Donorbox is a powerful and secure donation management plugin for WordPress. We are the only donation plugin for WordPress that offers a fast feature-filled solution so anyone can raise funds.

If you're looking for the best WordPress donation plugins that can substantially boost donor conversion and online donations, here's where your search ends.

How do I start making a donation form?

The Donorbox form builder has been designed to make creating forms a very simple process. You don't need to have any programming experience to create a Donorbox form. Find a complete guide here to create and customize your very own donation form: https://donorbox.org/nonprofit-blog/get-started-with-donorbox/

Where can I get support for using Donorbox?

Donorbox has a handy selection of step-by-step guides on our blog: https://donorbox.org/nonprofit-blog. If you can’t find what you’re looking for, feel free to email us at support@donorbox.org. We’d love to help you get set up and ready to go.

How do I embed a donation form or use a donate button on a WordPress site?

The following is a guide to embedding a recurring donation form on WordPress: https://donorbox.org/nonprofit-blog/wordpress-embedding If you want to use a donate button or simply link to your donation page, follow these steps: https://donorbox.org/nonprofit-blog/donate-now-button-for-nonprofits

How do I centre the donation widget on a WordPress site?

Placing the following CSS in one of your CSS files or within the page should make the donation widget display horizontally in the centre. #dbox-form-embed { max-width: 425px !important; margin: auto; display: block; }

How do I pre-fill fields in a WordPress Donorbox form?

Donorbox allows users to pre-fill some fields in the donation form, including amount. You can append field values as query parameters to the donation URL used with the shortcode. Pre-filling of the following fields are supported:

• amount
• first_name
• last_name
• email
• phone
• address
• zip_code

Additionally, you can set recurring=true to the have Monthly recurring option selected by default.

For example: [donate https://donorbox.org/rebel-idealist?first_name=Fname&last_name=Lname&email=user@example.com&phone=1234567890&amount=30&address=Newstreet&zip_code=54321&recurring=true] or [donate-with-info https://donorbox.org/rebel-idealist?first_name=Fname&last_name=Lname&email=user@example.com&phone=1234567890&amount=30&address=Newstreet&zip_code=54321&recurring=true]

You can find more answers in our Knowledge Base. Or drop us an email at support@donorbox.org. We would love to help.

What is the shortcode I need to use?

Use the following shortcode in your posts / pages or the template file: [donate] or [donate-with-info] The WordPress donation plugin will replace the shortcode with an embed frame using the settings provided in admin.

Where is the settings page?

Dashboard > Settings > Donorbox

How is Donorbox better than a form plugin for accepting donations via WordPress?

Donorbox can be the best WordPress donation plugin for you as it is designed to improve donor conversion rates. While form plugins are a great way to add general forms on websites and collect the needed information, they are not optimized for online fundraising. Donorbox donation forms are multi-step, responsive forms, i.e a donor completes seamless donations in a few steps. Compared to other WordPress donation plugins, it can be customized to help offer a neat and fast donation experience. Donorbox forms can be embedded directly anywhere on your website, as a pop-up donation form or as a Donate button. The optimization is proven to increase donor conversion.

Can I set up recurring donations with the Donorbox plugin?

Yes, you can accept weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual recurring donations via Donorbox. Donorbox forms help increase your online donations by attracting and encouraging recurring donations. To enable these recurring options, simply log into your Donorbox dashboard and click on “Edit Campaign”. Next, go to the Advanced tab of the form builder and check the boxes of the options you need, and uncheck the ones you don’t.

How do I eliminate the processing fees associated with WordPress donations?

Processing fees for your online donations cannot be eliminated however the best WordPress donation plugins will let you ask your donors to cover the processing fees, like Donorbox.

Can I translate Donorbox into my local language?

Donorbox donations forms are localized in Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Danish, Chinese, Dutch and Swedish. Donorbox is used in over 40 countries.

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• Compatibiliy updates with new wordpress version.

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• Compatibiliy updates with new wordpress version.

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• MINOR FIXES: Prevent warning message "URL" as an undefined value.

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• Compatibiliy updates with new wordpress version.

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• Compatibiliy check with new wordpress version.

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• Fix for possible XSS vulnerability.

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• Updated quick installation video tutorial.

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• Fix for deprecated screen_icon function.

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• Added new integration tutorial.

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• Pricing details update.

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• Fix for XSS vulnerability with shortcodes.

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• Fix to eliminate warning message if default parameters are not passed to the donation url.

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• Fixes bug in setting default values with short code

7.0

• Google Pay for Donorbox

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• Fix width issues on mobile devices when the description is enabled [donate-with-info].

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• Support PHP strict standards.

6.0

• Multiple forms support for different campaigns.
• Pass campaign URL from shortcode.

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• Widget height is dynamically calculated, therefore height input field has been removed.

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• Embed code updated.
• Description updated.

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• Updated the embed code to have min and max widths.

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• Widget height customization option added.

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• Tags updated.
• Short description updated.

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• Instructions layout update.
• Settings page screenshot udpate.

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• Initial Commit.

1. Unzip the zipped file and upload to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
3. Manage individual options from Dashboard > Settings > Donorbox
4. After signing up on Donorbox.org, create a donation campaign from the dashboard.
5. Paste in the Campaign url: [input box]
6. Use the shortcode [donate] to embed the donation form. You can also use the shortcode [donate-with-info] which will include the campaign description and legal disclaimer that was on Donorbox.
7. You can also set the URL from shortcode using [donate url="https://donorbox.org/campaign-id"] or [donate-with-info url="https://donorbox.org/campaign-id"]. This allows to set multiple forms for different campaigns.
8. Please check our "Getting Started" guide for more details: https://donorbox.org/nonprofit-blog/wordpress-embedding/