Easy Stripe Payments & Donations vs Donations via PayPal

Easy Stripe Payments & Donations lets you integrate Stripe Checkout into your WordPress site with minimal setup. Perfect for donations, simple eCommerce needs, services, or subscriptions. Live Demo: https://demo.ecosys365.com Five checkout modes included: Standard Checkout Accept one-time payments with customizable product name, amount, and currency. Subscription Checkout A dedicated checkout form for recurring subscription payments with a modern user experience. Advanced Checkout Combine one-time & subscription payments in a single flexible checkout with support for different pricing options. Campaign Checkout Track fundraising campaigns with a frontend progress display showing how much has already been collected. Subscription Button Let users subscribe to recurring payments (monthly/yearly) via Stripe with a Stripe-hosted checkout page. Supported Payment Methods & Currencies Easy Stripe Payments & Donations supports all payment methods offered by Stripe, as well as all currencies available through Stripe. You can easily enable or disable payment methods directly from your Stripe Dashboard, and they will automatically appear in the checkout on your website — no additional configuration required. Popular Stripe Payment Methods Supported Credit & debit cards (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, etc.) Apple Pay Google Pay Klarna PayPal via Stripe (if enabled in your Stripe account) SEPA Direct Debit Bancontact iDEAL Sofort EPS Giropay Przelewy24 (P24) BLIK Afterpay / Clearpay Alipay WeChat Pay Revolut Pay OXXO Pix Amazon Pay Affirm Zip Link by Stripe MobilePay Vipps Payments Satispay Bizum Crypto (Web3 & Stablecoin support) – Includes USDC payouts and Stripe-powered crypto onramp integrations for supported platforms and regions. Common Currencies Supported Easy Stripe Payments & Donations accepts all currencies supported by Stripe, including major global currencies such as: USD – United States Dollar EUR – Euro GBP – British Pound AUD – Australian Dollar CAD – Canadian Dollar CHF – Swiss Franc JPY – Japanese Yen SEK – Swedish Krona NOK – Norwegian Krone DKK – Danish Krone NZD – New Zealand Dollar SGD – Singapore Dollar AED – United Arab Emirates Dirham BRL – Brazilian Real MXN – Mexican Peso RON – Romanian Leu RUB – Russian Ruble TRY – Turkish Lira Stripe automatically handles currency conversion and processing according to your account settings. Other features include: Shortcode-based checkout button embedding Compatible with most themes and page builders Lightweight and privacy-conscious (no tracking or bloat) Premium features (available via a separate service): Domain-based license activation Priority support Stripe metadata (e.g. campaign name, custom user data) Multiple Stripe checkouts and multiple Stripe subscription payments Note: This plugin requires a free Stripe account. No additional fees are charged by the plugin author. Standalone Stripe Payment Solution — No WooCommerce Required Easy Stripe Payments & Donations works completely standalone and does not require WooCommerce or any other eCommerce framework. The plugin is designed for simple, fast, and reliable Stripe payments in WordPress without the overhead of a full shop system. Benefits of a standalone payment plugin include: Lightweight and fast performance without unnecessary dependencies Simple setup with no products, carts, or checkout pages required Lower maintenance and fewer compatibility issues Better performance for landing pages, donations, and service payments Full focus on Stripe payments without eCommerce complexity This makes Easy Stripe Payments & Donations ideal for websites that need Stripe payments without running a full online store. External services This plugin relies on external services to check premium membership status and to securely process payments via Stripe. All external connections are necessary for the plugin to provide its full functionality, and users sensitive data is handled securely according to the respective service’s privacy policies. EcoSys365 API This plugin connects to the external EcoSys365 API service (https://api.ecosys365.com). The connection is required in order to check whether the current domain has a valid premium membership status. Data sent: the domain name of the WordPress installation (no user or visitor personal data). Purpose: to confirm whether the domain is marked as “premium”, so premium features can be enabled or disabled. Service provider: EcoSys 365 Solutions LLC Terms of Service: https://ecosys365.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://ecosys365.com/privacy Domain Registration Service This plugin also connects to the external domain registration service www.payments-and-donations.com. The connection is used when a site administrator registers their domain for premium membership activation. Data sent: the domain name of the WordPress installation (no personal data from users or visitors). Purpose: to register the current domain for premium membership. Service provider: Payments and Donations (https://www.payments-and-donations.com) Terms of Service: https://www.payments-and-donations.com/terms-conditions Privacy Policy: https://www.payments-and-donations.com/privacy-policy Stripe JS Library The plugin loads the official Stripe JavaScript library from https://js.stripe.com/v3. This is required to securely handle payment forms and communication with Stripe’s payment gateway. Data sent: the library may collect payment-related information entered by users during checkout (e.g., card details), which is sent directly to Stripe’s servers and not processed or stored by this plugin. Purpose: to enable secure payment processing via Stripe. Service provider: Stripe Terms of Service: https://stripe.com/legal Privacy Policy: https://stripe.com/privacy Stripe API (via PHP SDK) This plugin uses the official Stripe PHP SDK to communicate with the Stripe API (https://api.stripe.com). These requests are required to manage payments, subscriptions, and products in the WordPress Dashboard, as well as to enable Stripe Checkout for end users on the frontend. Data sent: payment-related details such as product information, subscription data, and customer details that are required for processing payments. Sensitive payment information (e.g., credit card numbers) is sent directly to Stripe and never stored by this plugin or on the WordPress site. Purpose: to process payments, create subscriptions, and manage related resources in Stripe. Service provider: Stripe Terms of Service: https://stripe.com/legal Privacy Policy: https://stripe.com/privacy Open Source & Development The development of this plugin takes place on GitHub. You can find the full source code here: https://github.com/EcoSys-365/easy-stripe-payments

Adds a PayPal donation shortcode and sidebar Widget to WordPress. The options menu lets you setup you PayPal ID and a few other optional settings. You can choose which donation button you want to use or if you want to use your own button. You can also set an optional default purpose and reference which can be overridden on each inserted instance with the shortcode options or in the Widget settings. There is also options available for currency, localization of the button, custom payment page style and the return page. Widget In the Appearance -> Widgets you’ll find the PayPal Donations widget. After adding it to your sidebar you can enter a title for the Widget, some descriptive text that will appear above the button and specify an optional purpose and reference for the donation button to override the default settings. Shortcode Insert the button in your pages or posts with this shortcode [paypal-donation] Which is the simplest option, and uses all default and optional settings. If you want to make a specific button for a specific purpose you can add additional options. Example: [paypal-donation purpose="Spline Importer" reference="3D Plugins"] This donation plugin generates valid XHTML Transitional and Strict code. Translations The following language translations are already available in the plugin: Albanian (sq_AL) Danish (da_DK) Dutch (nl_NL) French (fr_FR) German (de_DE) Hebrew (he_IL) Italian (it_IT) Lithuanian (lt_LT) Malay – Bahasa Melayu (ms_MY) Norwegian bokmål Romanian (ro_RO) Russian (ru_RU) Spanish (es_ES) Swedish (sv_SE) Turkish (tr_TR) Related Links Documentation Support Forum