Requires: 

• Charitable Pro 1.8.16+
• Charitable Tributes 1.0.0+

This page is the complete reference for Charitable Tributes: every setting you can change, how it works with the other Charitable addons, and the full developer surface of hooks, AJAX actions, REST endpoints, and templates.

If you are looking for how to do a specific task, the focused guides are usually a better starting point. This page is the map of everything.

Tributes Settings

All settings live under Charitable » Tributes » Settings, organized into tabs.

General

• Default privacy level – the privacy level applied to new honorees (public, family approval, members, or private link).
• Default tribute label – the wording used when a tribute type does not specify its own.
• Form pattern – the default layout for tribute fields on donation forms.
• Donor context line – the helper text shown above the tribute fields.
• GDPR consent text – the consent wording shown when a donor chooses to notify a loved one.

Donation Form

• Form pattern – choose Blocks inline (tribute fields in the amount section) or Blocks step (tribute fields on their own step).
• Donor context line – customize the helper text in your own voice.

Integrations

A toggle for each of the five integrations, so you can turn any of them off. See the Integrations section below for what each one does.

Tributes Emails

• Enable and configure the tribute notification, including from-name, from-email, and per-tribute-type subjects and bodies.
• Configure the family digest schedule (off, weekly, biweekly, or monthly), the day it sends, and its subject.

Tributes E-card

• Enable the richer e-card format and set its headline, attribution line, and accent color.
• Set per-tribute-type subject, eyebrow, and closing wording.
• Send Test E-card to preview the result.

Custom Fields

An AJAX-driven manager for defining your own fields on honorees and on tribute campaigns. Custom fields appear on the records and are available as email tags.

Settings are stored in the charitable_tributes_settings option; custom field definitions in charitable_tributes_custom_fields.

Tributes Integrations with other addons

Tributes detects each related addon and adds tribute-aware behavior. If an addon is not installed, that integration simply does nothing. Each can be toggled off in Settings > Integrations.

Addon	What Tributes adds	Setting
Recurring Donations	The annual tribute opt-in that turns a one-time gift into a recurring gift, with tribute details preserved on every renewal.	recurring_upsell
Donor Wall(core)	An “In Memory of [Honoree]” tag appended to the donor’s name on your site’s main donor wall.	donor_wall_tribute_tag
DonorTrust	Suppresses DonorTrust badges on tribute pages, which have their own donor attribution.	donortrust_suppress
PDF Receipts	A formatted tribute section in the generated PDF receipt. Requires PDF Receipts 1.1.3+.	pdf_receipts_tribute_section
Automation Connect	Registers tribute events (donation completed, campaign created, honoree created) for webhooks and automations.	automation_connect_events

Privacy and accessibility

• GDPR – Tributes participates in WordPress’s personal-data export and erasure tools, so a data request includes tribute and honoree information tied to the person.
• Consent – family notifications only send when the donor confirms consent, and family digests require an explicit opt-in.
• Accessibility – the donor-facing surfaces are built to WCAG 2.1 AA.

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Developer reference for Tributes

Actions

Action	Fires when
charitable_tributes_init	The addon container is ready. The safest place to register extensions.
charitable_tributes_campaign_created	A tribute campaign is created.
charitable_tributes_donation_linked	A donation is linked to an honoree (back-compat event).
charitable_tributes_donation_completed	A tribute donation completes (canonical event, broad payload).
charitable_tributes_donation_refunded	A tribute donation is refunded.
charitable_tributes_honoree_created	An honoree record is created.
charitable_tributes_honoree_merged	Two honorees are merged.
charitable_tributes_annual_reminder_sent	An annual giving reminder is sent.
charitable_tributes_family_digest_sent	A family digest email is sent.
charitable_tributes_notification_send_failed	A notification or e-card send throws (payload: donation id + Throwable).

The charitable_tributes_donation_completed payload:

add_action( 'charitable_tributes_donation_completed', function ( $donation_id, $data ) {
    // $data: donation_id, honoree_id, campaign_id, amount, currency,
    //        tribute_type, donor_id, donor_display
}, 10, 2 );

Filters

Filter	Default	Purpose
charitable_tributes_admin_tabs	array	Modify the admin page tab list.
charitable_tributes_admin_sub_tabs	array	Modify the settings sub-tabs.
charitable_tributes_templates	array	Register custom tribute templates.
charitable_tributes_url_base	tribute	Change the rewrite slug for tribute and honoree URLs.
charitable_tributes_type_options	array	Filter the available tribute types, optionally per campaign.
charitable_tributes_message_max_length	500	Donor message character limit.
charitable_tributes_hide_donor_comment	false	Hide the donor message field.
charitable_tributes_honoree_context_fallback	context	Provide honoree context for blocks with no explicit honoree.
charitable_tributes_unsubscribe_token_max_age	30 days	Lifetime of unsubscribe tokens.
charitable_tributes_receipt_email_enabled	true	Show the tribute section on receipt emails.
charitable_tributes_receipt_email_show_photo	true	Include the honoree photo on the receipt.
charitable_tributes_receipt_email_show_message	true	Include the donor message on the receipt.
charitable_tributes_receipt_email_show_ecard	true	Reflect e-card styling on the receipt.
charitable_tributes_receipt_email_show_tribute_link	true	Link to the tribute page from the receipt.
charitable_send_tribute_notification	true	Gate the standard notification per donation.
charitable_send_tribute_ecard	true	Gate the e-card per donation.

AJAX endpoints

All are wp_ajax_ only (no public access), require a nonce, and check the manage_charitable_settings capability.

Action	Purpose
charitable_tributes_wizard_open	Initialize the wizard session.
charitable_tributes_wizard_step	Render and handle a wizard step.
charitable_tributes_wizard_set_campaign_status	Publish or draft the new campaign.
charitable_tributes_wizard_discard	Discard the wizard session.
charitable_tributes_save_honoree_notes	Save admin notes on an honoree.
charitable_tributes_save_custom_fields	Save custom field definitions.
charitable_tributes_add_family_contact	Add a family contact.
charitable_tributes_update_family_contact	Update a family contact.
charitable_tributes_delete_family_contact	Delete a family contact.
charitable_tributes_honoree_merge	Merge two honorees.
charitable_tributes_honoree_search	Search honorees by name.
charitable_tributes_dismiss_banner	Dismiss the welcome banner.
charitable_tributes_ecard_test_action	Send a test e-card.

REST API

Read-only endpoints for syncing tribute data into an external CRM or reporting stack.

Tribute campaigns – GET /wp-json/wp/v2/tribute_campaigns

Query param	Example	Filters by
tribute_type	in-memory-of	Tribute type.
template	in-loving-memory	Template used.
honoree	123	Honoree ID.
date_from / date_to	2026-01-01	Date range.

Each response includes a tribute_meta object with honoree_id, template_id, total_raised, and donor_count.

Honorees – GET /wp-json/wp/v2/charitable-honorees

Query param	Example	Filters by
template	in-loving-memory	Linked tribute template.
has_donations	1 or 0	Only honorees with, or without, donations.

Each response includes a tribute_meta object with total_raised, donor_count, gift_count, last_donation_at, and linked_campaigns_count.

Database schema

Table	Purpose
wp_charitable_honoree_donations	One denormalized row per gift, linked to an honoree.
wp_charitable_honoree_family_contacts	Family contact records.
wp_charitable_honoree_totals_cache	Cached per-honoree totals.

Use the repositories rather than querying directly:

use Charitable\Pro\Tributes\Repositories\Repositories;

Repositories::honorees();
Repositories::honoree_donations();
Repositories::honoree_family_contacts();
Repositories::honoree_totals_cache();

Templates

Override any of these by copying them into your theme, following Charitable’s template loader convention:

• templates/single-tribute_campaign.php
• templates/emails/tribute-notification.php (and -plain.php)
• templates/emails/tribute-ecard.php
• templates/emails/family-digest.php (and -plain.php)
• blocks/<block>/render.php for each of the six blocks.

Automation Connect events

When Automation Connect is active, Tributes registers its events through the charitable_automation_connect_events filter, exposing tribute donation completed, tribute campaign created, and new honoree events for no-code automations.

Related

• The Tribute Donation Experience: What Donors See
• How to Create a Tribute Campaign in Charitable
• Tributes Pages and Blocks
• Charitable Tributes Emails, E-cards, and Receipts
• Honoree Records and the CRM
• Charitable Tributes Guide