100% free forever · No credit card

Download CharityGlow — free.

The core WordPress donation plugin. Beautiful donation forms, Stripe & PayPal Express, basic reports, unlimited campaigns, and zero per-donation fees — forever.

From WordPress.org

Official WP plugin repo. 1-click install from Plugins → Add New inside your WordPress dashboard. Auto-updates via WP core — the easiest route.

Rated 5★ by early testers · Auto-updates

Direct ZIP

Direct ZIP download

Manual upload: Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin. Choose the ZIP, activate, run the 3-step onboarding wizard. Works on any WordPress 6.0+.

Size ~2.1 MB · SHA-256 verified

Requirements

WordPress 6.0+ · PHP 7.4+ · MySQL 5.7+ or MariaDB · Pretty permalinks enabled.

Plugin version 1.0.0 · Released Aug 2026

Install in under 2 minutes

3 steps from download to your first campaign live.

No developer needed. Our friendly onboarding wizard walks you through Stripe connect, PayPal connect, your first campaign, and receipt branding — with helpful screenshot hints at every step.

1

Install & activate

Plugins → Add New → search "CharityGlow" (or upload the ZIP). Click Install Now, then Activate.

WordPress 6.0+ PHP 7.4+ ~20 seconds

2

Run 3-step wizard

The setup wizard auto-launches. Connect Stripe (1-click OAuth), connect PayPal, choose currency, set receipt color.

Stripe OAuth PayPal Express No API keys copy-paste

3

Publish campaign

Start from one of 8 campaign starters, paste your story, choose donation tiers → Publish. Shortcode works in any theme or page builder.

8 templates Gutenberg + Elementor 1 min. to launch

90% of customers upgrade

Love the free plugin? Meet CharityGlow Pro.

PDF receipts, recurring donation plans (monthly, quarterly, annual), peer-to-peer fundraising, advanced Stripe payment methods, and 2-hour weekday priority support.

PDF tax receipts (branded + audit numbered)

Recurring plans · Automatic retry of failed cards

Apple Pay · Google Pay · iDEAL · SEPA · 30+ methods

Peer-to-peer & team challenge leaderboards

Free vs Pro side-by-side

Everything in free(yes, everything — no bait-and-switch)

Unlimited campaigns, forms & donations

Stripe Checkout · PayPal Express · Card

Basic campaign + donation-date reports

Single / one-time donations only

Plain email receipt (custom text allowed)

WordPress.org forum support