DonorCore – Donations For WooCommerce Wordpress Plugin - Rating, Reviews, Demo & Download
Plugin Description
DonorCore is a professional donation plugin that transforms WooCommerce into a powerful fundraising platform. It allows organizations to manage donation campaigns, track donors, analyze fundraising performance, and automatically generate email and PDF receipts — all from a modern React-based admin dashboard.
DonorCore is ideal for nonprofits, NGOs, charities, religious organizations, schools, and community groups that want a reliable, scalable, and fully WooCommerce-native donation solution without depending on third-party fundraising platforms.
Why DonorCore?
Unlike generic donation plugins, DonorCore is built specifically for professional fundraising workflows:
• Uses WooCommerce’s secure and flexible checkout system
• Modern React-powered admin dashboard (no legacy admin tables)
• Dedicated donor analytics instead of simple order lists
• Automatic email and PDF receipt generation
• Deep styling control without writing custom code
• Clean architecture following WordPress.org coding standards
Core Features
React Admin Dashboard
- Real-time donation analytics
- Interactive charts showing donation trends
- Quick stats: total raised, donor count, active campaigns, monthly revenue
- Top donors leaderboard
- Clean Material-UI based interface
Campaign Management
- Create unlimited donation campaigns
- Set fundraising goals and track progress visually
- Custom suggested donation amounts per campaign
- Campaign end dates with automatic donation form locking
- Live progress tracking
Donation Forms & Blocks
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2 Gutenberg Blocks:
- Donation Form Block – fully customizable donation form
- Progress Bar Block – real-time campaign progress display
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2 Shortcodes:
[donorcore_donation_form campaign_id="123"][donorcore_campaign_progress id="123"]
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Live preview in block editor
- Mobile-responsive layouts
- Custom suggested donation amounts
Complete Styling Control
- Central admin panel for all styling options
- Button styling: colors, hover states, padding, border radius
- Progress bar styling: colors, height, text, radius
- Font family, size, and weight controls
- Color pickers with alpha transparency
- Live CSS generation from admin settings
Donor Management
- Searchable donor database
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Individual donor profiles including:
- Lifetime donation total
- Total number of donations
- Contact details (email, phone)
- Full donation history
- Campaign-specific donations
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Material-UI drawer interface for detailed views
Automated Email Receipts
⚠️ SMTP configuration required for email functionality (install WP Mail SMTP plugin)
- Automatic email receipts on successful donations
- Fully customizable HTML email templates
- Dynamic placeholders available:
- Donor Info:
{donor_name},{donor_first_name},{donor_last_name},{donor_email},{donor_address} - Donation Info:
{amount},{currency},{date},{order_id},{receipt_number} - Campaign Info:
{campaign},{campaign_name} - Site Info:
{site_name},{site_url},{site_logo},{org_name},{org_address}
- Donor Info:
- HTML editor with syntax highlighting
- Custom email subject lines
- Background processing using Action Scheduler
PDF Receipt Generation
- Automatic PDF receipt generation for every donation
- Customizable HTML-based PDF templates
- Same placeholder system as email templates
- PDF receipts attached to donation emails
- Download links available for donors
Advanced Settings Panel
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General settings:
- Minimum donation amount
- Default suggested amounts
- Data management tools
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Email template settings:
- Subject customization
- HTML editor
- Placeholder reference
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PDF template settings:
- Layout customization
- Template editor
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Donation form styling:
- Button colors, fonts, spacing
- Responsive design controls
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Progress bar styling:
- Fill and background colors
- Text colors for amounts and percentage
- Height, radius, and typography controls
Security Features
- Fully WordPress.org compliant
- Nonce validation on all REST API endpoints
- Capability checks (
manage_options) - Prepared database queries
- Input sanitization and output escaping
- GDPR-compatible using WordPress privacy tools
Performance Optimizations
- Database indexing for faster queries
- Query caching using transients (30 minutes)
- Optimized React admin bundle
- Lazy loading of admin components
- Compatible with WooCommerce HPOS
Source Code & Build Instructions
The complete, human-readable React and Gutenberg source code for all compiled assets is included directly within the plugin under the src/ directory, and is also publicly available in our GitHub repository:
- Public Source Repository: https://github.com/lalitraj881/donorcore-premium-woocommerce-donation-plugin
Source files and compiled bundles mapping:
src/admin/— Source React administration application (compiles toassets/js/admin-app.js)src/blocks/donation-form/— Source Gutenberg Donation Form block (compiles toassets/js/donation-form-block.js)src/blocks/progress-bar/— Source Gutenberg Progress Bar block (compiles toassets/js/progress-bar-block.js)
How to build from source:
- Clone or extract the plugin files.
- Run
npm installto install build dependencies. - Run
npm run buildto compile production bundles via Webpack (webpack.config.jsincluded in plugin root).
Third-party PHP libraries (managed via Composer):
dompdf/dompdfv3.1.6 — https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf — MIT/LGPL license
Used for PDF receipt generation. Source included undervendor/dompdf/.
Screenshots
React-based admin dashboard with real-time analytics and donation timeline
Campaign management interface with goal tracking and progress
Donor database with searchable profiles and lifetime value tracking
Donor details drawer showing donation history and contact information
Donation form block in Gutenberg editor with live preview
PDF template editor with HTML syntax highlighting and placeholders
Email template editor with HTML syntax highlighting and placeholders
Donation form styling panel with typography and color controls
Progress bar styling customization settings
Campaigns post type with goal, dates, and Progress.
Campaign creation interface with title, goal amount, start date, end date, and suggested donation amounts configuration.
