Give – Paystack Gateway

57 Quality Score

Active Installs

14/30

With roughly 1,000 active installs, adoption is modest but appropriate for a niche regional gateway extension; the score reflects this narrow reach rather than a problem with the plugin itself.

Update Freshness

17/25

The plugin was updated on 1 October 2025 and has been tested against WordPress 6.8.5, which signals an actively maintained codebase.

User Rating

8/15

Only 3 user ratings produce the 94/100 score, which is encouraging but statistically thin and should be treated as a soft signal rather than a proven track record.

Support Health

8/15

Zero support threads and zero resolutions mean we have no public evidence of how the developer responds when users run into issues, which is a meaningful gap for a payment-handling tool.

WP Compatibility

11/15

Requires WordPress 6.6 and PHP 7.4, which is a reasonable modern baseline, though compatibility is only confirmed up to 6.8.5 and not yet validated against GiveWP's latest release cycle.

Scores higher than 7% of indexed plugins

About

Fundraise with Paystack and GiveWP.

Active Installs 1k+

Rating ★★★★½ 4.7/5

Last Updated 2025-10-01 4:12pm GMT

Requires WordPress 6.6+

Tested Up To 6.8.8

Requires PHP 7.4+

✓ No known vulnerabilities

What It Does

Give - Paystack Gateway is a payment processor extension that connects GiveWP, a popular WordPress donation plugin, to Paystack, a payment gateway widely used across Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, and other African markets. Once activated and configured with your Paystack API keys, it lets donors complete contributions directly on your site using local cards, bank transfers, and mobile money through Paystack's checkout.

Who It's For

This plugin is best suited for nonprofits, churches, schools, and community organizations based in or collecting donations from African countries where Paystack operates, and that are already using or willing to install GiveWP as their donation management system. It works well for groups that need a local payment provider rather than Stripe or PayPal because their donors primarily pay with Nigerian, Ghanaian, or South African payment methods.

Who Should Skip It

If you are collecting donations from donors in North America or Europe, or if you do not already use GiveWP, this plugin adds no value on its own and you should look at GiveWP directly or a gateway with broader international coverage. Anyone who only needs a Paystack payment option for an online store rather than donations should use the Paystack WooCommerce Gateway instead.

The Bottom Line

Give - Paystack Gateway is a focused, actively maintained bridge plugin for African nonprofits already committed to GiveWP, and it does exactly one thing reasonably well. The limited install base, the near-absence of public support history, and the dependence on a separate donation plugin mean it is a solid but not risk-free choice, so test the full donation flow on a staging site before going live.

Pick GiveWP itself if you do not yet have a donation plugin, since this Paystack add-on only works on top of it and GiveWP scored 89.32 with 100,000 installs.

Donation Platform for WooCommerce 84/100

Choose this if your site runs on WooCommerce and you want donations handled through the same checkout as your products, rather than installing a dedicated donation plugin.

Paystack WooCommerce Payment Gateway 81/100

Pick this if you sell goods or services in Africa with WooCommerce and need Paystack for purchases rather than charitable giving.

Donations via PayPal 81/100

Choose this if your donors are primarily in regions where PayPal works reliably, since PayPal offers broader international coverage than Paystack.

Charitable - Donation Plugin for WordPress 80/100

Pick Charitable if you want an all-in-one fundraising platform with built-in recurring donations, campaigns, and gateways, rather than assembling GiveWP plus this add-on separately.