We’re excited to announce that Charitable Pro 1.8.8.6 is here with three powerful new features to give you more control and flexibility in managing your fundraising.
This release introduces Misc Donor Settings for customizing and syncing donor information, Sequential Ordering to keep donation IDs consistent and compliant with financial reporting rules, and a new option to Disable Stripe Receipts, letting you choose how receipts are delivered to your supporters.
These updates are designed to streamline your workflow, reduce duplication, and give nonprofits the tools they need to manage campaigns with confidence.
Disable Stripe Receipts
For nonprofits using Stripe as their payment gateway, Charitable Pro 1.8.8.6 adds a simple but important control: the ability to decide who sends the donation receipts.
By default, Stripe automatically emails donors a payment confirmation whenever a transaction is processed. With this new setting, you can disable Stripe’s built‑in receipts and rely solely on Charitable’s own donation receipts.
This option is found in your WordPress dashboard under Charitable » Settings » Payment Gateways » Stripe.
Why use it?
- Keep branding consistent by sending only one receipt customized through Charitable.
- Prevent donors from getting duplicate emails for the same donation.
- Streamline communication so your nonprofit maintains full control over the donor experience.
While you could do this via code snippet with Charitable – having this as a setting now makes it that much easier. This feature ensures your receipts align perfectly with your organization’s branding and messaging, without confusion or extra emails landing in donor inboxes.
New “Misc” Donors Tab w/ Sync Setting
Charitable Pro 1.8.8.6 introduces a brand-new “Misc” tab under the Donors settings page, giving you more flexibility in how donor data is collected, displayed, and managed in WordPress.
Inside this tab, you’ll find three key options:
- Register Fields – Choose exactly which profile fields appear on Charitable’s registration form. Want more detailed donor info like prefix, company, or phone number? Turn them on. Prefer a quick and simple signup? Keep it minimal. You’re in control of balancing data collection with ease of use.
- User Profile Fields – Decide which donor fields appear on the WordPress user profile screen. This helps admins (and users, if allowed) view and update only the most useful details, keeping profiles clean and relevant.
- Sync With Profile – Avoid duplicate work by syncing Charitable’s donor fields with WordPress user profiles. Updates made by donors in the Donor Dashboard flow back to their WordPress profile, and edits made by admins in WordPress automatically reflect in the donor’s dashboard. This ensures data stays accurate everywhere without constant manual updates.
With these new settings, nonprofits can capture the donor information that matters most, keep their WordPress admin uncluttered, and maintain consistency across front-end and back-end donor data.
In a nutshell, when enabled, Sync With Profile keeps Charitable’s donor fields and WordPress’s user profile fields aligned.
Learn how to use the Misc Settings »
Sequential Ordering
Keeping your donation records clear and consistent just got easier with the new Sequential Ordering feature in Charitable Pro 1.8.8.6. Instead of dealing with skipped or out-of-sequence IDs, every new donation now follows the previous one in perfect order. This makes it simple to meet compliance standards, satisfy auditors, and keep your reporting clean—especially in countries where VAT or GST regulations require strictly sequential numbering.
By default, WordPress assigns IDs to all post types (posts, pages, donations, etc.), which can cause donation IDs to jump ahead unpredictably. Sequential Ordering solves this by giving donations their own numbering system, so you always know the flow of transactions.
Here’s how you can tailor it to your needs:
- Enable Sequential Ordering – Activate a dedicated numbering system that assigns donations their own sequence.
- Next Donation Number – Choose the exact number where your donation sequence begins. This must be set to 1 or greater to prevent conflicts with existing records.
- Prefix – Add text before the number, such as “DONATION” to create IDs like DONATION-101. Any spaces will be converted to hyphens automatically.
- Suffix – Add text after the number, such as “2025” to create IDs like 101-2025. Spaces are also converted into hyphens automatically.
- Number Padding – Keep your IDs looking uniform by setting a minimum digit length. For example, entering “4” will format 1 as 0001.
- Donation ID Preview – Instantly see how your IDs will appear based on your chosen settings.
Sequential Ordering not only improves clarity but also ensures your donation records meet strict financial rules while staying easy to manage inside WordPress.
Ready to Explore the New Features?
Each of these updates is designed to give your nonprofit greater flexibility, accuracy, and confidence as you manage your fundraising.
Update your plugin today to start using these new tools, and let us know how they help your organization. Your feedback continually shapes the future of Charitable—and we can’t wait to hear what you think.
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