Donatico – Stripe Donations & Recurring Giving

Donatico is the independent alternative to GiveWP: a clean WordPress plugin for accepting donations via Stripe, with no platform fee on any tier and none of the weight of an all-in-one fundraising suite. No bloat, no page-builder dependency, no account on someone else’s platform – just donation forms on your own site, funds in your own Stripe account.

Already running GiveWP or Charitable? Donatico’s built-in importer migrates your donors, donation history, and campaign links in a few clicks – dry-run preview before anything is written, and re-running it never creates duplicate donors.

Perfect for non-profits, charities, churches, content creators, podcasters, and any organisation that wants a simple, professional donation system without platform fees or vendor lock-in.

Free Features

• Migrate From GiveWP, Charitable, or CSV – Import your existing donors, donation history, and campaign links with a dry-run preview before anything is written; re-running an import never creates duplicates
• Stripe Checkout Integration – Secure, Stripe-hosted payment page; card details never touch your server. The default payment mode.
• On-Site Payment Form (Stripe Elements) – Optional alternative to the Checkout redirect: donors pay right on your page without leaving your site. Card details still never touch your server. Switch modes anytime in Donatico -> Settings -> Stripe.
• Apple Pay & Google Pay – Enabled automatically in Checkout mode, no setup required. Available in Elements mode too, after a one-time domain registration in your Stripe dashboard.
• 3 Form Layouts – Inline, Stacked, and Card designs
• 6 Shortcodes – Forms, total raised, donation count, recent donors, progress bar, and an on-site donor history dashboard
• Donor Dashboard – Donors request a secure email link to view their own giving history and print receipts, no account required
• Offline Donations – Record cash, check, and bank-transfer gifts from the admin dashboard; they count toward totals and CSV export like any online gift
• Fee Recovery – Optional « cover the processing fee » checkbox so more of each gift reaches your cause
• Beautiful Email Notifications – Admin alerts and donor thank-you emails with merge tags
• Donation Dashboard – Total raised, donation count, average amount, monthly stats, correct even across multiple currencies
• Donation Management – Full list with status filters, search, and bulk delete, plus a per-donation detail view
• CSV Export – Download your full donation history as a CSV file
• Google Analytics 4 – Optional Measurement ID setting; fires a donation event on the thank-you page with the correct amount and currency
• Form Designer – Live preview of form layouts and amounts
• Multi-Currency – All major currencies supported by Stripe, including zero-decimal currencies like JPY and KRW
• Goal Tracking – Animated progress bar with configurable goal amount
• Custom Amounts – Preset amount buttons plus free-text custom amount input
• Anonymous Donations – Optional anonymity checkbox for donors
• Webhook Handling – Automatic status updates (completed, failed, refunded)
• QR Scan-to-Donate – Generate a QR code for any donation page URL from Donatico -> QR Codes, downloadable as PNG or SVG
• Sticky Donate Button – Optional floating donate button on every page, dismissible, with a configurable link and label
• Mobile Responsive – Looks great on all screen sizes
• Lightweight – No jQuery dependency on the frontend
• GDPR Friendly – Minimal data collection; no third-party tracking

Donatico Pro – Turn one-time gifts into recurring support

The free plugin handles one-time donations beautifully. Donatico Pro adds the features that turn casual giving into dependable, recurring income:

• Recurring Donations – Let supporters give monthly or yearly through Stripe. Predictable income that renews automatically – the backbone of sustainable fundraising.
• Campaigns with Goals – Run fundraising drives with goal tracking and live progress, including a countdown to your end date, milestone badges at 25/50/75/100% of goal, and matching challenges – set a ratio, sponsor name, and an optional cap so your progress bar shows the sponsor-matched total alongside what’s been raised.
• Donation Tiers – Offer named giving levels with perks to guide donors toward meaningful gifts.
• Donor Management – See lifetime giving, history, and last gift for every supporter, right inside WordPress.
• Tribute Gifts & Donor Wall – Accept donations in memory or honor of someone, and showcase supporters publicly.
• Subscriber Self-Service Portal – Donors manage their own recurring gifts through a secure, email-verified portal.
• Custom Form Fields – Add your own fields (text, textarea, dropdown, checkbox, or hidden) to your donation form; values show on each donation’s detail view and in CSV export.

Learn more and compare plans at donatico.forgeo.dev.

Donatico Business – Formal receipts and giving statements

Donatico Business is a higher tier than Starter, adding paperwork-grade documentation on top of everything in Pro:

• PDF Donation Receipts – Each donation gets a downloadable PDF receipt with its own sequential receipt number, separate from the donation’s internal record ID.
• Annual Giving Statements – Donors download one PDF summarizing all of their donations for a calendar year, right from their donor dashboard – shown separately per currency for donors who gave in more than one.
• Organization Details on Receipts – Add your organization’s name, address, and tax ID/EIN so receipts and statements carry your official information.
• Outbound Webhooks – Notify your own systems (Zapier, a custom app, your CRM) via a signed HTTP POST whenever a donation completes, a donor gives for the first time, a subscription starts or cancels, or a campaign hits its goal. Every delivery is HMAC-SHA256 signed, retried automatically on failure, and logged.
• Funds / Designations – Let donors choose which fund or program their gift supports from a dropdown on your donation form. See per-fund totals – shown separately per currency for funds that received gifts in more than one – from a dedicated Funds admin page, and the designated fund on every donor receipt, dashboard entry, admin donation detail view, and CSV export row.
• Tribute eCards – Turn a tribute gift into a shareable, downloadable PDF card with the honoree’s name and message – available from the donor dashboard alongside the regular PDF receipt for any donation made in memory or honor of someone.

Learn more and compare plans at donatico.forgeo.dev.

Quick Setup

1. Install and activate the plugin
2. Go to Donatico -> Settings -> Stripe
3. Enter your Stripe API keys (test or live)
4. Add the [donatico_form] shortcode to any page or post
5. Start accepting donations!

Shortcodes

Donation form: [donatico_form] [donatico_form layout= »card » amounts= »10,25,100″ title= »Support Us » button_text= »Donate Now »]

Parameters: layout (inline|stacked|card), amounts (comma-separated), title, description, button_text, show_message (yes|no), allow_anonymous (yes|no), goal (amount).

Widgets: [donatico_total_raised] – Displays total amount raised [donatico_donation_count] – Displays number of completed donations [donatico_recent_donors limit= »5″] – Lists recent donors [donatico_progress_bar goal= »5000″] – Animated goal progress bar

Donor dashboard: [donatico_donor_dashboard] – Donors enter their email to request a secure, single-use link and view their own donation history and receipts on-site. No account or login required.

Email Notifications

Donatico sends two types of emails:

• Admin notification – Sent to the configured admin email on every completed donation
• Donor thank-you – Sent to the donor with a receipt and your customised message

Both support merge tags: {donor_name}, {amount}, {date}, {site_name}, and more. Customise everything in Settings -> Notifications.

External Services

This plugin connects to Stripe to process payments.

What it does: Processes credit card donations via Stripe Checkout – a secure, Stripe-hosted payment page.

When it connects: Only when a donor submits the donation form, or when Stripe sends a webhook event to confirm payment status.

What data is sent to Stripe: Donor name, email address, donation amount, currency, and an optional message. Payment card details are entered directly on Stripe’s servers and never pass through your website.

Stripe links:

• Service: https://stripe.com
• Terms of Service: https://stripe.com/terms
• Privacy Policy: https://stripe.com/privacy