GiveWP
by Liquid Web
A dedicated donation platform with recurring giving, funds, receipts and donor records.
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What GiveWP does
A dedicated donation platform with recurring giving, funds, receipts and donor records.
It sits in the donations part of a WordPress stack and is sold by Liquid Web on a freemium basis. We recommend it in our donations guides because it does that one job well without asking you to rebuild the rest of the site around it.
Every plugin adds work to a page request, so treat this as a decision with a cost. Record a speed test before you install it and run the same test afterwards, on the same page, so you know exactly what it charged you.
Real user ratings
Score
4.6/5
Reviews
707
Active installs
100,000+
Downloads
12.3M
Latest version
4.16.8.1
Last updated
2026-09-10
These figures come straight from the public WordPress.org plugin directory API for version 4.16.8.1, not from us. Check them yourself on the WordPress.org listing. Our own editorial score is 4.7/5.
Where GiveWP ranks elsewhere
| Publisher | List | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Elegant Themes | Best WordPress Plugins | #27 of 40 |
Positions are read from the published articles themselves, so they reflect that publisher's order rather than ours. Lists get re-ordered over time, so follow the link if you want the current version.
What changed in the latest version
- Security: Improved validation of the event tickets purchase flow.
- Security: Added additional validation to PayPal Commerce completed-order processing.
- Security: Added additional validation to donor email lookups. Thanks Jakub Herman for responsibly disclosing this issue.
- Fix: Fixed a campaign's default donation form appearing unpublished in the form builder.
- Fix: Fixed PHP warnings on the form builder screen when its page is opened without the locale or donation form ID query arguments.
- Fix: Resolved a plugin conflict that prevented donor first and last names from being recorded when the Charitable plugin was active alongside GiveWP.
- Fix: Resolved an issue where the custom amount minimum and maximum also applied to the donation levels and the set donation amount, so a level below the minimum could not be donated. Forms that leave the minimum empty now fall back to th...
- Security: Removed vulnerable dead code related to legacy donor relinking. (CVE-2026-82676)
- Security: Enhanced security on donor account access. (CVE-2026-82675)
- Tweak: Replaced the axios HTTP client with WordPress core's apiFetch in the donor dashboard, reports, onboarding wizard, and the log and migration list tables, and removed axios from the plugin's JavaScript dependencies.
- Security: Added additional hardening for serialized data handling in the donation flow.
Release notes are the developer's own words, published on WordPress.org. Read the full changelog
Pros and cons
- Best donor management in WordPress
- A free tier you can trial before paying
- Actively maintained and used on production sites we test
- Key gateways are paid add-ons
- The features most sites need sit in the paid tier
How to use it
- 1Connect a payment gateway and complete one real donation end to end.
- 2Set suggested amounts and enable recurring giving if it suits your cause.
- 3Customise the receipt email and check it arrives from your own domain.
- 4Add a progress goal so visitors can see momentum.
- 5Review donor records monthly and thank repeat supporters.
How it compares
Other donations plugins we recommend, with their rating and pricing model.
| Plugin | Our rating | WordPress.org | Pricing | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GiveWP | 4.7 | 4.6 (707) | Freemium | Best donor management in WordPress |
| Charitable | 4.6 | 4.9 (217) | Freemium | No platform fee on donations |
| Charitable Ambassadors | 4.2 | 4.9 (217) | Premium | Supporter campaigns without a platform |
| Donation Thermometer | 4.5 | 4.4 (12) | Free | Free, light and easy to embed |
| GiveWP Peer-to-Peer | 4.3 | 4.6 (707) | Premium | Supporter-led fundraising at scale |
| PayPal Donations | 4.0 | 4.7 (27) | Free | Simplest way to accept donations |
Guides that cover GiveWP
7 Best Fundraising Thermometer Plugins for WordPress in 2026
A progress thermometer turns a fundraising target into a shared goal. It only works when the number is accurate, dated and readable.
Updated 10 September 2026
7 Best Crowdfunding Plugins for WordPress in 2026
A crowdfunding site coordinates campaign owners, backers, rewards, deadlines, payments and fees. The operating rules matter as much as the page.
Updated 10 September 2026
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