When donors land on a campaign page, they’ll see a bold fundraising progress bar that puts your goal, amount raised, donor count, and days remaining front and center – updating in real time with every donation.
Everything in Charitable’s Fundraising Progress Bar
Here’s a look at what’s packed into Charitable’s fundraising progress bar – ready to work the moment you publish your first campaign.
Live Goal Tracking
Your progress bar reflects real-time donation totals the moment a gift comes in.
Animated Progress Bar
A smooth animated fill draws donors’ eyes to your goal and communicates momentum.
Donor Count Display
Show how many donors have given. Social proof that drives more gifts.
End Date Countdown
Add an optional deadline and let a live countdown create natural urgency.
Drag-and-Drop Setup
Place the progress bar anywhere on your campaign page with no code required.
Works With Any Theme
Compatible with every WordPress theme. Zero conflicts, no custom CSS needed.
Mobile-Optimized Display
Fully responsive – looks great on phones, tablets, and desktop screens.
Free to Get Started
The progress bar is included in Charitable Lite. No paid plan required to launch.
Multi-Campaign Support
Run as many campaigns as you need. Each gets its own goal, bar, and countdown.
Why You’ll Love Charitable’s Fundraising Progress Bar
Your donors are mission-driven. They give more when they can see their impact. These are the features that turn a passive campaign page into an active fundraising engine.
Real-Time Progress Display
Watch Live as Every Gift Brings You Closer to Your Goal
Progress bars work because they make progress visible. The moment a donation comes in, Charitable’s progress bar moves forward. No manual refreshes, no admin work, no delays on your part.
Your donors see exactly where you stand and how much is left to raise, right on your campaign page as they’re deciding whether to give.
The closer you get to your goal, the more urgency builds on its own.
Progress Updates Automatically
All in One View
Motivates Late-Campaign Giving
Drag-and-Drop Setup
Add a Professional Progress Bar to Any Campaign in Minutes
You don’t need a developer or a design background to build a campaign page that looks polished and converts. Charitable’s visual builder lets you drag the progress bar block anywhere on your campaign.
Place it above the fold, below the description, or wherever it drives the most attention. Customize your goal, adjust the style, and reposition it at any time without touching a single line of code.
Works with any WordPress theme. No conflicts, no custom CSS, no developer needed.
Drop the Bar Anywhere on Your Page
Edit Goal and Copy Any Time
Works With Any WordPress Theme
Campaign Goal Setting
Set a Clear Goal That Turns Browsing Into Giving
Every great fundraising campaign answers the same question: what are we raising money for, and how much do we need? Setting a specific dollar goal gives donors a compelling reason to act today rather than “later.”
A visible progress bar and an optional ticking countdown create the kind of urgency that moves campaigns from stalled to fully funded. Charitable handles both in the same setup screen.
Set your goal once and let the bar and countdown do the motivating for you around the clock.
Set Any Dollar Amount as Your Goal
Optional End Date for Built-In Urgency
Remaining Amount Calculated Automatically
Mobile-Optimized Display
Reach Every Donor on Every Device Without Extra Configuration
Most donors now give on their phones. Your progress bar should look just as compelling on a 5-inch screen as on a desktop – and with Charitable, it does, automatically.
The progress bar is fully responsive: it resizes, adjusts, and renders cleanly on smartphones, tablets, and desktops without any extra setup from you.
Every donor gets the full emotional impact of seeing your goal in motion, wherever they find your campaign.
✓ 14-day money-back guarantee ✓ No transaction fees ✓ Keep 100% of your donations
Keep Using All Your Favorite Apps
Charitable connects with the tools your organization already uses — email marketing platforms, CRMs, Zapier automations, and more. When a campaign hits its goal, your workflows keep moving and your donors stay engaged.
“…others were charging 5% and more for every donation, but with Charitable there are no fees for donations, so we were able to run a number of fundraising campaigns with all the money going to the charity.”
Stuart Robinson
“Really useful plugin. I wanted to extend the functionality of it a wee bit and the code was very easy to work with and adapt. Really great response from the developer and it looks like fantastic updates are being added all the time.”
Paul Lawley-Jones
“I’d like to thank you both for making such a great tool at such a great cost. It’s literally 24 times cheaper than the platform we were using before I came on board.”
Stephen Weinberg
“This plugin is exactly what our small, parent-run organization needed… Easy to set up. Easy to customize (as long as you can handle just a tiny bit of code). And superior support! Thanks so much for this full-featured software.”
Fundraising Progress Bar Frequently Asked Questions
Do you have a question about Charitable’s Fundraising Progress Bar? See the list below for our most frequently asked questions. If your question is not listed here, please contact us.
Is the fundraising progress bar available in the free version of Charitable?
Yes. The fundraising progress bar is fully included in Charitable Lite, the free version of the plugin available on WordPress.org. Create a campaign, set a goal, and your progress bar is live immediately. No paid plan required. Upgrading to a paid plan unlocks additional fundraising tools like recurring donations, donor management, PDF receipts, and email marketing integrations. Upgrade here »
Does the progress bar update in real time?
Yes. Charitable updates the progress bar automatically whenever a donation is recorded – no page refresh needed and no manual updates required from you. Your campaign page always reflects the current total.
Can I use the progress bar without setting an end date?
Absolutely. Setting an end date is optional. If you add one, Charitable will display a countdown alongside the progress bar to create urgency. If you prefer an open-ended campaign, the bar simply tracks goal progress without any time pressure. You can add or change an end date at any time from your WordPress admin.
How much does Charitable cost?
Charitable Lite is completely free to get started. Charitable Pro plans begin at an affordable annual rate of $69 with no transaction fees ever. You can choose the plan that fits your organization’s needs and budget.
Does Charitable offer a money-back guarantee?
Sure. We are confident you’ll be delighted with Charitable. But, if you’re unhappy for any reason or have a rare issue we can’t resolve, you’ll get a full refund within 14 days of the purchase date.
How long is my Charitable license valid for?
All Charitable purchases are for a one-year license. It gives you access to support and our frequent product updates. Annual renewals are automatic and you’re free to cancel any time.
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📊 Your Pro Dashboard Can Now Compare, Export, and Score!
Most fundraising dashboards only tell you how much you have raised. Charitable Pro 1.8.19 rebuilds the dashboard and the Reports Overview around the harder questions: whether anything is broken, whether this period beat the last one, and which single change would make the most difference today. Why this is important:
📈 Every figure has a trend: Pick a period and the tiles and the chart move together, with each total shown against the previous period.
🗓️ Charts that stay readable: Short ranges group donations day by day, while longer ranges group by week or month, so a full year reads as a curve instead of a flat line.
🔀 Compare any 2 periods: Not just consecutive ones, so you can ask how this December did against last December. That matters because fundraising is seasonal.
📤 Export the whole summary: Send the full overview out as CSV or PDF, ready for a board pack or a funder report.
🎯 Score your setup for free: Have your fundraising setup scored, so the one change worth making next is the one you can see.
🎟️ Introducing Charitable Events: Sell Tickets Inside Your Campaigns!
Most nonprofits sell event tickets in one tool and collect donations in another, which leaves two sets of reports and a manual match at the end of the year. Charitable Events brings both together, selling tickets through the same donation forms and payment gateways you already run in Charitable. Why this is important:
🎟️ Every ticket is a donation: Ticket sales run through the gateway you already use and count toward the campaign goal, with everything managed under Charitable » Events.
📱 QR check-in from any phone: Each attendee gets their own QR code on the receipt, and volunteers scan at the door through a check-in link that needs no WordPress account.
🧾 Receipts ready for tax time: Give each ticket type a fair market value, and Charitable puts the correct tax-deductible amount on every donor receipt.
📋 Attendee details at checkout: Ask every guest for a meal choice, shirt size, or access needs, with a separate attendee record created for each ticket.
🗓️ Blocks and calendars included: Three editor blocks plus Sugar Calendar and The Events Calendar support put your events where supporters already look.
Your AI assistant can now build, edit, and manage your Charitable fundraising campaigns directly — just by asking. With Charitable Pro adding write support for the WordPress Abilities API, tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Cursor can handle full administrative actions safely through MCP. Why this is important:
🤖 Campaign creation in plain language: Prompt your assistant with a goal like “Set up a fundraiser for the shelter with a $5,000 goal”, and it builds a real draft campaign complete with suggested donation tiers.
🎨 Instant donation form tweaks: Add custom fields, change button colors, or reorder elements without diving into form settings.
📝 Offline gift logging: Tell your assistant about cash or check gifts, and it will match donor emails and record transactions into your history.
🛡️ Safety and control by default: Write access stays strictly off until turned on in Charitable » Tools » AI MCP, keeping read-only reporting safe by default.
📜 Full audit logging: Every change made by an AI assistant is tracked under Charitable » Tools » Logs, so you always know who (or what) updated your site.
💰 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.
⚡ 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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