
Live API Username, Password and Signature If you use our Recurring Donations extension, API keys are also required for automatically cancelling subscriptions. API SettingsĪs of Charitable 1.6, you are able to automatically refund donations in PayPal via your Charitable donation management page. However, it is important to be aware that this is a less secure method for verifying donations.įind out more about how to diagnose problems with donations not getting marked as Paid: PayPal IPN Troubleshooting. If you are having problems with donations not getting marked as Paid, disabling IPN verification can sometimes fix the issue. If you have registered as a non-profit organisation, you can select “Donations” for the transaction type otherwise select “Standard Transaction”.Ĭlick here for more information about registering as a non-profit with PayPal. PayPal offers discounted fees to registered non-profit organisations. If you are not sure how to create a sandbox account, read this guide about how to set up a PayPal sandbox account. This is automatically used when you have Charitable’s Test Mode setting enabled (on the Payment Gateways settings page). If you would like to test out the donation process without making real transactions, you can use PayPal’s sandbox environment. To avoid problems with having donations remain stuck as pending, ensure that this account is fully set up and approved by PayPal, and also that it is in the same currency as you have set in your Charitable settings.


This is the email address of the PayPal account that should receive all donations. This label will also be shown in the donation form to donors when you have multiple payment gateways enabled. The label that will be displayed in the WordPress dashboard for donations made through PayPal. Next, you will need to configure some settings by clicking on Gateway Settings.

Go to Charitable > Settings > Payment Gateways.You can enable it via your WordPress dashboard: PayPal is available out of the box as a payment gateway option.
