Title: HLX Donate Author: hacklayer Published: August 23, 2026 Last modified: August 23, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/hlx-donate.svg) # HLX Donate By [hacklayer](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hacklayer/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/hlx-donate.1.2.2.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hlx-donate/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hlx-donate/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hlx-donate/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hlx-donate/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hlx-donate/) ## Description HLX Donate adds a clean, single-page donation form to any post or page via the `[ hlx_donate]` shortcode. Donors pick an amount, fill in their details, and (if WooCommerce is active) are sent through your normal WooCommerce checkout to pay with whatever gateway you already have configured — Razorpay, Stripe, PayPal, or any other WooCommerce- compatible processor. **Core features** * One-page donation form, no page reload — quick amount pills, custom amount, one- time/monthly frequency * WooCommerce checkout integration for real payment collection — requires WooCommerce and a configured payment gateway * Automatic PDF donation certificate emailed to every donor, no external PDF library required * Certificate email delivery log, viewable from the admin dashboard * Donations list and analytics dashboard (today/this month/total raised, top donors, last 7 days) * Monthly donor reminder emails, sent automatically ~30 days after a monthly donation * Configurable FAQ section and “where funds go” allocation breakdown shown on the form * Optional social sharing icons (WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter/X, LinkedIn) * Fully theme-able button color, currency symbol, and copy from the Settings screen #### Roadmap Planned for future releases: direct payment gateway integration without requiring WooCommerce, recurring/subscription billing, campaign goal progress bars, and CSV export of donor data. If you’d like to see a specific feature prioritized, please open a topic in the support forum. ## Installation 1. Upload the plugin files to `/wp-content/plugins/hlx-donate`, or install the plugin through the WordPress Plugins screen directly. 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress. 3. Go to **HLX Donate Settings** to configure the form title, currency, amounts, and button color. 4. Go to **HLX Donate Email** to set the “From” address/name and send yourself a test certificate email. 5. Add the `[hlx_donate]` shortcode to any page or post. 6. Install and activate WooCommerce with a payment gateway (Razorpay, Stripe, PayPal, etc.) configured — required to collect donations. HLX Donate automatically creates a hidden “Donation” product once WooCommerce is active, no extra setup needed. ## FAQ ### Do I need WooCommerce? Yes. HLX Donate requires WooCommerce (with a payment gateway configured) to actually collect a donation. If WooCommerce isn’t active, the donation form shows an “unavailable” notice instead of accepting submissions — this is intentional, so no donation is ever recorded or certificated without a real payment going through. ### Does this plugin require an external PDF library? No. Certificates are generated with a small built-in PDF writer — no Composer dependencies or third-party services involved. ### Where are certificate PDFs stored? Nowhere. As of 1.2.2 the certificate is generated in memory and attached directly to the outgoing email — it is never written to your uploads folder or any other public directory, so there is no file for anyone to guess the URL of. ### How do I change the currency symbol? HLX Donate Settings General Currency Symbol. This is a display symbol only; actual payment currency (when using WooCommerce) is controlled by your WooCommerce settings. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “HLX Donate” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ hacklayer ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hacklayer/) [Translate “HLX Donate” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/hlx-donate) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hlx-donate/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/hlx-donate/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/hlx-donate/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/hlx-donate/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.2.2 * Security: donation certificate PDFs are now attached to the email in-memory instead of being briefly written to the uploads folder — removes a predictable-filename exposure window that relied on `.htaccess` (which offers no protection on Nginx hosts) #### 1.2.1 * FAQ section is now collapsed behind a “Frequently Asked Questions” toggle instead of always showing every question — keeps the donation page compact now that it sits inside the theme’s normal layout #### 1.2.0 * Funds allocation categories can now have an optional link — if set, clicking that category on the donation form opens the link in a new tab; if left blank, it stays a plain informational row, same as before * Fixed several admin settings descriptions that were left in mixed Hindi/English text — all plugin text is now English #### 1.1.0 * Admin pages now use the full available page width instead of being capped at a fixed 1200px * Removed the theme-guessing “fullpage” hack on the frontend donation form (it hid site header/footer/sidebar by guessing CSS class names, and used a hardcoded header-height offset). The form now renders inside the theme’s normal layout as a self-contained card — works correctly on any theme, no more header overlap * Fixed a race condition where a donor could receive the certificate email twice for the same order * Added database indexes for donor email, status, and date lookups — keeps the Analytics dashboard and monthly reminders fast as donation volume grows #### 1.0.2 * Donations without an active WooCommerce + payment gateway are now blocked with a clear message, instead of being recorded as “completed” and certificated without any payment actually being collected #### 1.0.1 * Added WooCommerce HPOS (High-Performance Order Storage) compatibility declaration * Removed in-dashboard “Premium” marketing tab #### 1.0.0 * Initial release ## Meta * Version **1.2.2** * Last updated **1 day ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 5.8 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.0.4** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Tags * [charity](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/charity/)[donate](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/donate/) [donation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/donation/)[fundraising](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/fundraising/) [woocommerce](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/woocommerce/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hlx-donate/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. 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