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Charitable Anonymous Donations

With Anonymous Donations, people can support your cause without having their name publicly displayed. Donors can choose to remain anonymous when they donate.

It’s easy to set up and takes under a minute!

How to Enable Anonymous Donations

Installing Charitable Anonymous Donations 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.

In your WordPress admin, head to Charitable » Addons. Enable the Anonymous Donations add on here. Activate it and that’s it.

Anonymous donations addon

Now, on your donation form, donors will see a checkbox to keep their donation anonymous.

How It Appears on The Front End

With Anonymous Donations, people can support your cause you without having their name publicly displayed. Donors can choose to remain anonymous when they donate.

Screenshot showing anonymous donations checkbox in donation form

Anonymous Donations in the Donors Block

If you’re using the Donor’s block from Charitable in any page or post, you can show anonymous donors as “Anonymous” or hide them completely.

Hide anonymous donors

Note: If you have chosen to group donations by the same person, the donor will still be shown if they have made at least one public donation.

Their name and photo will be hidden when displayed in the Donors widget. Here’s a sample of what that can look like on the front end:

An anonymous donor

Anonymous Donations in Comments

If the “Keep my donation anonymous” box is checked, the donor’s details will not be shared to the general public but they can still leave a comment.

Anonymous option with comment

On the front end, their name and photo will automatically not be displayed in the comments section. But their message will still appear like so:

Anonymous comment

Viewing Anonymous Donor Details

While your donor remains anonymous to others, you still gather the data you need for tax purposes and your internal records.

Go to Charitable » Donations. Open up the donation record and you’ll see the donor’s name, email, and donation details. There’s a note for all anonymous donors that reads “Donation made anonymously.”

Anonymous donation in donors

That’s it. Anonymous Donations is that simple.

See more about Anonymous Donations »

For Developers

If you’d like to change the text that appears on the donation form, use.

add_filter( ‘gettext’, function ( $translated, $text, $domain ) {
    if ( ‘charitable-anonymous’ === $domain
        && ‘I would like to make my donation anonymously.’ === $text ) {
        return ‘Make my gift anonymous’;   // <– your wording
    }
    return $translated;
}, 20, 3 );

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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.

Integration page builder

👉🏻 New in Charitable: Native Elementor Widgets for Seamless Campaign Building

With native Elementor widgets, you design donation campaigns right alongside the rest of your page without touching code. Here’s how it works, and why it’s worth turning on today.

Create fundraising pages that are VISUAL, NATIVE, AND SHORTCODE-FREE. You can also:

⚡ Mini Donation: Add a compact, high-converting donation widget with preset amounts and full color control.

⏳ Campaign Countdown: Build urgency for a deadline-driven appeal, complete with optional confetti when the goal is hit.

📣 Donation Feed: Prove momentum by showing visitors the social proof of real people giving right now.

🏆 Donor Leaderboard: Celebrate top supporters with gold, silver, and bronze styling to spark friendly giving.

🖼️ Campaign Showcase: Feature multiple campaigns in a landing page grid or carousel, with search, filters, and badges.

Learn more here.

Addon New

🗒️ Custom Receipts… New Addon!

With Custom Receipts, you decide which page your donors see, on every campaign. Here’s how it works, and why it’s worth turning on today.

Left side shows a donation receipt with donation number, date, total, and payment method for a  gift to Anywhere, titled 'One Family Gets Clean Water For A Week.'

Create receipts that are CUSTOM TO THE DONOR OR CAMPAIGN. You can also:

📅 Year-end appeal: Reinforce the goal and invite donors to share while momentum is high.

🎗️ Memorial or tribute campaign: Give a gentle, respectful thank-you that fits the moment.

💎 Major gifts: Show a special message only to donors who give above a threshold.

🔁 Recurring growth: Invite one-time donors to become monthly supporters right on the receipt.

🌍 Global campaigns: Surface a country-specific note, like a Gift Aid reminder, only where it applies.

Learn more here.

New templates

🤩 New Beacon Campaign Templates w/ “Hero” Block!

With the new Beacon Campaign Templates for Charitable Pro, you can launch a stunning, full-width fundraising page that instantly captures visitor attention above the fold.

Fundraising page header for Save Maple Grove Park with a donation widget and a small square photo of a sunlit tree thumbnail on the left.

🔦 Above-the-Fold Impact: Lead with a full-width hero image, your logo, and your goal with a donation widget locked right on top of the banner so your ask and momentum register instantly without scrolling.

📐 Two Flexible Layouts: Choose between a structured two-column layout for side-by-side storytelling and supporting details, or a clean one-column view designed for uninterrupted long-form narratives.

⚡ All-in-One Hero Field: Powered by the new Campaign Hero field, bringing background media, live progress bars, custom donation amounts, and recurring giving tabs together into a single cohesive block that can be dropped into any layout.

🎨 Automatic Theme Matching: The hero banner and donation widget automatically inherit your campaign theme’s button and accent colors, ensuring your entire presentation stays beautifully on-brand without touching a line of CSS.

Learn more here.

donation form Feature New

📝 Donation Form Block: Embed a Working Donation Form Anywhere

With the new Donation Form Block for Charitable Pro, you can drop a fully working donation form directly onto any page or post in the WordPress block editor. No redirects, no page reloads, and zero friction between reading your story and making a contribution.

📝 Drop Forms Anywhere: Place a working form directly onto your homepage, inside a story-driven blog post, on a dedicated landing page, or within a campaign announcement.

🎯 Dynamic Campaign Binding: Easily choose a specific campaign from the block sidebar or set it to automatically bind to whichever campaign is currently being viewed.

📐 Full vs. Minimal Form Views: Switch between a full layout or a compact minimal view to perfectly fit sidebars, narrow columns, or wide landing pages.

🎨 Scoped No-Code Styling: Customize typography, container spacing, border radius, amount buttons, and accent colors independently for every form instance without touching a line of CSS.

Learn more here.