Bruno Alesiani

<h4>The Simple, Powerful WordPress Donation Plugin</h4>
<p>FundCollector is a completely free WordPress donation plugin — no subscription fees and no commission taken by FundCollector. Accept credit card, PayPal, and bank transfer payments with no coding required, send automatic email notifications to donors and your team, and manage your entire donor base from the WordPress dashboard. Standard payment processor fees from PayPal or your bank may still apply.</p>
<h3>Free Features</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Donation Form Builder</strong>: Customizable forms with fields, suggested amounts, and styling options</li>
<li><strong>Pre-built Pages</strong>: Automatic creation of Donation, Thank You, Payment Failed, and Privacy pages</li>
<li><strong>PayPal Integration</strong>: Secure PayPal REST API payments with sandbox support</li>
<li><strong>Bank Transfer Support</strong>: Alternative payment method with automated email instructions</li>
<li><strong>Gutenberg Block</strong>: Embed the donation form anywhere with the native block editor</li>
<li><strong>Donor Management</strong>: Full donor profiles with donation history and key statistics</li>
<li><strong>Email Notifications</strong>: Automated emails to donors and administrators, fully customizable</li>
<li><strong>Admin Dashboard</strong>: Sortable donation list with filters and detail view</li>
<li><strong>Security</strong>: Honeypot protection, reCAPTCHA v3, data encryption, and CSRF nonces</li>
<li><strong>GDPR Compliant</strong>: Data retention controls, encryption at rest, audit trail logging</li>
<li><strong>Multi-language</strong>: English, Italian, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese</li>
</ul>
<h3>FundCollector Pro</h3>
<p><a href="https://fundcollector.net" rel="nofollow ugc">FundCollector Pro</a> extends the free plugin with powerful tools for serious fundraisers:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Recurring Donations</strong>: Accept weekly, monthly, or annual subscriptions from donors</li>
<li><strong>Mollie Payments</strong>: Accept credit card donations via Mollie, with full support for recurring donations</li>
<li><strong>PDF Reports</strong>: Generate and download donation reports as PDF</li>
<li><strong>CSV Export</strong>: Export all donation data for accounting or analysis</li>
<li><strong>Automatic Backups</strong>: Schedule and restore complete plugin data backups</li>
</ul>
<h3>Who Is FundCollector For?</h3>
<ul>
<li>Nonprofits and charity organizations</li>
<li>Sports clubs, associations, and NGOs</li>
<li>Religious organizations</li>
<li>Schools and educational institutions</li>
<li>Anyone collecting donations or contributions online</li>
</ul>
<h3>Privacy Policy</h3>
<p>FundCollector takes privacy seriously:</p>
<ul>
<li>Payment data is processed securely through PayPal’s API</li>
<li>Sensitive data is encrypted at rest</li>
<li>No data is shared with third parties without consent</li>
<li>Users can request data deletion at any time</li>
<li>Full audit trail is maintained for compliance</li>
</ul>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<p>This plugin connects to external third-party services to provide payment processing and security features. Below is a detailed disclosure of each service used:</p>
<p><strong>PayPal Payment Processing</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>What it is:</strong> PayPal is a payment processing service used to handle online donations via credit cards, debit cards, and PayPal accounts.</li>
<li><strong>When it’s used:</strong> Activated when donors choose PayPal as their payment method. Connections occur during payment creation, authorization, and completion.</li>
<li><strong>Data transmitted:</strong> Donor information (name, email), donation amount, currency, and transaction metadata are sent to PayPal’s servers for payment processing.</li>
<li><strong>API endpoints used:</strong>
<ul>
<li>Production: <code>https://api-m.paypal.com</code> (live transactions)</li>
<li>Sandbox: <code>https://api-m.sandbox.paypal.com</code> (testing environment)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Privacy Policy:</strong> <a href="https://www.paypal.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">PayPal Privacy Statement</a></li>
<li><strong>Terms of Service:</strong> <a href="https://www.paypal.com/legal/ua/useragreement-full" rel="nofollow ugc">PayPal User Agreement</a></li>
<li><strong>Documentation:</strong> <a href="https://developer.paypal.com/api/rest/" rel="nofollow ugc">PayPal REST API Documentation</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Google reCAPTCHA v3</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>What it is:</strong> Google reCAPTCHA v3 is an anti-spam protection service that helps prevent automated bot submissions.</li>
<li><strong>When it’s used:</strong> Optional feature (can be disabled). When enabled, reCAPTCHA analyzes user behavior on donation forms to detect potential spam or bot activity.</li>
<li><strong>Data transmitted:</strong> User interaction data (mouse movements, typing patterns, IP address) is sent to Google’s servers for spam analysis. The reCAPTCHA token generated is validated server-side.</li>
<li><strong>API endpoints used:</strong>
<ul>
<li>Client-side script: <code>https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js</code></li>
<li>Server-side verification: <code>https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/siteverify</code></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Privacy Policy:</strong> <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Google Privacy Policy</a></li>
<li><strong>Terms of Service:</strong> <a href="https://policies.google.com/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">Google reCAPTCHA Terms of Service</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>User Control</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>PayPal integration is optional and can be disabled in plugin settings (bank transfer only mode)</li>
<li>Google reCAPTCHA is optional and can be disabled in plugin settings</li>
<li>Each payment gateway can be enabled or disabled independently</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Data Protection</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>All communication with external services occurs over encrypted HTTPS connections</li>
<li>API credentials (PayPal Client ID/Secret, reCAPTCHA keys) are stored encrypted in the WordPress database</li>
<li>No donor payment card data is stored on your WordPress server or in the FundCollector plugin — all sensitive payment information is handled directly by PayPal</li>
<li>Payment processing is PCI DSS compliant through certified payment providers</li>
<li>reCAPTCHA tokens are temporary and only used for spam verification</li>
</ul>


FundCollector – Donations Plugin and Fundraising Platform for WordPress

Easily collect donations with PayPal or bank transfer. Automated email notifications, donor management, and security features built in.

Mission

<p>Mission is a free WordPress donation plugin built for nonprofits. Accept one-time and recurring donations, manage donors and campaigns, give your supporters a self-service dashboard, and track everything from a modern admin, without paying for a single add-on.</p>
<p>Most donation plugins lock the features you actually need behind a paid tier. Recurring donations? Add-on. Custom fields? Add-on. Donor dashboards, fee recovery, exports? Add-on, add-on, add-on. Mission takes a different approach: every feature ships in the free plugin, and we’re funded by an optional tip donors can choose to add at checkout. Donors can change the tip, lower it, or set it to zero. 100% of the donation amount always reaches your nonprofit.</p>
<p>The result is a donation platform that grows with your organization without surprise upgrade prompts. The plugin you install today is the plugin handling your donations next year, with no upsell screens between you and your supporters.</p>
<h3>✨ Why Mission</h3>
<p><strong>No paid add-ons. Ever.</strong><br />
Recurring donations, donor dashboards, campaign management, custom fields, tribute donations, fee recovery, exports, activity logs. All included in the free plugin. There is no “Mission Pro” version, no premium tier, and no upsell at checkout.</p>
<p><strong>Modern donation forms that convert.</strong><br />
Multi-step forms with suggested amounts, custom amounts, tribute dedications, anonymous donations, optional fee recovery. Built to feel quick and trustworthy on every device.</p>
<p><strong>Built for performance.</strong><br />
The donation form is built on the WordPress Interactivity API, so there’s no React on the public-facing site, no bloated JavaScript, and fast page loads for your donors. Donor data lives in dedicated database tables, not post meta, so reporting stays fast as your donor list grows into the thousands.</p>
<h3>💝 Powerful donation forms</h3>
<p>The Donation Form block can be dropped into any post, page, or campaign. Configure it once and it adapts to your campaign and your brand:</p>
<ul>
<li>Suggested amounts and an optional custom-amount field, configured per frequency</li>
<li>One-time and recurring giving (weekly, monthly, quarterly, annually), with per-form control over which frequencies to offer</li>
<li>Multi-step layout that keeps the donor focused</li>
<li>Cover-the-fees option lets donors absorb processing fees so 100% of their donation reaches your cause</li>
<li>Anonymous donation toggle</li>
<li>Tribute and memorial dedications, with an optional notification email to the honoree</li>
<li>Custom fields per form: text, textarea, select, multiselect, radio, checkbox</li>
<li>Built-in client and server-side validation</li>
<li>Low-specificity CSS with no <code>!important</code> rules so themes can restyle freely</li>
</ul>
<h3>🔁 Recurring donations included free</h3>
<p>Recurring donations are the single biggest revenue lever for nonprofits, and they’re the feature other plugins charge extra for. Mission ships them free:</p>
<ul>
<li>Weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual frequencies</li>
<li>Automatic renewal with retry on failure</li>
<li>Donor self-service: pause, resume, or cancel from the donor dashboard</li>
<li>Renewal history tracked per subscription</li>
<li>Email notifications for renewals, cancellations, and failed payments</li>
<li>Admin controls to pause, resume, cancel, or retry any subscription</li>
</ul>
<h3>👥 A donor dashboard your supporters will actually use</h3>
<p>Drop the Donor Dashboard block on any page and your supporters get a self-service portal. They can:</p>
<ul>
<li>See a complete donation history</li>
<li>Manage recurring donations: pause, resume, or cancel without contacting you</li>
<li>Download a receipt for any donation</li>
<li>Update their profile and email address</li>
<li>Sign in with a magic-link email, so there’s no password to forget</li>
</ul>
<p>Every action your donors can take in the dashboard is one less email in your inbox.</p>
<h3>🎯 Campaign management</h3>
<p>Run a single ongoing campaign or dozens of named campaigns side by side:</p>
<ul>
<li>Set goals by total raised, donation count, or unique donor count</li>
<li>Auto-generated campaign pages built on the WordPress block editor</li>
<li>Start and end dates per campaign</li>
<li>Active, draft, and archived statuses</li>
<li>Real-time aggregates that update as donations complete</li>
</ul>
<p>Mission ships eleven campaign and donation blocks: donation form, donate button, campaign card, campaign grid, campaign image, campaign progress bar, campaign statistic, donor wall, recent donors, top donors, and donor dashboard. Mix and match them to build campaign pages that match your brand. Not using the block editor? Every block has a shortcode equivalent that works in page builders like Elementor and Bricks.</p>
<h3>📊 Reports and exports you can actually use</h3>
<p>The admin dashboard surfaces what fundraisers care about: total revenue, donation count, average donation, repeat donor count, top donor, and month-over-month growth, in test and live modes side by side.</p>
<p>Need the data outside WordPress? Export donors, transactions, campaigns, and subscriptions to CSV or JSON in a single click.</p>
<p>A built-in activity log records every donation, refund, subscription event, webhook, email, and admin action with a 90-day retention window so you can audit anything that happened on your site.</p>
<h3>🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Who Mission is for</h3>
<p>Mission is built to fit any organization or individual raising money online:</p>
<ul>
<li>Nonprofits and charities</li>
<li>Foundations, clubs, and NGOs</li>
<li>Churches and faith communities</li>
<li>Schools, PTAs, and education nonprofits</li>
<li>Political campaigns and advocacy groups</li>
<li>Community groups and mutual aid funds</li>
<li>Individuals raising for a specific cause</li>
</ul>
<h3>🫙 How the optional tip model works</h3>
<p>Mission is funded by donor tips, not by selling features. Here’s exactly how that works:</p>
<ul>
<li>At checkout, donors see a small optional tip alongside their donation amount.</li>
<li>The tip is preselected at a small percentage by default. Donors can change it, lower it, or set it to zero.</li>
<li>100% of the donation amount goes to your connected Stripe account.</li>
<li>Prefer a flat platform fee instead of donor tips? You can switch to a fixed 3% platform fee per form.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Source Code</h3>
<p>The full, unminified source code for this plugin is publicly available on GitHub at https://github.com/mission-wp/mission</p>
<p>See the README in the repository for full development setup, contribution guidelines, and a description of the build pipeline.</p>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<p>This plugin connects to the following third-party services:</p>
<p><strong>Stripe</strong> processes donations. Payment data is sent from the donor’s browser to Stripe via Stripe.js, and Stripe sends webhook notifications back for payment, refund, and subscription events. See Stripe’s <a href="https://stripe.com/legal" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms</a> and <a href="https://stripe.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Mission API</strong> proxies Stripe Connect onboarding, payment requests, and webhook forwarding to your site. If you opt in to feature notifications under Tools > Features, your email is also sent here. See Mission’s <a href="https://missionwp.com/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms</a> and <a href="https://missionwp.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Gravatar</strong> supplies donor avatars in the admin and on the Donor Wall block. Email addresses are hashed before being sent. See Gravatar’s <a href="https://wordpress.com/tos/" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms</a> and <a href="https://automattic.com/privacy/" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a>.</p>


Mission – Donation Plugin for WordPress – Fundraising & Recurring Donations


I'm quite happy with how well this plugin works, both for WordPress novices, and those that know their way around the editor. 



Setup is simple and straightforward. Details, payment connect, and right to your creating your first campaign. The campaign post is ready to go right away, probably good for most users, but it has an abundance of options if you want to dive a bit deeper. All content is editable, but it gives you some decent boilerplate sentences to start. 



The main donation form has quite a variety of options as well. Donation frequency and amounts, what info gets collected, who covers the card processing fees. Again great for most to set it and forget it, but the option is there for those who need to get more technical.



The dashboard is clean, easy to see who is donating, what's going where. Settings as well, easy export options, ability for webhooks / zaps. I haven't tested it, but it looks like it has the option to import from other plugins if you want to make the switch.



Best part, according to the features page, is that it looks like all future updates and features will be included. No add-ons or anything getting locked behind a paywall.


Easy to setup and start, good customization. Great that it's all free

Accept donations, manage recurring giving, easy donor management, and grow fundraising with Mission, a free WordPress donation plugin for nonprofits

FundCollector – Donations Plugin and Fundraising Platform for WordPress vs Mission – Donation Plugin for WordPress – Fundraising & Recurring Donations