Kudos Donations vs Notch Pay

A modern and easy to use donation plugin Kudos Donations is a powerful, easy-to-use WordPress plugin that lets you accept donations effortlessly. Whether you’re running a charity, nonprofit, or a personal project, this plugin provides everything you need to create and manage effective donation campaigns. Fully integrated with Mollie, it supports a wide range of payment methods, allowing your donors to contribute through their preferred option. Key Features Easy Mollie Integration: Accept payments via credit card, PayPal, iDEAL, and more, using the Mollie payment gateway. Shortcode & Block Support: Choose between a shortcode or Gutenberg block to easily place donation forms anywhere on your site. Campaign Management: Set up and manage multiple donation campaigns with flexible options, including one-off and subscription-based donations. Customizable Donation Forms: Personalize the look of your donation forms by adjusting colors, text, and even applying custom CSS for each campaign. Campaign Goals & Progress Tracking: Set campaign-specific fundraising goals and show progress bars to your visitors. Multi-Currency Support: Accept donations in multiple currencies for a global reach. Comprehensive Donor Management: Access detailed insights into donors, transactions, and subscriptions. Automated Donation Receipts: Automatically generate and send donation receipts via email, complete with PDF attachments. PDF Donation Summaries: Generate downloadable PDFs for every successful donation, providing donors with clear and professional records. Why Choose Kudos Donations? Kudos Donations is designed to make online fundraising easier than ever. With seamless integration into your WordPress site, customizable options, and real-time tracking of donations, you can focus on growing your cause without the hassle of complicated setups. Source The Git repository for this plugin can be found here.

Notch Pay enables you to accept payments via Notch Pay (Mobile Money, cards, and more) across all major WordPress monetization use cases. Works automatically after activation with only API keys required. Why Notch Pay? Start receiving payments instantly—go from sign-up to your first real transaction in as little as 15 minutes Simple, transparent pricing—no hidden charges or fees Setup fees Modern, seamless payment experience with Notch Pay Understand your customers better through a simple and elegant dashboard Access to attentive, empathetic customer support 24/7 Clearly documented APIs to build your custom payment experiences Full Compatibility WooCommerce – Native gateway, refunds, webhooks, Blocks Easy Digital Downloads (EDD) – Native gateway GiveWP – One-time and recurring donations Charitable – Donations and fundraising LifterLMS – Native payment gateway LearnDash – Course payments Tutor LMS – Course payments MemberPress – Memberships Gravity Forms – Form payments WPForms – Use [notch_pay] shortcode Bookly – Use [notch_pay] shortcode for bookings The Events Calendar – Use shortcode for tickets WP Crowdfunding – Via WooCommerce WP Simple Pay – Use [notch_pay] shortcode Amelia – Use [notch_pay] shortcode for bookings Features Native Gateways – WooCommerce, EDD, GiveWP, Charitable, LifterLMS, MemberPress, Gravity Forms Universal Shortcodes – Direct payments, donations, content unlock for any platform Automatic Setup – Pages and endpoints created on activation Secure – HMAC webhook verification, nonces, sanitization Shortcodes [notch_pay amount="5000" currency="XAF" description="Product"] – Direct payment [notch_pay type="donation"] – Donation form with custom amount [notch_pay product_id="123"] – WooCommerce product sale [notch_pay access="content" content_id="45"] – Content unlock payment [notch_pay_content content_id="45" amount="1000"] – Content locker (pay to view) Requirements WordPress 6.0+ PHP 7.4+ Notch Pay account at business.notchpay.co External services This plugin connects to the Notch Pay API to create payments, verify payments, process refunds, and receive webhook updates. The service is required for the plugin to function as a payment gateway. Service provider: Notch Pay Service API endpoint: https://api.notchpay.co Data sent to the service can include: – Transaction data (amount, currency, reference, description, order/donation identifiers, metadata) – Customer data (email, and name when available) – Callback/return URLs used to complete the payment flow Data is sent only when needed to process payment actions, for example: – When a customer starts a payment – When the plugin verifies payment status – When a merchant triggers a refund – When webhook security/signature validation is performed during payment updates Terms of service: https://notchpay.co/policies/terms Privacy policy: https://notchpay.co/policies/privacy