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GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform
Stellar support for charities with deep pockets.
HealthyDeclining
66/100
Exceptional support balances out the frustration caused by transaction fees and expensive premium upgrades.
Active installs
~150,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 100k+
Rating
4.6★
703 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-15%
Declining
1,828 → 1,561 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
Declining · -15% in the last year
1,828/day a year ago→1,561/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayGiveWP is a well-regarded donation and fundraising plugin praised heavily for its responsive, hands-on support team, though the free tier is significantly limited by a 2% transaction fee and paywalled features that push users toward paid plans starting at $150/year.
What people like
- +Support team is consistently praised as fast, thorough, and communicative×8
- +Support agents go beyond text instructions, providing custom code snippets and step-by-step videos×3
- +Plugin runs reliably with few issues on client sites
Common complaints
- −Free tier imposes a 2% transaction fee on top of Stripe's own fees, making it costly for small or budget-constrained users
- −Core functionality is effectively locked behind premium plans starting at $150/year, limiting the plugin's usefulness as a truly free tool
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.27★Verified rating — drops from 4.60★ once one-shot reviewers are removed
- 21%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-03-162025-05-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 703 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-04-27★★★★★Great supportapra20211-shot
- 2026-04-27★★★★★Helpful without the hasslecrisascunce
- 2026-04-27★★★★★Totally worth itsingletrackgrunt
- 2026-04-24★★★★★Great plugin and fantastic supportgmzephi
- 2026-03-30★★★★★Great supportjms1017
- 2026-03-30★★★★★Customer Servicecarlamurray
- 2026-03-30★★★★★Great support on a solid plugincwm1949
- 2026-03-30★★★★★Givewp support – ExcellentDale Cullen
- 2026-03-09★★★★★Good supporttoondg
- 2026-03-09★★★★★Amazing Support!!!catalystdesign
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.
1,344
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
1,373
Prior 7-day baseline
1,358
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
19,085
Mean release-day peak (30d)
2,074
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-2.1%
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.
19%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.11
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
82%
5★ share in analyzed sample
21%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
0%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.39 → 4.27★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered