Title: Cotara Donations
Author: waleabba
Published: October 29, 2026
Last modified: October 29, 2026
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# Cotara Donations
By [waleabba](https://profiles.wordpress.org/waleabba/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/cotara-donations.1.0.0.zip)
* [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cotara-donations/#description)
* [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cotara-donations/#reviews)
* [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cotara-donations/#installation)
* [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cotara-donations/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cotara-donations/)
## Description
Cotara Donations puts your Cotara donation page on your own website. Donors give
without leaving your site, and every gift arrives in your Cotara dashboard as usual.
Payments are processed by Stripe through Cotara. The plugin never sees or stores
card details.
Three ways to show it:
* **Pop-up form**: a button that opens the donation form on top of your page.
* **Donate button**: a button that opens your donation page.
* **In-page form**: the donation form inside your page.
Works with:
* **Elementor**: search for “Cotara Donate” in the widget panel. Full style controls(
colours, typography, border, radius, padding, shadow, responsive alignment).
* **Block editor (Gutenberg)**: add the “Cotara Donate” block.
* **Shortcode**: `[cotara_donate]` anywhere shortcodes work, including Divi, Beaver
Builder, WPBakery, Bricks and Oxygen text or code modules.
* **Sidebars and footers**: Appearance > Widgets > “Cotara Donate”.
### Shortcode
```
[cotara_donate] uses your saved settings.
```
Options:
* `url` – a different donation page (for one campaign).
* `mode` – `popup`, `button` or `inline`.
* `text` – button text.
* `color`, `text_color` – hex colours, for example `#0071bc`.
* `size` – `small`, `medium` or `large`.
* `align` – `left`, `center` or `right`.
* `full_width` – `yes` or `no`.
* `new_tab` – `yes` or `no` (button mode).
* `height` – height of the in-page form in pixels.
Examples:
```
[cotara_donate mode="inline"]
[cotara_donate text="Give to the Spring Appeal" url="https://donor.usecotara.com/user/campaign/public/donate/spring-appeal" size="large" align="center"]External services
```
This plugin connects to Cotara, the donation platform that runs your donation page.
It is needed to show the donation form and to process gifts.
* **What is sent and when:** when a visitor clicks a Cotara button, or views a
page with the in-page form, their browser loads your donation page from `donor.
usecotara.com` inside a frame or a new tab. The link carries the campaign address
and attribution fields (`utm_source`, `utm_medium`, `cotara_src`). The plugin
itself sends no data to Cotara and stores no donor data. When the donor gives,
the donor enters their details on Cotara’s page, and the card payment goes to
Stripe through Cotara.
* **Service provider:** Cotara. Terms of service: https://usecotara.com/terms.
Privacy policy: https://usecotara.com/privacy.
## Blocks
This plugin provides 1 block.
* Cotara Donate Add a donate button, a pop-up donation form, or the donation
form inside the page.
## Installation
1. In WordPress, go to Plugins > Add New Plugin and search for “Cotara Donations”.
Click Install Now, then Activate.
2. Or download the zip, go to Plugins > Add New Plugin > Upload Plugin, choose `cotara-
donations.zip`, then Install Now and Activate.
3. Go to Settings > Cotara Donations and paste your donation page link from the Cotara
dashboard (Developer Corner).
4. Add the Cotara Donate element where you want it.
## FAQ
### Is it secure?
The form runs on Cotara’s secure page inside a frame. Card details go straight to
Stripe and never touch your WordPress site. The plugin only accepts https links
on usecotara.com.
### Does it slow my site?
The script is about 3 KB and the style is about 2 KB. They load only on pages that
show a Cotara element. The in-page form loads lazily.
### Apple Pay or Google Pay does not show
Some browsers limit wallets inside frames. Use the “Donate button” display, which
opens the full donation page.
## Reviews
There are no reviews for this plugin.
## Contributors & Developers
“Cotara Donations” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.
Contributors
* [ waleabba ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/waleabba/)
[Translate “Cotara Donations” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/cotara-donations)
### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cotara-donations/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/cotara-donations/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/cotara-donations/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/cotara-donations/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).
## Changelog
#### 1.0.0
* First release: Elementor widget, block, shortcode, sidebar widget, pop-up and
in-page form.
## Meta
* Version **1.0.0**
* Last updated **2 days ago**
* Active installations **Fewer than 10**
* WordPress version ** 6.2 or higher **
* Tested up to **7.1.4**
* PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
* Tags
* [donate button](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/donate-button/)[donation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/donation/)
[elementor](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/elementor/)[fundraising](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/fundraising/)
[nonprofit](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/nonprofit/)
* [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cotara-donations/advanced/)
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## Contributors
* [ waleabba ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/waleabba/)
## Support
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