Give iATS Gateway 1.0.5
Wordpress Plugins Give 4.8 (810 reviews)
Give iATS Gateway is a WordPress plugin from the Give team that connects your donation forms directly to the iATS payment network. Nonprofits and charities use iATS for its merchant account options and billing tools, and this add-on makes that processor available without custom code or a separate bridge. You do not rebuild existing pages or redirect donors to an external checkout window. Instead, the plugin extends Give's form builder so credit card fields and payment details go straight through iATS's gateway. The download arrives as a single .zip file, identical to the package the original developer provides, so installation follows the standard WordPress upload process. Once activated, the gateway appears under Give's settings, ready for the credentials from your iATS merchant account. It is designed for organizations already running Give who want iATS processing integrated into the same dashboard rather than juggling a third-party payment form.
Shoppers stay on the site from the moment they submit the form to the final transaction confirmation. There is no redirect to a branded iATS page, no pop-up, and no pause where the donor wonders if something went wrong. Every field they enter, from the donation amount to the credit card details, appears within the same styling as the rest of the page. That continuity matters for trust, because donors who recognize the site they are giving to are less likely to abandon the process. The plugin handles the communication with iATS in the background, sending transaction details and returning the approval or decline notice right into the Give workflow. If a card is declined, the error appears on the form so the donor can correct it immediately. A fast, on-site checkout keeps the donor's attention focused on the cause instead of on a confusing payment screen, which is the whole point of using this gateway.
Setup is straightforward and quick. After uploading and activating the add-on, the iATS gateway option shows up in the Give donation settings. From there you paste in the API credentials issued by iATS and choose the transaction types you want to accept. Most users can complete the entire configuration within a few minutes, which is the promise behind this extension. There is no need for a developer to wire up callbacks or modify theme files. The add-on was built by the Give team, so it behaves like their other official extensions and relies on the same settings pages and form framework you are already familiar with. Existing donation forms keep their layout and fields, with the added payment method appearing as a new choice for donors. It simply appears as an additional payment choice inside your existing Give forms, alongside any other gateways you have enabled. Nothing about the donation form needs to be redesigned for the new processor to work.
The package you receive is a .zip file containing the complete plugin, exactly as the original developer compiled it. Nothing has been altered, repackaged, or wrapped in an installer. You upload it through WordPress under Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin, activate it, and it runs like any other Give extension. For the gateway to work, your site needs WordPress with the Give plugin already installed and active, since Give iATS Gateway depends on Give's core functions to build the forms and process the donation data. Once both pieces are in place, the only other requirement is a valid iATS merchant account with API access enabled. No membership plan, external keys, or extra software is needed to run the plugin itself, aside from the standard WordPress environment. The plugin is ready to use immediately; there is no separate module to purchase or activate afterward. You simply unpack the archive through WordPress's uploader and go.
- Last updated
- August 9, 2026
- Delivery
- Digital
- Availability
- In stock
- Version
- 0.6.1
- Category
- Wordpress Plugins
- Item type
- plugin
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