Paymattic: The Simplest Payment & Donation Plugin for WordPress

If you have ever tried to set up payments or donations in WordPress, you already know the pattern.

Most plugins say they are “simple,” yet in reality, they are heavy, slow, and packed with features you do not need. They add complex product systems, dozens of submenus, and constant maintenance overhead, even when all you want is:

A clean payment form
A simple donation form with essential features
A simple way to track members and manage subscriptions

This is exactly the problem Paymattic solves.

Paymattic is a simple, lightweight payment and donation plugin for WordPress that focuses on speed, clear workflows, and practical features. As a result, you can use it for one-time payments, recurring payments, recurring donations, and fundraising campaigns without turning your site into a full e‑commerce stack.

In this review, you will learn what Paymattic does well, where it fits, and how to decide if it is the right solution for your site. So, let’s get started.

What is Paymattic?

Paymattic is a WordPress plugin for accepting payments and donations through simple, customizable payment and donation forms. It combines three things in one:

Payment forms (one-time or recurring)
Donation and fundraising tools
Basic customer and donor management

You install it like any other plugin, connect a payment gateway such as Stripe, then build payment or donation forms with a drag-and-drop builder. You can embed those forms anywhere in WordPress with a shortcode or Paymattic block.

Paymattic is developed by WPManageNinja, the same team behind plugins like FluentCRM, Fluent Forms, FluentCommunity, and Ninja Tables. It is actively maintained, has detailed documentation, and integrates cleanly with other marketing and LMS tools in the WordPress ecosystem.

Who is Paymattic for?

Paymattic is best suited for people who need payments or donations built into their WordPress site, not as a full online store or big, clunky setups.

That means you get the most value from Paymattic when your primary goal is to collect payments or donations through simple forms with only the necessary features.

Ideal use cases of Paymattic:

Here are the types of sites that benefit most from Paymattic, and why.

Nonprofits and fundraising campaigns

Nonprofits often need to:

Run multiple campaigns at the same time
Accept one-time and recurring donations
Show clearly how much has been raised versus the goal
Keep basic donor records and send receipts

Paymattic is perfect in this scenario because you can:

Use pre-built donation templates to launch donation forms quickly
Add donation progress bars to show goal completion in real time
Offer default donation amounts, plus custom amounts when needed
Enable recurring donations through several gateways in Pro
Give donors guest checkout or allow anonymous donations
Provide donor dashboards where supporters can see their giving history and manage subscriptions

Small businesses and solo founders

Freelancers, agencies, and small product businesses often need to accept payments for:

Fixed-price services or retainers
Digital products or downloads
Event tickets or simple registrations
Small, curated product lines

Paymattic works well here because you can:

Build focused checkout forms for each service or product
Use tabular product items when you have variations or bundles
Add tax-calculated amount fields when you need tax visibility on forms
Apply coupons, handle discounts, and show payment summaries before checkout

You avoid the overhead of setting up product catalogs, carts, and shipping logic for what is essentially form-based selling.

Membership and community sites

Membership and community sites often need to:

Gate access based on paid or free members
Charge recurring fees for access
Sync payment status with access rights

Paymattic helps you by letting you:

Register WordPress users automatically when a payment succeeds
Assign user roles on payment or upgrade
Use recurring payments to manage renewals
Combine this with your existing community or membership plugin

This is a good fit if your membership is primarily content or community access, and you do not require complex store-like behavior.

Professional services that need structured billing

Agencies, consultants, and service providers frequently need structured but simple billing flows, for example:

One-off project deposits
Milestone payments
Recurring retainers

Paymattic allows you to:

Create separate forms for each payment scenario (deposit, final payment, retainer)
Use subscription payment items for retainers
Add tax-calculated amount fields (Pro) where you must show tax clearly
Offer multiple gateways so clients can pay in the way that suits them

Course creators and LMS businesses

If you run courses on platforms like LearnDash, Tutor LMS, or LifterLMS, you usually want a direct link between payment and enrollment. With Paymattic, you can:

Connect payment forms to LMS courses
Automatically enroll students into one or more courses after successful payment
Use subscriptions for recurring access or installment payments
Track payments and student purchases from the same dashboard

When you should not use Paymattic

Paymattic is not the best choice if:

You run a large catalog-style ecommerce store with hundreds or thousands of products
You need full cart behavior, inventory tracking, shipping methods, and product variations
You rely heavily on store-specific features, such as complex discounts across entire catalogs

In those cases, FluentCart or another full e-commerce platform is more appropriate. Paymattic is designed for focused payments through forms, not for replicating a full retail store model.

How to decide if Paymattic fits your use case?

Use Paymattic if most of the following are true:

You want a simple setup, secure form-based transaction with essential features and strong anti-spam protection
You want a plugin with good ratings, that gets updates regularly, and is properly maintained
You want to sell products or collect donations via forms, not via a shopping cart
You want recurring donations or subscriptions handled via well-known gateways
You need simple tax, coupon, and reporting capabilities without complex e-commerce logic
You prefer having payments, donations, and basic customer or donor profiles in one plugin

If you recognize your workflow in the nonprofit, LMS, small business, membership, or service scenarios above, Paymattic is likely a good fit.

Key features of Paymattic

Below are the main feature sets that matter when deciding on a payment or donation plugin.

1. No-code, simple form builder

Paymattic comes with a Gutenberg-style, no-code form builder. You can:

Use the classic forward-slash key (/) to add form fields.
Drag and drop fields to organize your payment or donation forms
Use multi-column layouts
Start from pre-built templates for payments and donations
Customize styling without touching CSS if you do not want to

The free version includes 22 core form fields. Paymattic Pro expands this to more than 35 fields for more complex payment, product, and donation forms.

This builder is simpler than a full form plugin plus payment add-ons, and is purpose-built for transactional forms. For most basic to intermediate payment use cases, you do not need a separate form builder.

2. Global payment support and currencies

Paymattic supports 3D and 2D payments across many countries and currencies.

The free plugin supports Stripe for one-time payments and donations.
The Pro version supports 13+ gateways, including Stripe, PayPal, Square, Mollie, Razorpay, Paystack, Flutterwave, Payrexx, SSLCommerz, Authorize.Net, Moneris, Xendit, Vivawallet, Billplz, and more.

Paymattic supports more than 157 currencies out of the box and includes a currency settings panel.

With Pro, you can enable a currency switcher, so donors can choose their local currency on the form. If you sell or fundraise in multiple regions, this reduces friction and supports better conversion rates compared to “USD-only” setups.

3. One-time and recurring payments/donations

Paymattic supports both one-time and recurring payments.

Free: One-time payments and donations via Stripe (including Credit Cards, Apple Pay, and Google Pay).
Pro: Subscription payments and recurring donations through gateways like Stripe, PayPal, Square, Moneris, and others.

You can configure:

Billing intervals: daily, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, yearly
Trial periods
Sign-up fees

This covers most standard subscription and membership use cases without bringing in a full membership suite. Recurring billing runs via the gateway, while Paymattic handles form logic and customer records.

4. Donation and fundraising tools

For nonprofits and fundraisers, Paymattic adds several donation-focused features on top of regular payment forms:

Pre-built donation templates
Donation progress bars to show how close you are to your goal
Default and preset donation amounts, plus custom amounts (Pro)
Guest and anonymous donations
Recurring donations via multiple gateways (Pro)
Donor leaderboard in the Pro version, with sorting and filtering
Donor dashboard for donors to track donations and manage subscriptions (upon approval)

These tools make it easy to run campaigns without stacking a generic form plugin, a CRM, and a separate fundraising tool.

5. Customer and donor management

Paymattic keeps basic customer and donor records so you can see who paid, what they paid for, and how often.

In Paymattic, you get:

Customer and donor profiles: Each profile shows payment history, active subscriptions, associated forms, and interactions.
Customer and donor dashboards: You can allow customers or donors to log in to view payment history and invoices, and to manage their subscriptions.
Entry details: View per-entry data, including form fields, payment items, gateway response, and PDF invoices.

6. Reporting and analytics

Paymattic includes a reporting dashboard that surfaces key metrics:

Total and weekly revenue or donations
Total and new customers or donors
Revenue or donation by period
Breakdown by payment method and status
Top customers or donors
Recent activities
Top payment gateways used

If you are running multiple forms, this helps you quickly see which campaigns or products perform best, without exporting data into another analytics tool.

7. Security and performance

Payment plugins sit in a sensitive part of your website, so security and performance are the most crucial factors. Paymattic uses several layers to limit spam and abuse:

Google reCAPTCHA v2 and v3
Honeypot fields
Cloudflare Turnstile integration

Actual card data is processed by the underlying gateway (Stripe, PayPal, etc.) rather than stored directly in your WordPress database, which is standard practice for modern payment plugins. It’s secure and foolproof.

From a performance angle, Paymattic is lighter than any e‑commerce plugin. It focuses on forms and transactions instead of cart logic, shipping, and large product catalogs. This usually results in less overhead on the front end and in the admin compared with a full e-commerce setup, especially on smaller sites.

8. Integrations with marketing, automation, and LMS tools

Paymattic integrates with several popular plugins and services so you can automate follow-ups and workflows.

Free integrations include:

FluentCRM
FluentCommunity
Fluent Support
Mailchimp
Slack
Zapier

Paymattic Pro adds:

ActiveCampaign
Twilio
Webhooks
WP User Registration
Telegram
Google Sheets
LearnDash
Tutor LMS
LifterLMS

The LMS integrations are notable: you can automatically enroll students in specific courses once payments are complete, eliminating the need for manual enrollment or custom glue code.

9. Additional features

Paymattic includes a range of smaller features that solve common friction points:

Form scheduling (Pro) so forms are only active during campaign windows
Multi-step payment and donation forms
Tabular product layouts with built-in summary
Coupons and discounts (Pro)
Tax calculation (Pro)
Email and SMS notifications (Pro)
Export and import forms and entries
WordPress user registration on payment (Pro)

Paymattic Free vs Paymattic Pro: what you get

Paymattic has a free plugin on the WordPress.org repository and a Pro version with additional features and gateways. Here is how they differ in practical terms:

What you get in the free version

The free version is designed as a zero-cost entry point for basic payments and donations. It includes:

Stripe payment gateway for one-time payments and donations
Stripe on-site or Stripe-hosted checkout
Apple Pay and Google Pay via Stripe
Pre-built payment and donation templates
Donation progress bar
22+ form fields for building simple forms
Multi-column layouts
PDF invoices
157+ currency settings
Spam protection with reCAPTCHA v2/v3, honeypot, and Cloudflare Turnstile
Basic reporting inside the dashboard
Free integrations with FluentCRM, Fluent Support, Mailchimp, Slack, Zapier, and FluentCommunity
Form entry export and import
Customizable confirmation messages
Custom payment gateway support

If you only need one-off payments or donations via Stripe and a simple reporting view, the free version will cover most use cases.

What you get in Paymattic Pro

Paymattic Pro unlocks the full transactional feature set:

13+ gateways: Stripe, PayPal, Authorize.Net, Square, Mollie, Billplz, Flutterwave, Paystack, Payrexx, Razorpay, Xendit, Moneris, Vivawallet, SSLCommerz, plus offline payments
Recurring payments and recurring donations
Custom donation and payment amounts
35+ form fields
Currency switcher for donations and more flexible currency settings
Advanced conditional logic
Customer and donor dashboards and profiles
Donor leaderboard
Tabular product layouts (three store-style templates)
Coupons and tax calculation
Advanced reporting tools
Email and SMS notifications
WordPress user registration on payment
Form scheduling and form entry limits
Integrations with Google Sheets, ActiveCampaign, Telegram, LMS integrations, and others.

If you run regular campaigns, subscriptions, or membership programs, you will almost certainly want the Paymattic Pro version.

Pricing Model

Paymattic Pro uses a straightforward pricing model with annual and lifetime options and no per-transaction fee from the plugin itself. You pay the standard fees to your payment gateways (such as Stripe or PayPal), but Paymattic does not add any additional percentage.

And Paymattic unlocks all the features with any Pro tier. You’re only capped with domain numbers.

Each plan is available as an annual license or a lifetime license. As of the latest public pricing at the time of writing, the plans are:

Annual License

Personal: 1 domain for $59.50
Agency: up to 20 domains for $119.50
Unlimited: unlimited domains for $240.53

Lifetime License

Personal: 1 domain for $349
Agency: up to 20 domains for $449
Unlimited: unlimited domains for $602

Note: Paymattic often offers discounted pricing on the Paymattic discount page. Check the discounted price before you make a purchase.

If you are replacing a hosted fundraising or payment platform that charges a percentage fee, the absence of plugin transaction fees can be significant for higher volume.

Real-world feedback

Paymattic is rated 4.8 out of 5 on the WordPress repository, with 88% 5-star ratings.

Public reviews of Paymattic highlight two consistent themes: it is easy to use for real-world payment scenarios, and the support team is unusually hands-on.

We’ve analyzed some of the reviews, and here are the highlights:

Users praise it as a lightweight way to build Stripe and PayPal payment forms for simple, custom-amount payments without setting up a full store.
Many describe it as quick to set up and flexible enough for contact forms with payments, donations, and LMS payments on client sites.
Several reviewers say the support team is above average, very user-friendly, and willing to go back and forth for days until a problem is fully resolved.
Support examples include integrating Indonesian payment services, shipping a fix so different forms can use different Stripe accounts, and recording custom videos that show exactly how issues were solved.
Some users mention that the initial setup and parts of the dashboard interface could be clearer, especially for first-time users, and that advanced features have a learning curve.

Overall, reviewers feel Paymattic has all the essential features a payment and donation plugin should have, offers fair pricing for what it includes, and pairs that with fast, accurate, and hands-on support that increases trust for production use.

How to get started with Paymattic

Getting Paymattic running on a WordPress site is straightforward.

Step 1: Install and activate the plugin

For the free version:

In your WordPress dashboard, go to Plugins → Add New.
Search for “Paymattic”.
Click Install, then Activate.

Or you can download the free plugin directly from the Paymattic website.

For Paymattic Pro:

Purchase a license from the official Paymattic site.
Download the Pro plugin zip file from your account.
In WordPress, go to Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin.
Upload the zip, install, and activate.
Enter your license key following the official documentation to receive updates.

Step 2: Configure your payment gateway

In the WordPress admin:

Go to the Paymattic settings area.
Open the Payment Gateways section.
Connect Stripe in the free version, or whichever gateways you plan to use in Pro (Stripe, PayPal, etc.).
Add the required API keys and switch to test mode while you build and test forms.

You can read this blog from the Paymattic website, which explains in detail how you can integrate a payment gateway in Paymattic.

Paymattic supports both Stripe Checkout and on-site Stripe forms, so you can choose based on design and compliance preferences.

Step 3: Build your payment or donation form

Go to the Paymattic forms section
Choose a pre-built payment or donation template, or start from a blank form
Use the form builder interface to add or remove fields.
Configure pricing and payment items, including preset amounts or custom amounts as needed.
If you are using Pro, add conditional logic, coupons, or scheduling rules where required.
And add a payment gateway field directly on the form, and you are good to go.

Preview the form to confirm layout and field behavior.

Step 4: Embed the form on your site

When your form is ready:

Copy the shortcode provided by Paymattic.
Paste it into any page or post.
Alternatively, use the Paymattic block in the block editor to insert the form.

Publish the page and run a test payment in sandbox or test mode before going live.

Conclusion

Most WordPress sites do not need a full-blown store. They just need a clean way to collect money from real people, for real projects. That is where Paymattic fits.

You can install it, connect to Stripe or another gateway, and have your first payment or donation form live in a short time. No product catalog. No cart. No detailed campaign. No maze of settings.

As you grow, Paymattic grows with you: recurring donations, subscriptions, LMS enrollments, simple product sales, and useful reports are all there when you need them. And if something is not working the way you expect, their support team has a strong track record of digging in and helping you fix it.

If you want to see how it feels in practice, start with the free version, create a single payment or donation form, and test it with your own card. If that one form works smoothly for you and your users, you will know if Paymattic is the right payment and donation engine for your WordPress site.

This is a guest post by Mahfuz Nafi from Paymattic.