Give – Paystack Gateway vs Zeffy Donate Button

The Give – Paystack Gateway plugin integrates the popular Paystack payment processor with GiveWP, allowing you to accept donations from supporters across Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa and Kenya. Paystack provides a secure, reliable payment infrastructure that supports multiple payment methods including cards, bank transfers, and mobile money. This plugin requires the GiveWP plugin to be activated to function properly. When activated, it adds Paystack as a payment gateway option for your donation forms. Features Secure Payments: Accept donations through Paystack’s secure payment infrastructure Multiple Payment Methods: Support for cards, bank transfers, and mobile money Seamless Integration: Works perfectly with GiveWP’s donation forms Transaction Management: View and manage donations directly from your WordPress dashboard Test Mode: Built-in test mode for safe testing before going live Supported Countries Paystack currently supports businesses in: * Nigeria * Ghana * Kenya * South Africa Intuitive Dashboard Use the Paystack dashboard to manage your customers, payments, and track your growth. Fraud Protection For Paystack, stopping fraud is top priority. We’ve used machine learning to minimize risks, reduce chargebacks and its associated costs. Paystack’s fraud systems is built to learn. And so it’s continually adapting to both local and international fraud. We screen every transaction by checking the IP, history, geolocation etc. to proactively identify fraudulent transactions. The entire network is used to prevent fraud. We learn from card and device fingerprints used to pay across different merchants. Multiple Channels We’ve done all the heavy lifting such that you can immediately start accepting payments across all channels. Allow your customers make payments via their credit/debit card, bank accounts, USSD and Mobile Money. Paystack Go! Track your business performance in the palm of your hand with Paystack Go! – This is a Progressive Web App that gives you access to your dashboard even when you are offline. You can easily look up transactions, track your businesses, and send invoices on the go. If your Paystack business has been activated, simply visit go.paystack.com on your mobile phone to use Paystack Go. Requirements Active Paystack account

The only 100% free donation plugin for nonprofits. No platform fees, no transaction fees, no credit card fees — every dollar your donors give goes directly to your cause. Trusted by over 100,000 nonprofits across the US and Canada, Zeffy has helped organizations raise more than $2 billion. Churches, food banks, animal rescues, schools, and community foundations use Zeffy to collect donations on their WordPress sites without losing a cent to platform charges. Most donation plugins charge a percentage of every gift, a monthly subscription, or both. Zeffy charges nothing. Zeffy is funded entirely by optional tips that donors can choose to leave — your nonprofit keeps 100% regardless. Zeffy is also a certified B Corp, and has been supporting nonprofits for over 7 years. 📚 Zero Fees for Your Nonprofit No platform fee No transaction fee No credit card processing fee No monthly or annual subscription Donors can leave an optional tip to support Zeffy — your organization keeps 100% either way 📋 Donation Forms and Donate Buttons Embed a full donation form directly on any WordPress page or post Add a donate button that opens your form in a popup — no coding required Customize forms with your organization’s colors and custom donor fields Run multiple donation forms for different campaigns or programs Works on any device — desktop, tablet, and mobile 🔄 Recurring Monthly Donations Donors can choose one-time or recurring giving on every form. Monthly recurring donations are easy for donors to set up at checkout. All recurring giving is managed in your Zeffy dashboard — no extra configuration needed inside WordPress. 🧾 Automatic Tax Receipts Tax-compliant receipts sent automatically after each donation (for eligible organizations) Year-end summaries generated without manual work Donors receive their receipt instantly — no follow-up needed from your team Stay compliant without adding work to your plate 💳 Accepted Payment Methods Accept donations with the payment methods your supporters already use — no extra accounts or configuration needed: Credit and debit cards (Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and more) PayPal Apple Pay and Google Pay Bank transfers (ACH) 👥 Donor Management Every donation, donor, and interaction stored in one Zeffy dashboard — free, with no paywall on any feature: Track giving history across all your campaigns Segment donors and send targeted email campaigns directly from Zeffy Automate receipts and year-end summaries ❤️ Built for Every Type of Nonprofit Zeffy works for organizations of every size and cause: Churches and faith-based organizations: tithes, offerings, and ministry donations online Animal shelters and rescues: fund medical care, rescue operations, and adoption drives Food banks and hunger relief organizations: raise funds to feed your community Schools and PTAs: collect donations for programs, trips, and classroom supplies Community foundations and charitable funds: accept restricted and unrestricted gifts Arts and culture organizations: fund performances, exhibits, and creative programs ⚡ Set Up in Under 5 Minutes Install and activate the plugin, connect your Zeffy account, and add a shortcode wherever you want your form or button. No coding. No developer needed. Note for WordPress.com users: Installing plugins requires a WordPress.com Business plan or higher, or a self-hosted WordPress site (WordPress.org). The free WordPress.com plan does not support third-party plugins. External Services This plugin connects to Zeffy.com to display donation forms and process donations. This service is required for the plugin to function. What data is sent and when: * Campaign information is loaded when the donation form displays * Donation data (amount, donor information, payment details) is transmitted when a donor gives * All data is sent securely over HTTPS to Zeffy’s servers Third-party service details: * Service: Zeffy — https://www.zeffy.com * Purpose: Processing donations and displaying donation forms * Terms of Service: https://support.zeffy.com/terms-of-use-for-users * Privacy Policy: https://support.zeffy.com/data-privacy-policy Step 1: Create your Zeffy account Visit https://www.zeffy.com/ and click “Sign Up Free” Register your nonprofit organization (takes about 2 minutes) Link your bank account to receive donations Step 2: Create your donation form Log into your Zeffy dashboard Create a new donation campaign Customize your form with branding, donation amounts, and donor fields Save and copy your campaign URL Step 3: Install and activate the plugin Go to your WordPress dashboard Click Plugins > Add New Search for “Zeffy” Click Install Now, then Activate Step 4: Configure the plugin Go to Settings > Zeffy in your WordPress dashboard Paste your Zeffy campaign URL into the Campaign URL field Click Save Changes Step 5: Add your form or button Use one of two shortcodes anywhere on your site: [zeffy-donate] — embeds the full donation form inline width and height (defaults: 700×1000). Example: [zeffy-donate width=800 height=1200] fullwidth (true/false, default: false). Example: [zeffy-donate fullwidth=true] align (left/center/right, default: center). Example: [zeffy-donate align=left] url (overrides default campaign). Example: [zeffy-donate url=”https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/your-id”] [zeffy-donate-button] — displays a button that opens the form in a popup text (default: “Donate Now”). Example: [zeffy-donate-button text=”Support Us”] bg-color (default: #007bff). Example: [zeffy-donate-button bg-color=”#28a745″] text-color (default: #ffffff). Example: [zeffy-donate-button text-color=”#000000″] url (overrides default campaign). Example: [zeffy-donate-button url=”https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/your-id”] Both shortcodes use the campaign URL from Settings > Zeffy by default. Step 6: Publish and test Publish your page and make a test donation to confirm everything is working. Need help? Visit https://support.zeffy.com/ or email [email protected]