Documentation Category: Widgets & Shortcodes

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  • Mini Donation Widget

    The Mini Donation Widget is a compact, embeddable donation form that lets visitors give to a specific campaign directly from any page or post. No full campaign page required. Add it to your homepage, a landing page, a sidebar, or a blog post and turn any content into a fundraising opportunity. Available in Charitable Pro…

  • How to Use Charitable Widgets in Elementor

    Charitable now includes native integration with the Elementor page builder, featuring four purpose-built widgets that allow you to create professional donation pages without any coding knowledge. These widgets seamlessly integrate with your existing Elementor designs and provide full control over your fundraising content. This guide will show you how to use the Charitable widgets inside…

  • Team Members Shortcode

    The [charitable_team_members] shortcode adds a grid showing a particular fundraising team’s members. Parameters team_id: Set the team’s ID. This can be left out or set to current to display the members for the campaign currently being viewed. title: Show a title before the list of team members. This is empty by default. columns: Choose how…

  • Fundraise Button Shortcode

    The [charitable_fundraise_button] shortcode adds a link or button that people can click to go to the fundraising form for a particular campaign. Parameters parent_campaign_id: Set the parent campaign’s ID. This can be left out or set to current to display the fundraise button for the campaign currently being viewed. display: Whether to display a button…

  • Submit Campaign Shortcode

    The [charitable_submit_campaign] shortcode allows you to display a campaign form on a page. Parameters Note: All of the parameters below were added in Ambassadors 2.0. If you are on a previous version, you can only use the shortcode in its default form, without any parameters. parent_id: Set a campaign parent. This means that all campaigns…

  • Stats Shortcode

    The [charitable_stat] shortcode allows you to display various Charitable statistics directly in a page. The statistics are dynamically calculated and displayed. Note: The [charitable_stat] shortcode is only available in Charitable 1.6+. Parameters display: The type of data to display. The choices are: total – The amount that has been raised. This is the default option.…

  • Donors Widget

    Display a list of donors. This can be used to show donors for a specific campaign or for all campaigns. To manage your widgets, log into your WordPress Dashboard and go to Appearance > Customize. Open up the Widgets panel (in certain themes, this panel may be named something else) and add the Donors widget. Available options: Title: The…

  • Donation Stats Widget

    Display a simple widget to show the number of campaigns, amount donated and number of donors. To manage your widgets, log into your WordPress Dashboard and go to Appearance > Customize. Open up the Widgets panel (in certain themes, this panel may be named something else) and add the Donation Stats widget. Available options: Title: The widget title to…

  • Campaign Categories/Tags Widget

    Display a list of your campaign categories or tags. To manage your widgets, log into your WordPress Dashboard and go to Appearance > Customize. Open up the Widgets panel (in certain themes, this panel may be named something else) and add the Campaign Categories/Tags widget. Available options: Title: The widget title to be displayed at the top of the…

  • Campaign Donation Widget

    Display a simple donation widget in your sidebar. Your donors choose their donation amount and are redirected to the campaign donation page to finalize their donation. To manage your widgets, log into your WordPress Dashboard and go to Appearance > Customize. Open up the Widgets panel (in certain themes, this panel may be named something else) and add the Campaign…

  • Campaigns Widget

    You can display a list of campaigns with the Campaigns widget. To manage your widgets, log into your WordPress Dashboard and go to Appearance > Customize. Open up the Widgets panel (in certain themes, this panel may be named something else) and add the Campaigns widget. Available options: Title: The title of your widget. This may be left…

  • Add Your Donation Form to a Page

    Do you want to embed a donation form in a page? When you create a donation campaign, Charitable makes it easy to add a simple donation form for that campaign anywhere on your site. This lets you show a simple donation form instead of a full-fledged fundraiser campaign. Step 1: Create a Fundraiser Campaign Head…

  • Donors Shortcode

    The [charitable_donors] shortcode allows you to display a list of donors to one or all of your campaigns on a page. It uses the same frontend template as the Donors widget, so its output is similar — it just provides you with flexibility to show the Donors in different spots. Parameters number Number of donors to…

  • Account Shortcodes

    Table of Contents Login form Logout link Registration form Profile form Donations table Login Form To set it up, add the following shortcode to a new page: [charitable_login] You can optionally set the message that will be displayed to users when they are already logged in with the logged_in_message parameter: [charitable_login logged_in_message=”You are already logged in!”] You…

  • Campaigns Shortcode

    The [campaigns] shortcode allows you to display a collection of campaigns within your posts or pages. Parameters Usage Default usage: Include expired campaigns: Show 30 campaigns: Order campaigns by the amount of money they have raised: Order campaigns by how soon they are ending (soonest to end is shown first): Only show campaigns within the…

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ambassadors improved

Moderation and Directory Screens In Ambassadors 3.0

Ambassadors 3.0 has new features: moderation and directory screens… now easily see those who are earning donations on your peer to peer network – including campaign creators that might need to be verified – all in one place. Generate reports, email ambassadors and campaign creators directly and more.

🚀 See when campaign creators and ambassadors have updated their campaigns, what donors/donation they have brought in and more.

🎉 Manually add ambassadors and campaign creators, and approve them in one-click!

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New Payments

⚡ Unlock India-Based Donations: Meet Charitable’s Native Razorpay Integration

Trying to collect donations in India? Charitable’s native Razorpay integration features:

⚡ Instant UPI Integration: Accept fast, local donations directly inside your form via apps like PhonePe, Google Pay, Paytm, and BHIM without sending donors away from your site.

📲 Auto-Generated Campaign QRs: Instantly render scannable QR codes encoding a UPI deep link directly on your public campaign pages and sidebars for an effortless “scan-to-give” experience.

💰 Dual Local & Global Reach: Headline your campaigns in INR while seamlessly accepting major international currencies like USD, EUR, GBP, and CAD to maximize global support.

🔁 Seamless Recurring Giving: Fully integrates with the Charitable Recurring addon to manage automatic monthly subscriptions directly through Razorpay without extra code.

↩️ Automatic Two-Way Sync: Keep your books perfectly clean with two-way refund syncing—issue a refund inside WordPress or your Razorpay dashboard and both sides update automatically.

🔒 Webhook-Verified Security: Automatically protect your donation records using HMAC-signed webhook verification to ensure every status update represents real money cleared on the rails.

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Integration New

🎉 New Built-in PushEngage Integration

Struggling with falling email open rates and rising ad costs just to keep your supporters engaged? Charitable’s built-in PushEngage integration features:

🔔 Zero-Fee Direct Messaging: Deliver crisp, instant pop-up notifications straight to your donors’ desktops and mobile devices.

⏱️ Four Smart Automated Triggers: Automatically send updates for immediate donation thank yous, full-list campaign launches, urgent “ending soon” alerts, and goal milestone celebrations.

📈 Group Momentum Broadcasts: Turn private milestones into public wins by automatically broadcasting alerts to your entire subscriber list the moment a campaign hits 50%, 75%, or 100% of its goal.

📊 Automatic Analytics Tracking: Monitor exactly where your incoming notification traffic is coming from with built-in attribution that requires zero complex configuration.

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New Security

💂‍♂️ New DonationGuard 🛡️ Automatically Protects Your Donations!

Worried about card testing attacks or spam bots flooding your donation forms, but don’t want to ruin the giving experience for your real supporters? Charitable’s DonationGuard features:

🛡️ Real-Time Bot Detection: Actively monitors every donation submission for five distinct attack signals without slowing down your human donors.

📊 Smart Traffic Scoring: Instantly evaluates activity against a learned baseline of your site’s normal donation rhythms to catch sneaky, slow-drip card testing.

🚨 Severity-Tiered Alerts: Immediately opens structured “Attack Records” and notifies you via email and admin alerts the moment a campaign starts taking fire.

🎯 Single-Click Defense: Deploy instant security using the “Recommended Settings” preset to turn on Honeypot, Time Trap, and Rate Limit modules all at once.

🚫 Automated Blocklists: Permanently stop repeat offenders by automatically blocking suspicious email addresses based on your customized rules.

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GiveWP Migrations New

🧤 White Glove Migration Service for GiveWP

Thinking about switching your fundraising platform from GiveWP to Charitable, but don’t want to risk losing your data or handle a complex technical setup yourself? Charitable’s White Glove Migration Service features:

👥 Flawless Donor Mapping: Safely transfer your entire supporter database with zero data loss.

📊 Complete Financial History: Meticulously preserve every historical transaction for continuous, accurate reporting.

🔄 Seamless Recurring Giving: Safely transfer active sustaining subscriptions without disrupting your incoming revenue or requiring your donors to update their information.

💳 Zero Gateway Disruptions: Keep using Stripe, PayPal, or any other GiveWP-compatible processor you already love.

🚀 Expert Technical Setup: Relax while our team handles the heavy lifting to install and configure your forms—plus, qualifying users get a full year of Charitable Pro completely free.

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