WordPress with GiveWP

GiveWP adds donation forms to a WordPress site: a campaign with a goal, a form on any page, and a receipt for every donor. It is installed from wordpress.org at a pinned version whose checksum is checked first, with the site's own settings kept safe throughout.

What it makes

• A WordPress site with 512 MB of memory and half a processor: plenty for donation pages, which ask little of a server. The limits move whenever you need them to, and you pay for actual use. See limits.

• A MySQL database of its own, made and connected by itself.

• A free address with HTTPS (donors should always see the padlock), and the project's backups from day one.

Install it

Asha's youth football club needs new boots, and she wants to collect for them online.

1. From the project's Overview, choose Add a service → From the catalog.

2. Search WordPress with GiveWP, press Install, and give the app a name like donate.

3. Type the Admin email where donor replies should reach you.

4. Check the limits and the monthly estimate, then press Install.

The password on the screen is shown once: copy it and press I've saved it. Until the card says Ready, only you can see the pages.

Its admin page

Choose Open its admin page on the card and sign in at the address with /wp-admin/ behind it. Then:

1. Donations → Add Form — your first form, with its goal and suggested amounts.

2. Donations → Settings → Payment Gateways — how the money should come in.

3. Put the form on a page, publish it, and share the link with your donors.

Updates

GiveWP and WordPress keep themselves up to date. The project's backups cover the donor list along with everything else, so nothing is lost to a bad update or a wrong click. See WordPress for the site underneath.

Licence

GiveWP is published by its own makers under their own licence, GPL-2.0-or-later. Its website: givewp.com.