GiveWP 101
This is an overview of all the things you can do with GiveWP. By the end of this article, you should feel like you know what GiveWP does and the general places that you can find the tools needed.
Getting started with GiveWP is easy! We put together this quick start guide to help first time users of the plugin. Our goal is to get you up and running in no time. Let’s begin!
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Introducing GiveWP Donation Forms
Donation forms are the heart of GiveWP! They’re easy to create, have lots of customizations, and provide the easiest way possible for your visitors to donate on your Cause.
To add a new donation form, simply go to the “Donations” menu, and click on the “Add Form” sub-menu item.
Here are some of the highlights of the Donation Form tool in GiveWP:
- Single or Multi-level Donation Amounts
- Use the Form as a stand-alone page, or insert it anywhere on your site with a shortcode
- Show the payment fields either on the page, reveal on submit, or as a modal window.
- Require login to donate, and show the login form within the payment fields.
Forms have a lot of options in order to give you the most flexibility in creating your donor form. But always keep in mind to make the form as simple and intuitive as possible for your donors.
Categories
Occasionally, you might be doing multiple campaigns throughout your site. In that case you might want to categorize your forms for easier organization. GiveWP Categories work just like Post Categories.
Read more about GiveWP Categories
Tags
Tags are another way to organize your GiveWP forms. Tags help your site visitors more easily find donation forms that are relevant to them, in the same way that Post tags do.
Donations
Donations is where you can see and manage your ongoing donations. Here you can get an overview of your donors, the amounts, date of donation, and can update the status of any donation (particularly helpful with Offline donations).
Read more about GiveWP Donations
Reports
Reports allow you to see your donation trends over time. Reports can be generated for specific time periods, for specific gateways, or donors. They can be exported in various file formats, and detailed logs are also available.
Read more about GiveWP Reports
Settings
This is where you configure your global settings for how GiveWP interacts with your website. You can set which pages are used for various parts of the donation process, set your Payment Gateways, configure global display options, customize your emails, and get general system info for debugging or support questions.
Read more about GiveWP Settings
Add-ons
The Add-ons page is your portal to seeing all the ways you can extend the functionality of GiveWP. We are continually building out new premium and free Add-ons to enhance your and your visitors experience with donating online.
