Changelog

Release history

What shipped, when, in plain language.

2.0.0 — June 2026

Complete production rewrite. The headline: recurring giving, free.

  • Stripe Payment Element — cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay; one-time and recurring (monthly, quarterly, yearly) via Stripe subscriptions.
  • PayPal Smart Buttons for one-time gifts (Orders v2, server-side capture).
  • Fee recovery with live totals, recomputed server-side.
  • Tributes & memorials with personal messages.
  • Donor management — automatic donor records, lifetime totals, search, filters, CSV export.
  • Email receipts with placeholders, plus admin notifications.
  • Reports dashboard — total raised, monthly trend, average gift, active recurring count.
  • Signed Stripe webhooks — renewals, refunds, and failures sync automatically.
  • Security hardening — server-side verification of every payment, rate limiting, honeypot, prepared statements throughout.
  • Donation Form block for the editor; legacy [donation_form] shortcode still works.
  • i18n-ready, 20 currencies, test mode for both gateways.

1.0 — 2024

Initial prototype. Donation form and basic donor/donation tables. Replaced entirely by 2.0.0.

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