Fundations is a peer-to-peer crowdfunding plugin for WordPress. Supporters create their own fundraising pages under a cause or campaign, and the site owner collects donations through a payment gateway. It ships in two parts: Fundations (FREE), published on WordPress.org, and Fundations Pro, a self-hosted commercial add-on licensed through Appsero.
Current versions: FREE 2.12.1 / Pro 1.10.3.
Fundations is block-editor only. It needs a block theme (Full Site Editing). There are no classic PHP templates.
Recent highlights
- Categories group fundraising pages by cause, nest to any depth, and are admin-managed and selectable in the wizard and edit form.
- The Meta Field block displays any post, organisation, or user meta value, as text, number, date, link, or image, anywhere including inside a Fundations grid.
- Pro adds public Organisation pages, and the Filter Bar now works on the fundations, events, and organisations archives and can filter by category.
- Events are a full post type, not a taxonomy, with their own page, owner, and combined totals.
- The Emails system moved to a dedicated screen with tag-based templates, plus per-form notifications and confirmations.
- A Demo data generator builds and removes a full sample P2P system.
- Pro adds Invite and manage members and PDF donation receipts.
See the changelog for the full list.
Start here
- Getting started: install, requirements, theme compatibility, and your first campaign.
- Free features: everything in the WordPress.org plugin.
- Pro features: payment gateways, reports, integrations, invitations, receipts, and more.
Reference
- Blocks reference: every server-rendered block.
- Payment providers: PayPal (free), Mollie and Stripe (Pro).
- User guides: task-based walkthroughs for site owners and fundraisers.
- Developer reference: hooks and filters, the REST API, custom block development, and contributing.