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Charitable – Donation Plugin for WordPress – Fundraising with Recurring Donations & More
Stellar tech support makes fundraising much less stressful for nonprofits.
HealthyGrowing
89/100
Users highly value the responsive support and customization options despite occasional technical hiccups after updates.
Active installs
~36,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.9★
210 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+26%
Growing fast
158 → 199 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +26% in the last year
158/day a year ago→199/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayCharitable is widely praised for its responsive, high-quality support and flexible customization options, though at least one user reports email notifications breaking after an update.
What people like
- +Responsive and knowledgeable support team×7
- +Highly customizable and flexible setup, including branding and custom CSS×4
- +Handles niche payment gateways and recurring donations (e.g., Braintree, Square)×2
- +Intuitive, powerful, and easy to set up for donors×2
- +Proven reliability over multiple years and events×2
- +AI Help Chat box provides additional real-time assistance
Common complaints
- −Email notifications stopped sending after a plugin update
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.76★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.90★
- 34%One-shot reviewers — single-review accounts (common for popular plugins, but worth noting)
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-12-172025-03-112026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 210 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-05-28★★★★★Very good donation plugin!!! Fast responde!mastinfo1-shot
- 2026-04-24★★★★★Best charitable plugin everGarry Rigby
- 2026-03-28★★★★★Great support!martinpineault
- 2026-03-18★★★★★Great supportebfuser1-shot
- 2026-03-12★★★★★They kept their cool so I didn't have to lose mineWade Steele
- 2026-02-09★★★★★Great plugin, great teamArthur
- 2026-02-05★★★★★Great Toolmanfromnapa
- 2026-02-05★★★★★Tried it after problems with the main competitor…paullacey
- 2026-01-28★★★★★Stopped working properly after upgradedaktulus
- 2026-01-07★★★★★Great plugin and teamAsh Cowling1-shot
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
301
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
156
Prior 7-day baseline
324
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
4,460
Mean release-day peak (30d)
412
Latest day · 2026-06-03(tail)
+92.9%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
9%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.68
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
93%
5★ share in analyzed sample
34%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-33%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.82 → 4.76★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered