Title: Ardent Africa Author: Mawuli Dzaka Published: July 16, 2026 Last modified: July 16, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/ardent-africa/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3610035) ![](https://ps.w.org/ardent-africa/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3610035) # Ardent Africa By [Mawuli Dzaka](https://profiles.wordpress.org/deyoungdoer/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/ardent-africa.1.3.0.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ardent-africa/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ardent-africa/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ardent-africa/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ardent-africa/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ardent-africa/) ## Description The Ardent Africa plugin lets you show live content from [Ardent Africa](https://ardent.africa) on your own site. Use the block editor, a shortcode, or, if you build with **Elementor**, a native Ardent widget, and your page shows a campaign’s progress, a petition’s signatures, upcoming events, a grid of causes, marketplace listings, open jobs, an entity’s TrustScore, or a supporter’s impact badge, always up to date. It is **read-only and safe**: * No payments happen on your site. Donate, Sign, and Get-tickets buttons link visitors to ardent.africa, where the secure on-platform flow runs. * No private data is fetched, only the public information already shown on ardent. africa. * Your API key is stored on your server and never exposed to visitors. #### Blocks and shortcodes * Campaign: `[ardent_campaign slug="clean-water-for-tamale"]` * Petition: `[ardent_petition slug="pass-the-bill"]` * Donation progress: `[ardent_donation_progress slug="clean-water-for-tamale"]` * Causes grid: `[ardent_causes limit="6" category="Education"]` * Events: `[ardent_events limit="5"]` * Marketplace: `[ardent_marketplace limit="6" q="photography"]` * Jobs: `[ardent_jobs limit="5" location="Accra"]` * TrustScore: `[ardent_review slug="accra-clinic"]` * Impact badge: `[ardent_badge username="ama"]` Each block also auto-renders when you paste an ardent.africa link into the editor( oEmbed). #### Elementor If you use Elementor, the same items are available as native widgets under an ** Ardent Africa** category in the widget panel: drag one in, set the slug/options in the sidebar, and see a live preview. Requires Elementor 3.5+. ### External services This plugin connects to the Ardent Africa public API to display content you choose to embed. * Public API: `https://api.ardent.africa/public/v1`, fetched server-side with your API key to render campaigns, petitions, events, causes, marketplace listings, jobs, reviewed entities, and profiles. See https://docs.ardent.africa/docs/developers and the terms at https://docs.ardent.africa/docs/developers/terms. * oEmbed provider: `https://ardent.africa/api/oembed`, used by WordPress to render a pasted Ardent link. * Embedded widgets (optional fallback): `https://docs.ardent.africa/embed/…`, sandboxed iframes for the same content. No visitor data is sent to Ardent by the plugin. ## Installation 1. Install and activate the plugin. 2. Create a free API key at your Ardent developer dashboard: https://ardent.africa/ dashboard/developer 3. Go to **Settings Ardent** and paste your key. 4. Add an Ardent block to any page or post, or use a shortcode. ## FAQ ### Do I need an Ardent account? Yes, a free account, to create an API key. Sign in at ardent.africa and open Dashboard Developer API. ### Does the plugin take donations on my site? No. The plugin only displays public content. All donations and sign-ups happen on ardent.africa. ### Is my API key visible to visitors? No. The key stays on your server; the plugin fetches data server-side and caches it. ### Does it work with Elementor? Yes. With Elementor active, find the Ardent widgets under the **Ardent Africa** category in the Elementor widget panel (Elementor 3.5+). They render the same cards as the blocks and shortcodes. ### Can I change how a card looks? Yes. Campaign and petition widgets/blocks have a **Style** option, Card (image on top), Overlay (an image hero with the title over it), or Compact (no image). The Causes and Marketplace grids have a **Columns** option (Auto, 2, 3, or 4). ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Ardent Africa” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Mawuli Dzaka ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/deyoungdoer/) [Translate “Ardent Africa” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/ardent-africa) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ardent-africa/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/ardent-africa/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/ardent-africa/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/ardent-africa/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.3.0 * New **Jobs** block, shortcode (`[ardent_jobs]`), and Elementor widget: a live list of open job postings. * New **TrustScore** block, shortcode (`[ardent_review]`), and Elementor widget: an entity’s review TrustScore badge. * Pasting a `/jobs/…` or `/reviews/…` Ardent link into the editor now auto-embeds it (oEmbed). #### 1.2.0 * New **card styles** for campaign and petition (blocks, shortcodes, and Elementor): Card, Overlay (image hero), and Compact. * **Columns** option (Auto / 2 / 3 / 4) for the Causes and Marketplace grids. * Petition cards now show their image (when set), matching campaigns. #### 1.1.0 * Add native **Elementor** widgets for all seven content types (Ardent Africa category, live preview). #### 1.0.0 * Initial release: campaign, petition, donation-progress, causes-grid, events, marketplace, and impact-badge blocks + shortcodes; server-side rendering with caching; oEmbed auto-embed; Settings Ardent. ## Meta * Version **1.3.0** * Last updated **2 days ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 6.1 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.0.2** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Tags * [donations](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/donations/)[events](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/events/) [fundraising](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/fundraising/)[nonprofit](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/nonprofit/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ardent-africa/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ardent-africa/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ardent-africa/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Mawuli Dzaka ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/deyoungdoer/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ardent-africa/)