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Presenting The New WPCharitable Campaign Visual Builder

Presenting The New WPCharitable Campaign Visual Builder!

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Welcome to a new era of effortless and captivating fundraising with Charitable v1.8.0!

Creating campaign pages has never been this fast or easy!

Our team is thrilled to introduce an innovative feature that will revolutionize the way you craft and showcase your campaigns. At Charitable, we understand the heart and soul of any successful fundraising lies in its presentation, and with this new tool, we’re putting the power of creativity and customization directly into your hands. Add text, photos, donation buttons, a bio, progress bar and more to customize each of your campaigns uniquely for maximum effectiveness.

Drag and Drop Blocks

Charitable offers default blocks in the core plugin – from high recommended blocks we feel everyone should probably have on a campaign page… to some great standard ones to take advantage of. Our pro fields – some included in our adds with our paid plans – offer even greater potential and creativity.

Here’s some of the common blocks you’ll have available to you:

Campaign Title – Show the campaign title (perhaps in a header area if your theme doesn’t show the campaign title on the page) in your campaign. Automatically changes if you update the title anywhere in Charitable.

Campaign Description – Update your campaign description using this block. We’ve combined all description fields into one easy to use and understand area, and you can use this to go into some detail about the campaign. Place it in a tab or up front and visible at the top of the page.

Donate Button – Add a donate button with any custom label.

Progress Bar – Add a progress bar that can also show how much has been donated and what your campaign goal is (if applicable).

Photo – Upload and/or add a photo easily through the WordPress Media library.

Organizer – Add a campaign organizer (author) with their name, title, picture, and a customizable description.

HTML – Add an area of customizable HTML.

Donate Amount – Add ability for a user to select a default or custom donation amount before they donate.

Social Sharing – Add social sharing links (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) right on your campaign page.

Social Links – Link to other social networks (like maybe your company’s or campaign’s Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, or Mastodon account).

Text – Add generic text (with a headline) for when you want to add statements, testimonials or other kinds of text on your page.

Campaign Summary – Shows current contribution totals to your campaign.

Shortcode – Insert a shortcode into your campaign page.

Donation Form – Insert the entire form into your campaign page.

Donation Wall – Add a donation wall (similar to our donation wall shortcode) into your campaign page.

Other addons: We are adding compatibly from other Charitable addons into the builder. For example, the Video Addon when activated can currently add a video block which gives you the ability to add a video easily anywhere in your campaign page. With each Charitable update we hope to keep adding and tweaking the addons to make adding functionality and abilities as quick and easy as possible.

Start From Scratch From Simple Layouts…

You can build a simple custom campaign page in a few minutes!

Building and customizing a simple campaign page in minutes.

Building a custom campaign page is now faster because we take care of the overall layout and block for you. Just select a simple template and start picking what blocks you’ll want on your page… and then drag and drop them over. Customize headlines, colors, alignment, and even add a custom CSS class where you need it. We have made it so creating a campaign page from scratch is easy but not overwhelming.

Creating and publishing a custom campaign page can happen in 5 minutes or less!

…or choose from an existing template for your campaign.

You could have a quality campaign page up in about 60 seconds!

Using an existing template to quickly create a professional campaign.

On the other hand, if you want to have a professional look from the start – you can choose from a pre-made template and literally have a polished campaign page up in about 60 seconds! Charitable v1.8.0 comes with nine templates for various types of campaigns, but you can edit these to match what your needs.

Expanded Features for Enhanced Efficiency

Along with this update, Charitable has provided some useful tools and options to give you the control you want from your campaigns after they are created. We have provided easier methods to embed a single campaign into your site (via shortcode or with the new embed wizard). You can also now change the publish status quicker and easier as well – with more enhancements coming in future updates.

Give it a try!

We invite you to give the campaign builder a try for new campaigns (for existing campaigns we have our legacy campaign builder so you can continue to edit and maintain your current campaigns quickly just like before).

Let us know what you think and what you feel we could add in terms of templates and new integrations. This is a new feature for admins creating new campaigns at this time (Ambassadors creating campaigns on the front-end will be as they have always been). We will be making updates to it to make it better. You can always reach out to us for feedback and questions.

You can download the zip file on WordPress.org.

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David Bisset Project Manager
David is the project manager of Charitable since 2022. David works with several non-profits (one operated by his wife) along with managing and developing features, support, and marketing for Charitable. Has been with WordPress since 2006 and has been lead organizer of multiple conferences, events, and meetups.

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Improvement Payments

💰 Accept Recurring Donations with Windcave and Charitable

A donor sets their gift up once on Windcave’s secure payment page, and Charitable bills every renewal after that on schedule. Why this is important:

🏦 Organizations banked in New Zealand or Australia: monthly giving on the gateway your bank already set you up with, with no second processor to onboard.
⛪ Churches taking regular tithes and offerings: congregants set their own schedule once, which is the simplest way to launch recurring church giving without a separate platform.
🌏 Groups with donors in several currencies: Windcave handles more than 20, so a supporter can give in the currency they actually hold.
📅 Operating funds rather than one-time campaigns: switch on Recurring Only mode and the one-off option disappears, so every gift to that campaign is a subscription.
🧾 Teams with no developer on staff: 3 sets of credentials pasted into a settings page, and no code anywhere.

Check out our announcement here.

author avatar
David Bisset Project Manager
David is the project manager of Charitable since 2022. David works with several non-profits (one operated by his wife) along with managing and developing features, support, and marketing for Charitable. Has been with WordPress since 2006 and has been lead organizer of multiple conferences, events, and meetups.
automation update

⚡ Visual Automation Builder: Drag and Drop With No Code!

Charitable Automation Connect 2.3.0 introduces the Visual Automation Builder, a full-screen canvas that lays each automation out as a flow of connected cards: a trigger, optional conditions, and a list of actions that run in order.

🧩 Many actions, one trigger: Tag a donor, send an email, add a note, and fire a webhook from a single event, dragged into any order.

✉️ Act inside Charitable: New Send Email, Tag Donor, and Add Donor Note actions run with no external service required.

🔤 Merge tags: Personalize emails and notes with live fields like {first_name}, {total}, and {campaign_name}.

🔁 Apply to existing donors: Run Tag Donor and Add Donor Note against the donors you already have.

🖥️ Canvas or Simple: Switch views anytime, and automations built before 2.3.0 keep working unchanged.

Read more here.

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David Bisset Project Manager
David is the project manager of Charitable since 2022. David works with several non-profits (one operated by his wife) along with managing and developing features, support, and marketing for Charitable. Has been with WordPress since 2006 and has been lead organizer of multiple conferences, events, and meetups.
Integration updated

📬 Introducing Brevo for Charitable: Turn Donors into Subscribers Automatically

The moment a supporter makes a gift is when they are most engaged. With the new Brevo integration for Charitable, you can automatically turn those one-time donors into long-term subscribers without touching a single spreadsheet.

Simply collect donor consent right on your donation form and start your welcome series immediately.

What’s New:

🔄 Automated Subscriber Sync: New donors who opt in are added straight to your Brevo contact list as soon as their payment clears—no manual exports or CSV imports required.

🎯 Granular Consent & Opt-In Control: Customize your checkbox label, choose whether it defaults to checked or unchecked, or turn on Brevo double opt-in to keep your list clean and compliant.

📋 Per-Campaign List Mapping: Route supporters to your global email list or map specific campaigns to targeted Brevo lists to tailor your follow-up messaging.

⚡ 5-Minute Setup: Connect instantly by pasting your Brevo API key into the Newsletter settings, map your contact fields, and start building your email list on autopilot.

Ready to grow your mailing list? Brevo is available now starting on the Charitable Plus plan—connect your account today!

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David Bisset Project Manager
David is the project manager of Charitable since 2022. David works with several non-profits (one operated by his wife) along with managing and developing features, support, and marketing for Charitable. Has been with WordPress since 2006 and has been lead organizer of multiple conferences, events, and meetups.
recurring donations updated

💳 Introducing Card Updates: Fix Expired Cards Without Losing Subscriptions!

newExpired or updated credit cards are one of the biggest silent leaks in recurring fundraising. With Card Updates in the Recurring Donations extension, donors can now refresh their payment details directly—keeping their subscription, schedule, and giving history completely intact.

No canceled plans, no lost history, and zero administrative headache for your team.

What’s New:

⚡ 30-Second Self-Service: Donors get a dedicated “Update Card” button in their dashboard that opens Stripe’s secure, PCI-compliant Customer Portal to update card details instantly.

🔒 Scoped & Safe Access: Scoped exclusively to card updates by default, donors can’t accidentally cancel or alter their plans from inside the portal, keeping your webhooks and data in sync.

🤝 Admin-Assisted Support: Helping a donor on the phone? Open their secure Stripe portal in one click from your admin screen or generate a single-use update link to email them.

📋 Automatic Audit Trail: Every payment method update is recorded automatically with a timestamp in both system-wide logs and the individual donor’s profile.

Ready to protect your recurring revenue? Get the Plus or Pro plan and update Recurring Donations to 2.3.0+ and enable “Update Payment Method” under your Settings today!

author avatar
David Bisset Project Manager
David is the project manager of Charitable since 2022. David works with several non-profits (one operated by his wife) along with managing and developing features, support, and marketing for Charitable. Has been with WordPress since 2006 and has been lead organizer of multiple conferences, events, and meetups.
Integration page builder

Divi Fans Rejoice! Native Divi 5 Campaign Progress Bar Module!

With our new native Divi 5 module, you can anchor your microsites with real-time fundraising stats directly on the visual canvas. Here’s how it works, and why it’s worth turning on today.

Create campaign updates that are VISUAL AND LIVE. You can also:

📊 Campaign Progress Bar: Drop a live progress bar into any Divi 5 layout and show goal progress in real time.

🎨 Deep styling controls: Easily customize the bar and track color, height, and radius to match your brand perfectly.

👁️ Visual Builder ready: Configure and preview everything directly on the Divi canvas as a first-class module.

🔁 Identical rendering: The same exact engine powers this module, meaning consistent design without legacy shims.

✅ Faster launches: Never leave the Divi 5 interface to configure shortcodes or guess how your goal labels will look.

Learn more here.

author avatar
David Bisset Project Manager
David is the project manager of Charitable since 2022. David works with several non-profits (one operated by his wife) along with managing and developing features, support, and marketing for Charitable. Has been with WordPress since 2006 and has been lead organizer of multiple conferences, events, and meetups.