Charitable Documentation

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Charitable Ambassadors [legacy]

This documentation applies to Charitable Ambassadors versions before 2.0. For the current documentation, see:

Charitable Ambassadors

Charitable Ambassadors transforms your website into a peer-to-peer fundraising or crowdfunding platform.

Installation

Installing Charitable Ambassadors is the same as installing any other Charitable extension. If you’re not sure how to do that, we recommend first reading our guide to installing Charitable extensions.

Creating the Ambassador Pages

Once Charitable Ambassadors is installed, you need to create two new pages. In addition, you should set up the login, registration and profile pages.

Campaign Submission Page

  1. Click Pages Add New.
  2. Inside the content area of your page, add this shortcode: [charitable_submit_campaign]
  3. Add a title to your page and click Publish.
Campaign submission form
The frontend submission form added with charitable submit campaign

My Campaigns Page

This creates a page that will be accessible to logged in users and allows them to see a list of their campaigns.

  1. Click Pages > Add New.
  2. Inside the content area of your page, add this shortcode: [charitable_my_campaigns]
  3. Add a title to your page and click Publish.
Fundraiser dashboard
The fundraisers list of campaigns added with the charitable my campaigns shortcode

My Donations Received Page

This creates a page that will be accessible to logged in users and allows them to see a list of donations they have received towards their campaigns.

  1. Click Pages > Add New.
  2. Inside the content area of your page, add this shortcode: [charitable_creator_donations]
  3. Add a title to your page and click Publish.

Update Charitable Settings

After creating all of these pages, you can go to the Charitable settings area to link each of them to their corresponding setting.

  1. Go to Charitable > Settings.
  2. Inside the General tab, scroll down to the Pages section. For each setting, select the page you just created. For the “Campaign Submission Success Page” section, choose a page that you would like your users to be redirected to after submitting a campaign.
  3. Click Save Changes.
Charitable page settings
Charitable page settings

Submission Form Settings

After setting up your pages, you can set up rules for your campaign creators.

  1. Still within the Charitable settings area, click on the Ambassadors tab.
  2. You will see settings like what is pictured below:
    Charitable Ambassadors settings page
  3. After updating your settings, click Save Changes.

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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.

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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.

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📱 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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👉🏻 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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👉🏻 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.

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.

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⚙️ 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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📣 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.

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

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

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