show exactly how donations are being put to work, keeping the momentum alive throughout your fundraiser.

🏗️ Visual Builder Integration: Seamlessly add the Updates block anywhere on your page using our drag-and-drop builder, or use a simple shortcode to display news in widgets and sidebars.

📩 Build Donor Trust: By consistently sharing progress and success stories, you create a transparent giving experience that encourages recurring support and deeper community involvement.

Integration New

Build Beautiful Fundraising Pages Visually with WPBakery Integration

We are excited to announce our brand-new integration with WPBakery, one of the most popular WordPress page builders, designed to help you create stunning layouts for your campaigns without touching a single line of code.

The Ultimate Design Experience

Designing your nonprofit’s website should be as simple as your mission is powerful. Now, you can bring Charitable functionality directly into your WPBakery workflow, using native elements to build high-converting donation pages and campaign grids in seconds.

🖱️ Drag-and-Drop Building: Easily add donation forms, campaign progress bars, and “Donate Now” buttons to your layouts using the WPBakery elements you already know and love.

🎨 Total Creative Control: Customize the look and feel of your fundraising elements using WPBakery’s native design options. Adjust margins, padding, and borders to ensure your campaigns fit perfectly with your site’s branding.

📱 Seamlessly Responsive: Every element is built to be fully responsive and mobile-friendly, ensuring your donors have a smooth, professional experience whether they are giving from a phone, tablet, or desktop.

Integration New

🖼️ Add Image Galleries to Fundraising Campaigns With Envira Gallery

Showcase the impact of your mission like never before. We are excited to announce our brand-new integration with Envira Gallery, the best WordPress gallery plugin, designed to help you tell your story through powerful, high-performance visuals.

The Ultimate Storytelling Experience

A picture is worth a thousand words – and now, it’s worth even more for your fundraising. Connect your visual impact directly to your cause by creating stunning, responsive galleries that engage donors and drive contributions.

🖼️ Visual Impact: Easily create beautiful, fast-loading galleries to show your nonprofit’s work in action, from field reports to event highlights.

🔗 Seamless Connection: Link gallery images directly to your fundraising campaigns, making it effortless for inspired visitors to go from viewing a photo to making a donation.

📱 Perfectly Responsive: Whether your donors are on a phone, tablet, or desktop, your galleries will look professional and load lightning-fast, ensuring a smooth experience on every device.

Integration New

👉🏻 New Divi Integration In Charitable Pro

Bring the power of Charitable directly into your favorite page builder and maintain total creative control with our brand-new Divi integration.

The Ultimate Design Experience

No more switching back and forth or relying on complex shortcodes. Use dedicated Divi modules to build, style, and launch high-converting donation pages without ever leaving the Divi Builder.

⚡ Native Divi Modules: Effortlessly drag and drop your donation forms, progress bars, and campaign details exactly where you want them.

⚙️ Visual Customization: Tweak colors, fonts, and spacing using Divi’s familiar design settings to ensure your fundraiser matches your brand perfectly.

🚀 Live Visual Editing: See your changes in real-time. What you see in the builder is exactly what your donors will see, ensuring a seamless giving experience every time.

donation form New

👉🏻 New Campaign Selector For Donation Forms

Take your campaign management to the next level. Find the perfect fundraiser for any page and stay in your creative flow with our new Campaign Selector integration.

The Ultimate Selection Tool

No more hunting for IDs or creating one page for every donation form. Use the new Campaign Selector to allow users to switch to a campaign with no code.

⚡ Instant Search: Quickly find any campaign leaving your page or post.

⚙️ Editor Agnostic: Whether you’re using the Block Editor, Elementor, or WPBakery, selecting your campaigns is now a unified experience.

🚀 Real-Time Previews: See exactly which campaign you’ve selected instantly, ensuring your donors always see the right cause.