DonorCore – Donations for WooCommerce

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 organizations, community groups, and fundraisers 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

• 2 Gutenberg Blocks:

  • Donation Form Block – fully customizable donation form
  • Progress Bar Block – real-time campaign progress display

• 2 Shortcodes:

  • [donorcore_donation_form campaign_id="123"]
  • [donorcore_campaign_progress id="123"]

• 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

• Individual donor profiles including:

  • Lifetime donation total
  • Total number of donations
  • Contact details (email, phone)
  • Full donation history
  • Campaign-specific donations

• 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}
• 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

• General settings:

  • Minimum donation amount
  • Default suggested amounts
  • Data management tools

• Email template settings:

  • Subject customization
  • HTML editor
  • Placeholder reference

• PDF template settings:

  • Layout customization
  • Template editor

• Donation form styling:

  • Button colors, fonts, spacing
  • Responsive design controls

• 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