Mega Backing vs Recurring PayPal Donations

Mega Backing is a free WordPress plugin that connects your website to the Mega Backing donation platform. It lets charities, content creators, influencers, and anyone raising funds collect donations or tips from their audience in a fun, social, and engaging way. How it works: This plugin is the WordPress connector for the Mega Backing platform. When a donor gives, their payment is processed through Stripe (connected to your own Stripe account via Mega Backing’s Stripe Connect platform). The Mega Backing platform charges a 2.5% service fee on each successful transaction — this is how the platform is maintained and kept free for site owners to install and use. There is no monthly subscription or setup fee. Key Features: Stripe Connect — One-click onboarding. Connect your own Stripe account and start accepting payments. Scrollable Gift Cards — Horizontally scrollable donation tier cards with emoji labels. One-Off and Monthly Donations — Both payment types supported. Live Shoutout Wall — Donors can leave public messages (with GIFs) that appear like a live chat feed. Slot Machine Spin — Optional gamification: a spin wheel that randomly selects a donation amount. 20 Pre-Built Themes — Dark Gaming, Pop, Beige Aesthetic, Glassmorphic, Patriotic UK, Patriotic USA, Ocean Deep, Forest Green, Golden Sunset, Rose Gold, Midnight Luxe, Clean Minimal, Coral Summer, Cyberpunk Neon, Vintage Retro, Soft Pastel, Luxury Black & Gold, Deep Tech, Autumn Harvest, Cherry Blossom. Custom Theme Builder — Choose your own colours, fonts, and border radius. Hero Media — Add an image or video above the donation cards. Donation Goal Bar — Optional progress bar. Resettable. Confetti & Floating Hearts — Animations on tier selection and successful payment. Fee Coverage — Let donors optionally cover transaction fees. Profanity Filter — Automatically sanitises shoutout messages. GIF Support — Donors can attach GIPHY GIFs to their shoutouts (requires free GIPHY API key). Email Templates — Editable confirmation email for donors and notification for site owners. Reports Dashboard — View all donations by date, filter by status, download as CSV. GDPR Compliant — Configurable data retention. Integrates with WordPress Privacy Tools. Shortcode + Gutenberg Block — [mega_backing] (button) or [mega_backing_full] (embedded panel). Designed for: * Small charities and nonprofits * Content creators and influencers * Freelancers and consultants * Anyone collecting tips or appreciation payments from their audience Pricing Mega Backing is free to install and use. The Mega Backing platform charges a 2.5% service fee on each successful donation processed through the plugin. This fee is deducted automatically via Stripe Connect — there is nothing to pay upfront and no monthly subscription. Stripe’s own processing fees are separate and vary by country (e.g. 2.9% + $0.30 in the US; 1.5% + £0.20 in the UK). External Services This plugin connects to the following external services. By activating and using this plugin you agree to the terms and privacy policies of each service listed below. Stripe Used to process donation payments. Card details are collected by Stripe.js (loaded from Stripe’s CDN) and sent directly to Stripe’s servers. Donor payment information never touches your WordPress server. Stripe also handles monthly subscription billing and platform fee collection. Data sent: payment details, donor email (for receipt), donation amount and currency. Service URL: https://stripe.com Privacy Policy: https://stripe.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://stripe.com/ssa Mega Backing Platform The Mega Backing platform handles Stripe Connect account authorisation and collects the 2.5% service fee on each transaction via Stripe Connect application fees. When you click “Connect with Stripe”, you are redirected to Stripe and then back through the Mega Backing relay server, which exchanges the authorisation code for your Stripe account credentials. The relay server does not process, store, or have access to any donor payment data — it is only involved in the one-time account connection step. Data sent during setup: Stripe OAuth authorisation code (one-time only). Data sent on each transaction: 2.5% service fee collected by Stripe on behalf of Mega Backing. Relay URL: https://megabacking.com/relay/ Privacy Policy: https://megabacking.com/privacy GIPHY Used for GIF search in the optional shoutout section. GIF search is disabled by default and only activates when a free GIPHY API key is entered in plugin settings. When a donor searches for a GIF, their search query is sent to GIPHY’s API. Data sent: GIF search query text. Only active when: GIF feature is enabled AND a GIPHY API key has been configured in Mega Backing → General settings. Service URL: https://giphy.com Privacy Policy: https://support.giphy.com/hc/en-us/articles/360032872931 Google Fonts Used to load custom fonts when the Custom Theme Builder is enabled and a Google Font is selected in Mega Backing → Appearance. The font name is sent to Google’s servers to retrieve the font stylesheet. This only occurs on the frontend when a visitor views a page containing the donation widget and a custom Google Font has been configured. Data sent: Font family name (no personal data). Only active when: Custom Theme Builder is enabled AND a Google Font name is entered in appearance settings. Service URL: https://fonts.google.com Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy Privacy Mega Backing stores the following personal data when a donation is made: Donor name and email address — used for confirmation emails and shoutout display. Donation amount, currency, and Stripe transaction IDs — stored for financial reporting. Optional message/shoutout text and GIF URL — displayed publicly on the shoutout wall if submitted. Personal data is automatically anonymised after the retention period configured in Mega Backing → Privacy (default: 7 years, in line with standard financial record-keeping requirements). Data can be exported or erased via Tools → Export/Erase Personal Data. No personal data is shared with the Mega Backing relay server. Payment data is handled entirely by Stripe.

The Recurring Donations plugin allows you to accept recurring donations via PayPal from your website. It has a user-friendly and simple shortcode that lets you place a donate button anywhere on your WordPress site. You can add the subscription donation widget to your sidebar, posts, pages etc. The recurring donations widget this plugin creates is nice looking and user-friendly. Your users will be able to select a subscription or recurring donation amount and pay you monthly. This plugin allows you to accept one time donations also. So if some users prefer to pay a one-off donation, they can click on the “Donate Once” tab and make a one-time donation payment. Quick installation and setup. Easily take recurring donations via PayPal. Accept ongoing subscription donation on your site. The ultimate plugin to create PayPal recurring donations buttons. Create the donation buttons on the fly and embed them anywhere on your site using a shortcode. Ability to add multiple recurring donation widgets on your site for different causes. Accept subscription donation for various purposes. Allow your users to specify a donation amount that they wish to pay. Ability to accept recurring payment in any PayPal supported currency. Send your users to a custom thank you page after the payment. Option to send your users to a custom cancel return page from PayPal. The setup is very simple and easy. Once you have installed the plugin, all you need to do is enter your PayPal Email address in the plugin settings and your site will be ready to accept recurring donations from users. Shortcode Insert the following shortcode into a page or post to create a donation button. [dntplgn recurring_amt1="25" recurring_amt2="50" recurring_amt3="100" item_name="For the victims of XX"] Here, am1, am2 and am3 are the donation options. Widget In order to place a widget on the sidebar, go to “Appearance -> Widgets” and add a new text widget. Now add the following shortcode to the text widget. [dntplgn] After adding the widget to the sidebar, you can enter a title for the widget and some descriptive text that will appear above the button. You can also customize the shortcode parameters to override the default options. For detailed instructions please check the Recurring Donation Plugin documentation page.