Mission – Donation Plugin for WordPress – Fundraising & Recurring Donations
by Mission · Uncategorized
Accept donations, manage recurring giving, and run peer-to-peer fundraising with Mission, a free WordPress donation plugin for nonprofits
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Health
A 85/100
Few reviews
Active installs
70+
≈80 estimated
Momentum
+15%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “donate”, “donation” and “crowdfunding” for “memorial”, “peer to peer” and “donation plugin”. “donate” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “memorial” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “donation” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #19. “peer to peer” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “crowdfunding” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #16. “donation plugin” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
85 health vs 58 average across 25,733 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.1%
of downloads still active
At least 70 of 3.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,766 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 12 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 8 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
33
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.6
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
8%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.3
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| mission | #1 | #6 | 0 |
| tribute | #3 | #4 | 0 |
| peer to peer | #8 | #14 | 0 |
| donation plugin | #11 | #19 | down 1 |
| recurring donations your tag | #11 | #19 | down 1 |
| fundraising your tag | #12 | #18 | down 3 |
| memorial | #7 | #5 | 0 |
| crowdfunding your tag | #16 | #17 | up 3 |
| donation your tag | #19 | #20 | down 2 |
| wordpress donation plugin | #18 | #21 | down 2 |
| donations | #24 | #22 | down 2 |
| recurring donation | #9 | #17 | down 2 |
| ngo | #17 | #16 | 0 |
| donor | #19 | #20 | down 1 |
| roster | #20 | #16 | down 5 |
| online fundraising | #14 | #18 | 0 |
| churches | #23 | #20 | down 5 |
| wordpress donations | #18 | #23 | down 1 |
| wp crowdfunding | #19 | #18 | 0 |
| donate plugin | #24 | #23 | 0 |
| donate your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
53 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 33 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “donate”, “donation” and “crowdfunding” for “memorial”, “peer to peer” and “donation plugin”. “donate” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “memorial” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “donation” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #19. “peer to peer” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “crowdfunding” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #16. “donation plugin” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “crowdfunding”. #16 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- One page off on “fundraising”. #12 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- One page off on “recurring donations”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 2 Jun 2026 · 151 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.6K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #18,200 to #19,000, alongside the other plugins at 70+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
12
releases in the last 12 months
8d ago
latest release · v1.5.1 · 23 Oct 2026
12
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “70+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 80.
At the current install trend, crossing 80+ in roughly 34 days.
Install history since 5 Jun 2026
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Brian Fischer5mo ago
I’m quite happy with how well this plugin works, both for WordPress novices, and those that know their way around the editor. Setup is simple and straightforward. Details, payment connect, and right to your creating your first campaign. The campaign post is ready to go right away, probably good for most users, but it has an abundance of options if you want to dive a bit deeper. All content is editable, but it gives you some decent boilerplate sentences to start. The main donation form has quite a variety of options as well. Donation frequency and amounts, what info gets collected, who covers the card processing fees. Again great for most to set it and forget it, but the option is there for those who need to get more technical. The dashboard is clean, easy to see who is donating, what’s going where. Settings as well, easy export options, ability for webhooks / zaps. I haven’t tested it, but it looks like it has the option to import from other plugins if you want to make the switch. Best part, according to the features page, is that it looks like all future updates and features will be included. No add-ons or anything getting locked behind a paywall.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
8 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Accept donations, manage recurring giving, and run peer-to-peer fundraising with Mission, a free WordPress..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 11 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 11 of 11 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("built for", "for nonprofits").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Elementor, Block editor, Bricks, Stripe.
- ✓ Headings and lists 11 headings and 7 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 8,163 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-29 80+ → 70+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2026-10-21 90+ → 80+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-10-19 80+ → 90+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2026-10-13 90+ → 80+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-10-11 80+ → 90+ up after 11 days in tier
- 2026-09-30 70+ → 80+ up after 19 days in tier
- 2026-09-11 80+ → 70+ down after 63 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 70+ → 80+ up after 19 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 5 shared tags A -
Charitable – Donation & Fundraising Platform (Donation Forms, Recurring Donations & Fundraising Campaigns) 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 5 shared tags A -
FundEngine – Donation and Crowdfunding Platform 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 5 shared tags B -
Fundrizer Lite – Donation Plugin for Transparent Fundraising 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags -
Donor Merchant – Donation Form with Recurring Donations, Stripe and PayPal 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags A -
Better Payment – Instant Payments, Donations, Fundraising with Subscriptions & More 5K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A
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