How to add Donorbox to your website
Donorbox is a donation platform for nonprofits and community organisations, used by charities, community groups, clubs and fundraising campaigns. Here's how to put it on your own website, which embed option to pick, and what goes wrong.
Quick answer
Get the code from your Donorbox dashboard on the campaign itself, under the embed or share options. For most people the right choice is the inline embed — the donation form directly in your page — the highest-converting option. Paste it into a code or embed block on your site — not a plain text field — then place it beside your main call to action and test the whole flow on a phone before relying on it.
Donorbox: which option to use
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Inline embed | The donation form directly in your page — the highest-converting option. |
| Popup button | A button that opens the form over your page. |
| Donation link | A hosted page for social posts and emails. |
Step-by-step
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Find the code or link in your account
Donorbox keeps this in your Donorbox dashboard on the campaign itself, under the embed or share options. Copy what you need before touching your website — most of the time people lose is spent hunting for the snippet, not installing it.
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Pick the right option for the job
The table above is the decision. Inline embed: The donation form directly in your page — the highest-converting option. Popup button: A button that opens the form over your page. Choosing before you paste saves rebuilding the section later.
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Paste it into a code or embed block
This needs an HTML, code or embed block — not a plain text field, where the code will simply appear as text on your page. On Adviita, ask the AI editor to add an embed section and drop the code in. On WordPress use a Custom HTML block, on Squarespace a Code block (Business plan or above), and on Wix an Embed HTML element.
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Put it where the decision happens
Getting paid should take the customer as few taps as possible — every extra step is money left on the table. A widget three scrolls down does a fraction of the work of the same widget beside your main call to action. Decide what the page is for, then place it at the point the visitor is deciding.
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Check it on an actual phone
Most visitors to a small business website arrive on a phone, and embeds are where mobile layouts break. Open your live site on your own phone and confirm it loads, fits the screen without sideways scrolling, and does not push your contact button out of view. Third-party embeds are also the most common cause of a slow page, so if it noticeably delays loading, consider a plain link instead.
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Test it end to end before you rely on it
Run through the whole flow yourself as a customer would — make a small real payment — and confirm what should happen actually happens. Broken embeds fail silently, and the first person to notice is usually a customer who has already given up.
Tips & best practices
- ▸Recurring giving is where donation income actually comes from. Make sure monthly is the default option rather than one-off.
- ▸Gift Aid in the UK needs to be configured explicitly and adds meaningful value — do not leave it switched off.
- ▸Suggested amounts strongly shape what people give. Set them deliberately rather than accepting the defaults.
- ▸Re-test the embed after any change to your site, your plan, or the connected account — third-party widgets break quietly and nothing tells you.
Common questions
How do I add a donation form to my website?
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In Donorbox, open your campaign and copy the embed code. Paste it into a code block on your page. The inline embed converts considerably better than a link because the donor never leaves your site, and every extra click loses donations.
Should donations default to monthly or one-off?
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Monthly, in almost every case. Recurring donors are worth many times a single gift over their lifetime, and defaulting to monthly meaningfully increases how many choose it. Keep one-off available and clearly visible — just do not make it the default.
Do I need a developer to add Donorbox to my site?
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No. Every option here is copy and paste into a code or embed block, which every mainstream website builder provides. The only genuine blocker is a builder or plan that does not allow custom code at all — Squarespace, for instance, requires a Business plan or above for code blocks.
Will adding Donorbox slow down my website?
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Any third-party embed has some cost, because it loads code from another company's servers. One is usually unnoticeable; four or five on the same page is where small business sites become visibly slow. If page speed matters to you, prefer a plain link over a script wherever the option exists, and keep embeds to the pages that genuinely need them.