Accept one-time and monthly donations on WordPress with Stripe and PayPal. Donor tracking, receipts, and reports built in — no $399/year upgrade required.
Other plugins sell the essentials back to you one add-on at a time. Donor Merchant ships them in the box.
Monthly, quarterly, and yearly giving powered by Stripe subscriptions. The single biggest revenue lever in fundraising — included, not paywalled.
Learn more →Cards, Apple Pay, and Google Pay through Stripe's Payment Element, plus PayPal Smart Buttons. Payment details never touch your server.
Learn more →One checkbox lets supporters cover the processing fee, so 100% of the intended gift reaches your mission. Most donors say yes.
Learn more →Every donor and every gift tracked automatically — lifetime totals, giving history, search, filters, and one-click CSV export.
Learn more →Customizable thank-you receipts go out automatically, and you get pinged on every new gift. Placeholders make personalization easy.
Learn more →Total raised, monthly trend, average gift, and active recurring donors at a glance — right inside wp-admin.
Learn more →Donation plugins love the word "free" — until you need monthly giving or fee recovery. Here's where the line is drawn.
| Donor Merchant Free | GiveWP Free | Charitable Free | |
|---|---|---|---|
| One-time donations | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Recurring donations | ✓ Included | Pro — $399/yr | Paid plans |
| Fee recovery | ✓ Included | Pro — $399/yr | Paid plans |
| Tributes & memorials | ✓ Included | Pro — $399/yr | — |
| Donor database + CSV export | ✓ Included | ✓ | ✓ |
| Stripe + PayPal | ✓ Included | ✓ | ✓ |
Competitor pricing and feature placement as published on vendors' sites, June 2026. Always verify current pricing with each vendor. Deep dives: GiveWP alternative · Charitable alternative
If you can paste an API key, you can take donations today. No developer required.
Install Donor Merchant from your WordPress dashboard and activate it. The donor database and dashboard are created automatically.
Paste your API keys under Settings → Payments. Start in test mode and rehearse the whole flow risk-free.
Add the Donation Form block — or the [donor_merchant] shortcode — to any page. That's it. You're fundraising.
Every line of code ships with the plugin — nothing phones home, nothing is obfuscated. Audit it, extend it, own it.
We never take a percentage of donations. The only fees are Stripe's or PayPal's own — and donors can cover those for you.
Donor records live in your WordPress database — not on someone else's platform. Export everything to CSV any time.
Give them a form worth filling out. Install Donor Merchant free and take your first recurring gift today.
Download Donor Merchant free No signup. No platform fees. Or try the live demo first.