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16 Best WordPress Plugins for Nonprofits

Last updated on September 18th, 2018 by Editorial Staff
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16 Best WordPress Plugins for Nonprofits

Are you looking for the best WordPress plugins for your nonprofit’s website? Due to tight budget and little technical support, nonprofits need to carefully choose the plugins they use for their website. In this article, we have hand-picked some of the best WordPress plugins for nonprofits.

WordPress Plugins for Non-Profits

1. Give

Give

Give is a WordPress plugin for non-profits to accept online donations. Give makes it easy to add payment gateway, add donation forms, and easily manage donations from your own WordPress dashboard.

It also shows you stats about your donations and you can easily integrate with other services like PayPal, MailChimp, Aweber, etc.

2. WPForms

WPForms

WPForms is the most beginner friendly contact form plugin for WordPress. It comes with a free version called WPForms Lite, which is perfect for small organizations, non-profits, and personal use.

WPForms also comes with a paid option, which allows you to create a donation form which can connect your forms with your MailChimp, AWeber, PayPal, and Stripe accounts.

3. OptinMonster

OptinMonster

OptinMonster is the best lead generation tool in the market. It helps you convert website visitors into subscribers and donors.

OptinMonster comes with lightbox popups, slide in popups, sidebar sign up forms, welcome gates, and much more. See how OptinMonster helped us increase our email subscribers by 600%.

4. Yoast SEO

Yoast SEO

Yoast SEO is the complete WordPress site optimization tool. It allows you to optimize your posts and pages for search engines and eliminates the need to install countless other plugins. It is easy to install and setup Yoast SEO plugin. See why we use Yoast SEO on all our websites.

5. Google Analytics by Yoast

Google Analytics for WordPress

Google Analytics provides you insights into how users reach and use your website. It tells you where your users are coming from, what pages they are looking at, how much time they spend on your site. It also provides a wealth of information about user behavior and can be effectively used to measure your conversion goals. Google Analytics by Yoast allows you to easily add Google Analytics into your WordPress site and manage it from your own dashboard.

6. Sucuri Free Scanner

Sucuri

Any website on the internet can become a target of hacking attempt or malicious code. WordPress sites are no exemption. With Sucuri free scanner, you can scan your WordPress site for malicious code and malware and then clean your WordPress site.

See how Sucuri helped us block 450,000 WordPress attacks in 3 months.

7. Testimonials Widget

Testimonials Widget

Testimonials Widget makes it super easy to add social proof on your WordPress site. It allows you to manage testimonials in your WordPress admin area. You can display these testimonials anywhere on your WordPress site. The plugin also comes with a testimonials widget, that you can add to a sidebar.

8. BackupBuddy

BackupBuddy

Backups are your first defence against any online mishap. BackupBuddy provides complete backup solution for your WordPress site.

It automatically creates database and file backups and saves them on cloud storage at predefined schedules. BackupBuddy also makes it easier for you to restore your site from backups or move it to new server.

See our guide on how to keep your WordPress content safe with BackupBuddy.

9. TablePress

TablePress

WordPress visual editor does not allow you to create tables. TablePress makes it easy for you to create beautiful tables without writing any HTML code.

For more detailed instructions, see our guide on how to add tables in WordPress.

10. Quick and Easy FAQ

Quick and easy FAQs

Want to add a frequently asked questions section for your non-profit? Quick and Easy FAQs plugin allows you to add FAQs with answers and then displays them beautifully on your website. You can display FAQs as simple list, collapsible menus, or in an accordion.

For detailed instructions, see our guide on how to add a frequently asked questions – FAQs section in WordPress.

11. Forget About Shortcode Buttons

Forget About Shortcode Buttons

As a non-profit, you need to create persuasive content with call to action buttons strategically placed across your website. Forget About Shortcodes Button plugin allows you to add beautiful buttons to your WordPress site without using any shortcodes.

For detailed instructions, see our guide on how to add buttons in WordPress without using shortcodes.

12. Simple Calendar – Google Calendar Plugin

Google Calendar Plugin

Want to create a page for church or non-profit events? Google Calendar Plugin makes it easy for you to display a Google calendar on your WordPress site. Your users can then subscribe to your calendar and stay informed about your events.

See our guide on how to add Google Calendar in WordPress for detailed instructions.

13. Floating Social Bar

Floating Social Bar

Spreading the word about your cause is crucial for the success of your non-profit website. Floating Social Bar adds social sharing button to your WordPress posts and pages. It allows your users to easily share content without leaving your site.

See our guide on how to add a floating social share bar in WordPress for detailed instructions.

14. Revive Old Post

Keeping up with your followers on social media can take a lot of your time. Revive Old Post plugin allows you to keep your social profiles active by sharing old posts from your site.

See our guide on how to automatically share your old WordPress posts for more detailed instructions.

15. MapPress Easy Google Maps

Google Maps are a highly effective tool in sharing maps and directions on the web. MapPress provides an easier and simpler way to easily add Google Maps anywhere on your WordPress site. You can use it to add directions, highlight markers, and add layers to your map.

See our article on how to add Google Maps in WordPress for detailed instructions.

16. Polylang

Polylang

Language shouldn’t be a barrier for a non-profit to spread its message. Polylang is a WordPress plugin that makes it a breeze to create multilingual websites in WordPress. It is extremely simple and easy to use. You can add users for different languages, those users will get a WordPress user interface. You users will be able to easily switch languages and browse your site in their native language.

For more detailed instructions see our guide on how to easily create a multilingual WordPress site.

We hope this article helped you find the best WordPress plugins for non-profits. You may also want to see our guide on how to select the perfect WordPress theme for your site.

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  1. Tracy R. Simmons says:
    Dec 6, 2016 at 12:08 am

    Hello,

    Thank you for sharing this awesome collection of 16 Best WordPress Plugins for Nonprofits

    Yoast SEO is one of my favorite plugin. It helps you to optimize your meta tags without entering into coding. I use this plugin in my website.

    Keep updating!!!

    Reply
  2. Bruce says:
    Sep 12, 2016 at 11:26 am

    Google Analytics by Yoast is now part of a paid product.

    Reply
    • Editorial Staff says:
      Sep 12, 2016 at 11:56 am

      It always had a free and paid version. You can download the free version here:

      https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-analytics-for-wordpress/

      Reply
  3. David Cornish says:
    Apr 18, 2016 at 1:45 am

    This is Very helpful article information. One that I would add in Yoast SEO, Which many nonprofits use to help target their content.

    Reply
  4. K G Mozumder says:
    Apr 13, 2016 at 2:38 am

    Very good post, these plugins will help me to creating non profit websites.

    Reply
  5. Rohit says:
    Apr 12, 2016 at 2:27 am

    Thanx for posting list of good plugins. It helps me.

    Reply
  6. Sue says:
    Apr 11, 2016 at 9:21 pm

    Thanks for this great article. It has removed some of the fear of starting my own blog.

    Reply
  7. Ted says:
    Apr 11, 2016 at 7:04 pm

    So you decided to delete my totally appropriate comment? Fine, never coming back here again!

    Reply
  8. Ted says:
    Apr 11, 2016 at 5:20 pm

    Seriously, you are recommending simple calendar?
    That plugin went downhill when they implemented their great big update.
    Haven’t touched it since.

    Reply
  9. Jason King says:
    Apr 9, 2016 at 8:49 am

    Difficult to argue with these choices, they’re all good plugins, but with the exception of Give for donations, they’re not specific to non-profits. That’s because by and large non-profits have the same plugin requirements as small to medium sized businesses.

    However, there are also CRM and mail campaign tools that are popular with non-profits, such as CiviCRM, Salesforce, Constant Contact, Vertical Response, MailChimp: and all these have plugins to integrate them with WordPress.

    Just a quick tip for any non-profits reading this: apply for a Google Ad Grant to get free advertising for your website.

    Reply
    • Adrienne says:
      Apr 11, 2016 at 1:52 pm

      …And Google for Work, you get unlimited emails with your nonprofit brands, and as stated Google Ads is wonderful. But keep in mind it’s a learning curve for this CRM… I’m good at SEO and Analytics and I’m still learning all Google Ads have to offer. But, you do get 100% 24hrs google support. –

      Reply
  10. Gaurav Khurana says:
    Apr 9, 2016 at 7:13 am

    Thanks for this nicely compiled list.. good to know i use some of them

    Reply
  11. Dean Bartley says:
    Apr 7, 2016 at 11:58 am

    This was a nice article. Very helpful. Thanks guys!

    Reply
  12. Adrienne says:
    Apr 7, 2016 at 11:21 am

    Great stuff. I use a lot of these plugins for my nonprofit, but a few I didn’t know of, will check them out.

    Reply

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