Documentation Category: Action & Filter Hooks

  • Setting Up Square Webhooks

    Would you like Charitable to receive real-time updates when a payment is completed or refunded through Square? With Square webhooks enabled, your forms can stay in sync with Square so payment statuses are always up to date. This guide will show you how to easily connect Square webhooks with Charitable, ensuring your website stays in…

  • Hooks and filters in Annual Receipts

    Like all Charitable extensions, Charitable Annual Receipts is designed to be developer-friendly, with hooks and filters that will help you customize it to your needs. Filters Action

  • Hooks and filters in Automation Connect

    Like all Charitable extensions, Charitable Automation Connect is designed to be developer-friendly, with hooks and filters that will help you customize it to your needs. Filters Action

  • Hooks and filters in Stripe

    Like all Charitable extensions, Charitable Stripe is designed to be developer-friendly and includes hooks and filters that will help you make any customizations you need. Filters Action Hooks

  • Hooks & Filters in Fee Relief

    Filters charitable_fee_relief_theme_template_path Customize the directory to use for template files in themes/child themes. Returns: String. Set to charitable/charitable-fee-relief by default. Arguments: None. Usage: add_filter( ‘charitable_fee_relief_theme_template_path’, function( $path ) { return ‘my-custom-template-path’; } ); charitable_fee_relief_languages_directory Customize the directory to use for translation files. Returns: String. Set to charitable-fee-relief/languages by default. Arguments: None. Usage: add_filter( ‘charitable_fee_relief_languages_directory’, function(…

  • Account Filters

    Filters charitable_disable_admin_bar Sets whether the admin bar should be disabled for everyone who does not have edit_posts or manage_charitable_settings caps. Returns: Boolean. true by default. Return false to enable the admin bar for everyone. Arguments: None. Usage: add_filter( ‘charitable_disable_admin_bar’, ‘__return_false’ ); charitable_disable_admin_access Sets whether admin access should be disabled for everyone who does not have…

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Improvement Payments

💳 New Braintree Features For Your European Donors

If your nonprofit serves international supporters, credit cards aren’t always their preferred way to give. With the release of the Braintree addon version 1.3.0, you can now empower your European donors with the payment methods they trust most.

What’s New:

🌍 Six New European Payment Methods: Seamlessly accept popular bank-based options like iDEAL (Netherlands), Bancontact (Belgium), BLIK (Poland), EPS (Austria), Przelewy24 (Poland), and MyBank (Italy/Portugal).

⚡ Frictionless Donor Experience: No manual card entries required. Donors safely authenticate directly with their own bank in a secure popup for lightning-fast contributions.

⚙️ Automatic Currency Sync: Skip complex configuration. The addon intelligently displays the correct local payment buttons based automatically on your site’s currency (EUR or PLN).

Ready to scale your global reach? Update to Braintree 1.3.0 today!

Campaigns New

⏳ Campaign Countdown: Drive Urgency and Lift Donations

Urgency is one of the most powerful tools in fundraising! Meet Campaign Countdown—a live, real-time timer built to turn procrastination into immediate generosity.

What’s New:

⏱️ Live, Real-Time Urgency: Beautifully track days, hours, minutes, and seconds down to your campaign’s deadline w/ live-updating visual countdowns.

🎨 Tailored to Your Look: Choose between Boxed bordered tiles or a clean, single-line Inline display. Match your theme instantly with font and deep color controls.

🛠️ Place it Anywhere: Drop the countdown anywhere you like using the Campaign Builder field, a dedicated Gutenberg block, or a simple shortcode.

🚨 Smart Expiry Actions: Total control over the end state—choose to automatically replace the timer with a custom message, freeze it at zero, and more.

Improvement Migrations

↔️ Importing From GiveWP, Donorbox, GiveButter… even CSV!

Whether you’re migrating from another platform or consolidating your records, moving your data to Charitable is now faster and more flexible than ever. We’ve streamlined the process so you can bring over your entire fundraising history in just a few clicks.

🔄 Native GiveWP, Donorbox, & GiveButter Support: Switching from a major platform? Our dedicated migration tools handle the heavy lifting, automatically mapping your donors and donations directly into Charitable—no technical skills required.

📂 Universal CSV Import: Moving from a custom system or a specialized CRM? If you can export it to a CSV, you can import it here. Our smart mapping tool lets you align your columns to Charitable fields like names, emails, phone numbers, and addresses in seconds.

Instant Donor Profiles & Custom Tags: Automatically create rich donor profiles and bring in custom tags to keep your data organized. Segment and engage your supporters from day one with a clean, professional database structure.


Ready to make the switch?

Check out our GiveWP Migration Guide

Learn more about our Import Tools

Improvement Payments

💳 New Braintree Features For Your European Donors

With the release of Braintree addon version 1.3.0, you can now empower your European donors with the payment methods they trust and prefer, making giving seamless for international supporters.

🌍 Six New European Payment Methods: Support popular local options like iDEAL (Netherlands), Bancontact (Belgium), BLIK (Poland), and more to meet donors where they are.

⚡ Frictionless Donor Experience: These bank-based methods allow donors to authenticate directly with their own bank in a secure popup… no credit card numbers required.

⚙️ Automatic Currency Sync: No complex setup needed. The builder automatically displays the correct payment buttons based on your site’s currency (EUR or PLN), ensuring a relevant experience for every visitor.

Campaigns New

🖼️ Campaign Featured Images: Pro-Level Visuals Made Simple

With the new Campaign Featured Image setting in our visual builder, you now have a single, dedicated place to manage how your fundraisers look across your entire site and beyond.

🖼️ One Image, Everywhere: Set a primary thumbnail that automatically syncs to campaign grids, lists, and shortcodes—no more relying on layout order.

📱 Social Sharing Optimized: Easily upload images at the perfect size to ensure your campaigns look stunning and professional when shared on social media.

🔍 SEO & Accessibility Ready: Add custom alt text directly within the builder to improve search rankings and ensure your mission is accessible to every supporter.