Jim Richardson
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Is your museum looking to get donations online? Are you looking for a WordPress donation plugin?
With the current crisis hitting museum finances, institutions are looking at how they can raise funds online. In this article, we will share fundraising and donation plugins that can help your museum to collect one off and recurring donations from those visiting your website.
We’re focusing on WordPress websites in this article as this is the world’s most popular content management system and is used extensively to build museum websites.
One of the advantages of using WordPress is the extensive plugin library. A plugin is a piece of software that can add functionality or features to your website without the need for programming knowledge.
There are dozens of WordPress donation plugins available, some are free, while others require either a one off payment or a subscription. In this article we look at the two most popular options the free PayPal Donations Button and the most popular paid option GiveWP