The most valuable donation you can give is your time, be it on the support forums, coding, or writing documentation. WordPress also has no marketing or advertising, so spreading the good word is appreciated.
If you would like to make a monetary donation to WordPress, please use the PayPal button below. Donations support the continued development of WordPress and help cover the hosting costs.
Some of our web hosting partners donate a portion of their fees back to the project, so signing up with one of them also supports WordPress.
To clarify, there is no charge for using WordPress, commercially or otherwise. If you're a hosting company you can install it for free. If you're a designer or web developer you can install it for your clients without buying any sort of license. All donations are completely voluntary.
In the past, WordPress donations have been used for:
In the future (and hopefully as donations grow) we'd like to expand what we do with them to allow for things like WordPress promotional materials at conferences and also recognize WordPress patrons more publicly.