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Introducing Charitable 1.8.8: Enable ACH & Cash App, Style Your Payment Fields, and More!

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We’ve been hard at work making Charitable Pro even more powerful and user-friendly for you and your donors. This latest release is all about streamlined experiences and making fundraising simpler, more efficient, and more effective. Here’s a look at the improvements we’ve made.

New Donation UI with A Modern Look

We’re excited to introduce a fresh new look for the payment fields in your donation forms! We’ve updated the frontend user interface to give your users a new, modern look.

Here’s a peek at the modern look:

New payment ui

In your settings, you’ll find the existing default template for a simple, classic look, along with the new modern look.

You can easily switch between the two, no coding needed here.

Donation form modern option

If you’ve enabled multiple payment gateways, you’ll now benefit from a streamlined payment selection process. Charitable will display your four most commonly used gateways by default. For any additional gateways, those will neatly appear in a convenient dropdown menu.

This is only available for the modern display format, helping to keep the donation form organized and easy to use.

More Payment Options With Stripe

We’ve expanded payment options to make donating even easier for your supporters! With Stripe, you can now offer these additional payment options:

  • ACH Direct Debit
  • SEPA Direct Debit
  • Cash App Direct Debit
  • BECS Direct Debit
Stripe payment methods available

We’ve made it easy to manage which payment options are available to your donors.

ACH Direct Debit (USD)

You can now enable or disable ACH Direct Debit payments with just a click – making it easier for donors to give directly from their bank accounts.

ACH Direct Debit is perfect for donors in the United States who prefer to pay directly from their bank accounts. It offers a secure, convenient, and reliable way to contribute directly—and often with lower transaction fees.

ACH bank donate now button

With ACH Direct Debit integration, US donors can contribute securely and seamlessly.

Cash App Pay (EUR)

Allow your supporters to donate quickly and easily using Cash App! Cash App integration offers a fast and convenient payment option for donors on the go.

Your users can now scan a QR code that appears onscreen and make the donation on their smartphones.

Scan Cash App page

Cash App Pay caters to the European market, especially younger mobile-first donors. It provides an instant, simple, and secure way to donate from smartphones.

SEPA Direct Debit (EUR)

SEPA Direct Debit is the preferred payment method for European donors, streamlining direct payments from European bank accounts. With SEPA, you can receive higher volumes of donations from Europe.

Offering this localized payment option increases trust and makes donating easier for major markets in Europe.

BECS Direct Debit (AUD)

Activate BECS Direct Debit within your Charitable settings to enable direct payments from Australian donors. A streamlined process for higher donation volumes and increased trust.

Australian donors can now easily contribute with a payment method they already trust and use.

With this, you can appeal to a larger audience, by expanding donation options globally and locally, and help them support your cause easily!

Clear Instructions for PayPal & Offline Donations

We understand that sometimes donors prefer alternative payment methods. To make the process clearer, donors using PayPal or Offline Donations will now see helpful instructions detailing the next steps they need to take.

Offline donations instructions

This includes messages like:

  • “Click Donate to complete your payment with PayPal”
  • “Click Donate to pay offline and proceed to get your receipt”

This ensures that your donors know exactly what to do to complete their contribution, even when using these methods.

Easier Navigation with the Refreshing Addons View

Finally, we’ve updated the Addons View to make it simpler than ever to find the tools you need. The page now has a cleaner design and more intuitive layout, and the same improvements are available directly in the Charitable dashboard too! 

New Charitable addon view

That’s our latest update! If you don’t have Charitable Pro yet, consider upgrading to get features like recurring donations, peer-to-peer fundraising, donor portal, complete donor management, and so much more.

Learn more about Charitable Pro here »

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Integration New

Add Image Galleries to Fundraising Campaigns With Envira Gallery

Showcase the impact of your mission like never before. We are excited to announce our brand-new integration with Envira Gallery, the best WordPress gallery plugin, designed to help you tell your story through powerful, high-performance visuals.

The Ultimate Storytelling Experience

A picture is worth a thousand words – and now, it’s worth even more for your fundraising. Connect your visual impact directly to your cause by creating stunning, responsive galleries that engage donors and drive contributions.

🖼️ Visual Impact: Easily create beautiful, fast-loading galleries to show your nonprofit’s work in action, from field reports to event highlights.

🔗 Seamless Connection: Link gallery images directly to your fundraising campaigns, making it effortless for inspired visitors to go from viewing a photo to making a donation.

📱 Perfectly Responsive: Whether your donors are on a phone, tablet, or desktop, your galleries will look professional and load lightning-fast, ensuring a smooth experience on every device.

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Integration New

👉🏻 New Divi Integration In Charitable Pro

Bring the power of Charitable directly into your favorite page builder and maintain total creative control with our brand-new Divi integration.

The Ultimate Design Experience

No more switching back and forth or relying on complex shortcodes. Use dedicated Divi modules to build, style, and launch high-converting donation pages without ever leaving the Divi Builder.

⚡ Native Divi Modules: Effortlessly drag and drop your donation forms, progress bars, and campaign details exactly where you want them.

⚙️ Visual Customization: Tweak colors, fonts, and spacing using Divi’s familiar design settings to ensure your fundraiser matches your brand perfectly.

🚀 Live Visual Editing: See your changes in real-time. What you see in the builder is exactly what your donors will see, ensuring a seamless giving experience every time.

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donation form New

👉🏻 New Campaign Selector For Donation Forms

Take your campaign management to the next level. Find the perfect fundraiser for any page and stay in your creative flow with our new Campaign Selector integration.

The Ultimate Selection Tool

No more hunting for IDs or creating one page for every donation form. Use the new Campaign Selector to allow users to switch to a campaign with no code.

⚡ Instant Search: Quickly find any campaign leaving your page or post.

⚙️ Editor Agnostic: Whether you’re using the Block Editor, Elementor, or WPBakery, selecting your campaigns is now a unified experience.

🚀 Real-Time Previews: See exactly which campaign you’ve selected instantly, ensuring your donors always see the right cause.

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Integration New

WordPress Command Palette Integration

Take your fundraising workflow to the next level. Speed up your site management and stay in your creative flow with our new WordPress Command Palette integration.

Supercharge Your Workflow
Navigate your fundraising dashboard faster than ever.

The Ultimate Keyboard Shortcut Hit Cmd + K (or Ctrl + K) to launch the Command Palette and manage your campaigns instantly.

⚡ Instant Navigation: Jump directly to your Campaigns, Donations, or Settings from anywhere in the editor.

➕ Quick Create: Start a new fundraising campaign or add a manual donation with a single command.

Efficiency Redefined
The tools you need, exactly when you need them.

⚙️ Contextual Actions: See relevant Charitable commands based on whether you’re editing a page or viewing your reports.

🚀 Seamless Integration: Built directly into the WordPress core experience for a lightweight, native feel.

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Improvement New Security

📣 New Security Features

We’ve introduced a suite of new security tools to give you total control over who accesses your forms, plus a new way to tidy up your database.

Advanced Security Suite

Layered protection: Cloudflare, ReCAPTCHA, IP Controls, and Rate Limiting.

We have overhauled our security settings to stop bots without blocking real donors.

  • 🤖 Flexible Protection: Choose between Google reCAPTCHA v3 or the privacy-first Cloudflare Turnstile to block bots invisible.

  • 🚦 Rate limiting: Stop spam floods by limiting how many submissions an IP address can make in a set timeframe.

  • 🛑 Total control: Use the new IP Blacklist to block bad actors instantly, or the IP Whitelist to let your team bypass checks during testing.

The Clean Donation Tool

Go from “Testing” to “Live” in seconds.

Finished setting up your site and need to get rid of all those test transactions?

  • 🧹 Sweep it clean: Bulk delete test donations and donor records with a single click.

  • 📉 Accurate reporting: Ensure your revenue stats are 100% accurate for launch day.

  • ⚙️ Reset sequences: Automatically resets sequential invoice numbering.

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