CharityGlow — Donations & Fundraising
CharityGlow helps nonprofits collect donations easily using Stripe, PayPal, and SSLCommerz. Create campaigns, accept one-time or recurring donations, and track donors. Perfect for charities, mosques, NGOs, and fundraising websites in Bangladesh and worldwide.
🎁 Free setup for the first 100 charity organizations. If you need help setting up donation forms, campaigns, or payment gateway integration, we’re happy to help.
CharityGlow is designed for nonprofits, NGOs, mosques, churches, and fundraising organizations that need a simple and secure way to collect online donations.
🎯 Why Choose CharityGlow?
- Multiple Payment Gateways – Stripe, PayPal, SSLCommerz (Bangladesh), Bank Transfer out of the box
- Bangladesh Payment Support – Accept donations via bKash, Nagad, Rocket, Upay, and all Bangladeshi bank cards through SSLCommerz
- 5 Beautiful Form Templates – Classic, Inline, Minimal, Card, and Multi-step Wizard
- Campaign Management – Create unlimited fundraising campaigns with goals and deadlines
- Donor Management – Built-in CRM to track donors, history, and lifetime value
- Detailed Analytics – Real-time dashboard with charts and donation reports
- Email Notifications – Beautiful HTML receipts and admin notifications
- 12 Powerful Shortcodes – Display forms, campaigns, stats, and more anywhere
- Multi-Currency Support – Accept donations in 25+ currencies including USD, EUR, GBP, BDT, JPY
- Recurring Donations – Monthly, quarterly, and yearly subscription options
- Mobile Responsive – All forms work perfectly on any device
- GDPR Compliant – Data export and deletion tools included
💳 Payment Gateways
- Stripe – Credit/Debit Cards (Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Discover) — Worldwide
- PayPal – PayPal account and guest checkout — Worldwide
- SSLCommerz 🇧🇩 – bKash, Nagad, Rocket, Upay, Visa, Mastercard, Internet Banking — Bangladesh only (BDT)
- Offline/Bank Transfer – Manual donations with pending approval
🇧🇩 SSLCommerz — Bangladesh Payment Gateway
CharityGlow is the first free WordPress donation plugin to include SSLCommerz integration, making it the ideal choice for Bangladeshi charities, mosques, and NGOs.
Supported payment methods via SSLCommerz: * bKash — Most popular mobile wallet in Bangladesh * Nagad — Bangladesh Post Office digital wallet * Rocket — Dutch-Bangla Bank mobile banking * Upay — UCB mobile financial service * All Bangladeshi bank cards (Visa, Mastercard, DBBL Nexus) * Internet banking (all major Bangladeshi banks) * AMEX cards
Note: SSLCommerz only supports BDT (Bangladeshi Taka) payments from Bangladesh. For international donors, use Stripe or PayPal.
📝 5 Donation Form Templates
- Classic – Full-featured form with all options
- Inline – Compact horizontal form for sidebars
- Minimal – Clean two-step form design
- Card – Modern card-style layout with campaign info
- Wizard – Multi-step guided donation process
📊 Features
- Stripe official payment gateway
- SSLCommerz official payment gateway for Bangladesh
- Secure and encrypted payments
- Used by nonprofits and charity organizations
- One-time and recurring donations
- Campaign-based fundraising
- Easy setup and clean interface
- Donation Forms – Preset amounts, custom amounts, recurring options
- Campaigns – Goal tracking, progress bars, deadlines, featured images
- Donors – Complete donor profiles, donation history, notes, tags
- Reports – Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly donation reports
- Emails – Customizable HTML email receipts and admin alerts
- Shortcodes – 12 shortcodes for flexible embedding
- Anonymous Donations – Allow donors to give anonymously
- Donation Comments – Let donors leave messages with their gifts
🔧 Shortcodes (12 Total)
Donation Forms:
[charityglow_form] - Display the default donation form
[charityglow_form template="wizard"] - Display specific template (classic, inline, minimal, card, wizard)
[charityglow_form campaign_id="123" amounts="10,25,50,100"] - Form with custom amounts for specific campaign
Campaigns:
[charityglow_campaign id="123"] - Display single campaign with donation form
[charityglow_campaign slug="save-the-children"] - Display campaign by slug
[charityglow_campaigns limit="6" columns="3"] - Display campaign grid
[charityglow_campaigns featured="true" orderby="goal_amount"] - Featured campaigns only
Progress & Stats:
[charityglow_progress_bar campaign_id="123"] - Campaign progress bar
[charityglow_stats show="total,donors,campaigns" style="card"] - Donation statistics
[charityglow_stats campaign_id="123" animated="yes"] - Campaign-specific stats
Donors & Social Proof:
[charityglow_donor_wall limit="10"] - Display recent donors
[charityglow_donor_wall campaign_id="123"] - Donors for specific campaign
[charityglow_recent_donations limit="5" style="list"] - Recent donations feed
[charityglow_recent_donations show_amount="yes" show_time="yes"] - With customization
Informational:
[charityglow_how_it_works style="cards" columns="4"] - How donation process works
[charityglow_how_it_works title="Support Us" step1_icon="❤️"] - Customized steps
[charityglow_payment_methods style="badges"] - Display accepted payment methods
Utility:
[charityglow_donation_success] - Success page after donation
[charityglow_donation_failed] - Failed donation page
💰 Multi-Currency Support
CharityGlow supports 25+ currencies with proper formatting:
- USD ($), EUR (€), GBP (£), CAD, AUD, NZD
- BDT (৳) – Bangladeshi Taka (used with SSLCommerz)
- JPY (¥), KRW (₩) – Zero-decimal currencies
- INR (₹), BRL (R$), MXN, SGD, HKD
- CHF, SEK, NOK, DKK, PLN, CZK
- And many more…
🌍 Perfect For
- Nonprofits & Charities
- Mosques & Islamic Organizations (Bangladesh)
- Churches & Religious Organizations
- Schools & Universities
- NGOs & Social Organizations
- Animal Welfare Organizations
- Community Foundations
- Healthcare & Medical Research
- Environmental Organizations
- Individual Fundraisers
🔒 Security & Compliance
- PCI Compliant – Secure payment processing via Stripe/PayPal/SSLCommerz
- GDPR Ready – Data export and deletion tools
- Nonce Verification – Protected forms and AJAX requests
- Data Sanitization – All inputs properly sanitized
- Secure API Calls – SSL enforced for payment gateways
External Services
This plugin connects to third-party services for payment processing. These connections are essential to process donations securely. No data is sent until a donor actively initiates a payment.
Stripe
This plugin uses Stripe to process credit and debit card payments. Stripe is a payment processing platform that securely handles card transactions.
What it’s used for: Processing credit/debit card donations, managing recurring subscriptions, and handling refunds.
What data is sent: * Payment amount and currency * Card details (sent directly to Stripe via Stripe.js, never touches your server) * Donor name and email address * Billing address (if collected) * Donation metadata (campaign ID, form ID, donation ID)
When data is sent: When a donor submits a donation form using the Stripe payment method.
Service Provider: Stripe, Inc. * Website: https://stripe.com * Terms of Service: https://stripe.com/legal/ssa * Privacy Policy: https://stripe.com/privacy
This plugin includes the Stripe PHP library to communicate with Stripe’s API (https://api.stripe.com).
PayPal
This plugin uses PayPal to process donations via PayPal accounts and PayPal guest checkout.
What it’s used for: Processing donations through PayPal, allowing donors to pay using their PayPal balance, linked bank accounts, or cards via PayPal.
What data is sent: * Payment amount and currency * Donation/order description * Return URLs (success and cancel pages on your site) * Donor name and email (processed by PayPal) * Invoice/donation ID for tracking
When data is sent: When a donor selects PayPal as their payment method and clicks to proceed. The donor is redirected to PayPal’s website (https://paypal.com) to complete the payment.
Service Provider: PayPal, Inc. * Website: https://www.paypal.com * Terms of Service: https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/ua/useragreement-full * Privacy Policy: https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
This plugin connects to PayPal’s API endpoints (https://api-m.paypal.com for live, https://api-m.sandbox.paypal.com for testing).
SSLCommerz
This plugin uses SSLCommerz to process donations via Bangladeshi payment methods including bKash, Nagad, Rocket, Upay, and Bangladeshi bank cards.
What it’s used for: Processing donations from Bangladesh using local payment methods (mobile wallets, internet banking, and bank cards).
What data is sent: * Payment amount and currency (BDT only) * Donor name, email, and phone number * Donation/transaction ID for tracking * Return URLs (success, fail, and cancel pages on your site) * Store ID and transaction reference
When data is sent: When a donor selects SSLCommerz as their payment method and clicks to donate. The donor is redirected to SSLCommerz’s secure hosted payment page (https://securepay.sslcommerz.com) to complete the payment.
Service Provider: SSLCOMMERZ Limited * Website: https://sslcommerz.com * Terms of Service: https://sslcommerz.com/terms-condition/ * Privacy Policy: https://sslcommerz.com/privacy-policy/
This plugin connects to SSLCommerz API endpoints: * Sandbox: https://sandbox.sslcommerz.com * Live: https://securepay.sslcommerz.com
Note: SSLCommerz is only available for BDT (Bangladeshi Taka) transactions. It is intended for use by organizations based in Bangladesh.
Additional Info
Minimum Requirements
- WordPress 5.8 or higher
- PHP 7.4 or higher
- MySQL 5.6 or higher
- SSL Certificate (required for payment processing)
Recommended
- PHP 8.0 or higher
- WordPress 6.0 or higher
Support
For support, feature requests, and bug reports, please visit our support forum on WordPress.org or contact us at support@charityglow.com.
Documentation
Full documentation is available at charityglow.com/docs
Credits
- Stripe PHP Library – stripe.com
- SSLCommerz – sslcommerz.com
- Chart.js – For beautiful charts in admin dashboard
- WordPress Community – For the amazing platform