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1 # Civist - Petitions and Fundraising
2 Contributors: civist
3 Tags: petition, fundraising, donation, activism
4 Requires at least: 5.0
5 Tested up to: 7.1
6 Requires PHP: 7.1
7 Stable tag: 8.0.3
8 License: MIT
9 License URI: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
10
11 With Civist you create petitions directly in WordPress, raise funds and build strong supporter networks.
12
13 ## Description
14
15 Create and configure your petition directly in your own WordPress. Publish them in a page or post and you are ready to go! Your supporters sign the petition right there, embedded in your website.
16
17 Just add a donation form to your petitions to collect SEPA and credit card donations in compliance with EU legislation.
18
19 With Civist, you manage your supporters directly in WordPress. Contacts are automatically saved in your mailing list manager. Simple!
20
21 Export your contacts and signatures as CSV-files for further processing.
22
23 ## Installation
24
25 The easiest way of installing the Civist WordPress plugin is to use the built in plugin search of WordPress. Just search for Civist and click the "Install Now" button.
26
27 Downloading the plugin and installing it from the ZIP-file is another option. You can always find the current version at [WordPress Plugin Directory](https://wordpress.org/plugins/civist/). To install it:
28
29 * Download the [ZIP file](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/civist.zip)
30 * Go to the "Plugins" menu in the WordPress dashboard
31 * Upload the civist.zip file
32 * Activate the plugin
33
34 ## Changelog
35
36 ### Release 8.0.3 - 2026-08-19
37
38 #### Bug Fixes
39
40 * Fixed: The tested WordPress version was updated to 7.1
41
42 ### Release 8.0.2 - 2026-08-17 - Update recommended
43
44 #### Feature Additions
45
46 * The plugin is ready for WordPress 7.1
47
48 #### Bug Fixes
49
50 * Fixed: The Civist Gutenberg blocks did not work in WordPress 7.1
51
52 ### Release 8.0.0 – 2026-06-24 - Security Update Recommended
53
54 #### Removed Features
55
56 * Discontinued the built-in Freshdesk support widget integration.
57
58 #### Bug Fixes
59
60 * **Security Hardening:** Fixed an authenticated settings poisoning vulnerability that allowed unauthorized modification of API configurations and potential Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF).
61 * **Access Control:** Tightened security permissions across all AJAX handlers. Global settings management is now strictly locked to the `manage_options` capability (Administrators), while petition and donation form management now requires Editor privileges or above.
62
63 ### Release 7.9.1 - 2026-05-21
64
65 #### Feature Additions
66
67 * The plugin is ready for WordPress 7.0
68
69 ### Release 7.9.0 - 2025-12-18
70
71 #### Feature Additions
72
73 * The plugin is ready for WordPress 6.9
74 * Slovak translations got an update
75 * The plugin's GDPR info was updated: MailGun was removed from the subprocessor list
76
77 ### Release 7.8.0 – 2025-07-03
78
79 #### Feature Additions
80
81 * Petition translations got an update
82 * Plugin translations got an update
83 * The plugin’s GDPR info was updated with our new company address
84 * A deprecation warning from PHP 8.2 onwards was removed
85
86 #### Removed Features
87
88 * Support for PHP 5.6 has been discontinued. PHP 7.1 is now the minimum supported version.
89
90 ### Release 7.7.0 – 2024-10-22
91
92 #### Feature Additions
93
94 * Spanish translations got an update
95 * New translations for all available languages added
96 * The Stripe payment integration got an update
97
98 #### Bug Fixes
99
100 * Fixed: Payment methods P24, Multibanco, Klarna/Sofort
101
102 ### Release 7.6.6 – 2024-07-15 - Update recommended
103
104 #### Feature Additions
105
106 * The plugin is ready for WordPress 6.6
107
108 #### Bug Fixes
109
110 * Fixed: The Civist Gutenberg blocks did not work in WordPress 6.6
111
112 ### Release 7.6.5 - 2024-03-05
113
114 #### Feature Additions
115
116 * The plugin is ready for WordPress 6.4
117 * Petitions and donation forms are now available in Turkish / Türkçe (TR)
118 * Verification emails are now available in Turkish / Türkçe (TR)
119
120 ### Release 7.6.1 – 2023-08-24
121
122 #### Feature Additions
123
124 * The plugin is ready for WordPress 6.3
125 * Petitions and donation forms are now available in Svenska (SV)
126 * Verification emails are now available in Svenska (SV)
127
128 ### Release 7.6.0 – 2023-03-27
129
130 #### Feature Additions
131
132 * The plugin is ready for WordPress 6.2
133 * Four new currencies are now available in the currency selection of the donation form: Czech Koruna (CZK), Hungarian Forint (HUF), Romanian Leu (RON), South African Rand (ZAR)
134
135 #### Bug Fixes
136
137 * Fixed: The link to the help page on the Civist dashboard led to a 404 page when users used Civist with the German language set in WordPress.
138 * Fixed: Under certain circumstances, the support widget built into the Civist plugin would not load and display at the bottom right of the screen.
139
140
141 ### Release 7.5.4 - 2022-09-06
142
143 #### Feature Additions
144
145 * Some translations got an update
146
147 #### Bug Fixes
148
149 * A bug was fixed that prevented the country field of the donation form from opening when using the Safari browser on macOS or iOS.
150
151 ### Release 7.5.0 – 2022-05-24
152
153 #### Feature Additions
154
155 * The plugin is ready for WordPress 6.0
156 * Petitions and donation forms are now available in Lithuanian (LT)
157 * Verification emails are now available in Lithuanian (LT)
158
159 ### Release 7.4.0
160
161 #### Feature Additions
162
163 * The plugin is ready for WordPress 5.9
164 * Updated Civist dashboard
165
166 #### Privacy
167
168 * Updated list of sub-processors in the Privacy Policy of the plugin
169
170 ### Release 7.3.12
171
172 #### Feature Additions
173
174 * The plugin is ready for WordPress 5.8
175 * Technical improvements to increase the plugin's performance
176 * Verification emails are now available in French and Polish
177 * Some translations got an update and new ones were added
178 * UX improvements
179
180 #### Bug Fixes
181
182 * A bug was fixed that caused incorrect values of linked petitions to be displayed in the list of donation forms
183 * A link on the Civist dashboard was added ("Rate this plugin")
184 * A link on the Civist dashboard was fixed ("Learn more about online activism with Civist")
185
186 ### Release 7.3.0 - 2020-11-03
187
188 #### Feature Additions
189
190 * Fundraising registration now has distinct choices for "Company" and "Nonprofit" instead of the previously used generic "Organisation", which reduces the likelihood of the identity verification performed by Stripe to fail. Nonprofit organisations who already registered for fundraising with the "Organisation" setting should reach out to our support.
191 * Confirmation emails for petitions are now available in french.
192
193 #### Bug Fixes
194
195 * A layout problem on the Civist dashboard in the WordPress admin on WordPress 5.5 was fixed.
196
197 ### Release 7.2.0 - 2020-06-24
198
199 #### Feature Additions
200
201 * [Closed Beta] Petitions can now be configured to have an initials field.
202 * Some missing translations were added.
203
204 #### Bug Fixes
205
206 * A bug was fixed that caused an error while signing a petition due to a technical incompatibility with the plugin "Instant Articles for WP".
207
208 ### Release 7.1.1 - 2020-04-07
209
210 #### Feature Additions
211
212 * Petitions and donation forms are now available in Croatian (HR).
213
214 ### Release 7.1.0 – 2020-03-27
215
216 #### Feature Additions
217
218 * The fundraising setup and account settings are now using pages provided by Stripe for collecting personal and business information
219
220 #### Removed Features
221
222 * Fundraising is no longer available for users based in Malaysia (MY).
223
224 ### Release 7.0.5 - 2020-03-17
225
226 #### Bug Fixes
227
228 * A bug was fixed that caused radio buttons' outline to appear cropped.
229
230 ### Release 7.0.2 - 2020-01-10
231
232 #### Bug Fixes
233
234 * A bug was fixed that caused fundraising registration to fail for some countries.
235
236 ### Release 7.0.0 - 2019-09-11 - Update highly recommended
237
238 #### Feature Additions
239
240 * The fundraising feature is now compliant with the new EU regulations for financial transactions (PSD2/SCA).
241 * The fundraising feature now supports additional countries:
242 * Estonia (EE)
243 * Greece (GR)
244 * Latvia (LV)
245 * Lithuania (LT)
246 * Malaysia (MY)
247 * Poland (PL)
248 * Slovakia (SK)
249 * Slovenia (SI)
250 * All translations got an update and some new were added.
251
252 #### Removed Features
253
254 * Customers in the Czech Republic cannot register for fundraising anymore.
255
256 #### Bug Fixes
257
258 * A bug was fixed that caused the cursor to jump to the first field of the next available payment method in a donation form while pressing the tabulator key in the last field of the actual used payment method.
259 * A bug was fixed that caused notifications in the petition and donation forms to not be fully visible.
260 * A bug was fixed that made it impossible to set the start or end time of a petition.
261
262 ### Release 6.9.0 - 2019-07-25
263
264 #### Feature Additions
265
266 * Preparing the plugin for upcoming changes in EU regulations for financial transactions (PSD2/SCA).
267 * Petitions and donation forms are now available in Romanian (RO).
268 * Spanish translations got an update and some new were added.
269
270 #### Bug Fixes
271
272 * A bug was fixed that caused an error while signing a petition in very rare cases.
273 * Minor fixes for visual problems of the donation form.
274 * The donation form shows the amount correctly in a donation form.
275 * Using the arrow keys in edge to change the amount no longer causes the value changes to be lost when leaving the field.
276
277 ### Release 6.8.0 - 2019-05-22
278
279 #### Feature Additions
280
281 * Mailchimp is now available as a mailing list provider
282 * The Civist Plugin is now available in Spanish (ES)
283
284 ### Release 6.7.0 - 2019-04-25
285
286 #### Feature Additions
287
288 * EU and US customers can now collect donations from supporters in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Netherlands and Spain with the new payment service KLARNA Pay now (SOFORT).
289 * The donation table in the Civist supporter overview now shows the address of the donor for all payment methods that ask for it.
290 * A new Civist block for the Gutenberg editor was released. This block makes available four different styling options for your petition forms and new alignment possibilities for all forms.
291
292 #### Bug Fixes
293
294 * A bug was fixed that made it impossible to sign the petition form without reloading it in some rare cases.
295
296 ### Release 6.6.0 - 2019-04-15
297
298 #### Feature Additions
299
300 * EU and US customers can now collect donations from their supporters with P24, a payment service from Poland.
301 * Petitions and donation forms are now available in English (GB)
302
303 #### Bug Fixes
304
305 * The shortcode creation after updating a donation form would show a blank screen in some cases
306 * Navigating away from the donation form edit page after updating it would show a blank screen in some cases
307
308 ### Release 6.5.0 - 2019-04-10
309
310 #### Feature Additions
311
312 * You can now collect donations from your supporters with Multibanco, a payment service from Portugal.
313
314 ### Release 6.4.2 - 2019-04-04
315
316 #### Feature Additions
317
318 * Improved synchronisation with Mailjet mailing lists
319 * [Closed Beta] Improved handling of contact fields for mailing list management with CleverReach
320
321 ### Release 6.4.1 - 2019-03-20
322
323 #### Feature Additions
324
325 * Petitions and donation forms are now available in Norsk Bokmål (NB).
326
327 ### Release 6.4.0 - 2019-03-11 - Update recommended
328
329 #### Feature Additions
330
331 * [Closed Beta] The Civist Widget got a new "Kiosk Mode" that makes it possible to use the petition form for collecting signatures in public places.
332
333 #### Bug Fixes
334
335 * The petition form shows the error message for invalid email addresses again.
336 * The value of the donation amount is set to zero if the field is cleared.
337 * The signature table in the supporter overview shows 25 signatures per page again, instead of one.
338
339 #### Bug Fixes
340
341 * The donation form shortcode creation after updating the donation form would show a blank screen in some cases
342 * Navigating away from the donation form edit page would show a blank screen in some cases
343
344 ### v6.3.0
345
346 * The plugin is ready for WordPress 5.1
347 * Fundraising is now available in 22 countries, including the US, CA, AU, NZ, CH, HK, SG
348 * Donation forms got shorter and have a drastically improved user experience
349 * Better localisations and translations for all supported countries
350
351 ### v6.2.3
352
353 * Petitions and donation forms are now available in Czech
354
355 ### v6.2.0
356
357 * Supporters overview tables UI Improvements for a better experience on smaller screens
358 * Petitions can now be configured to hide the "Sign this petition. Become a supporter." text
359 * Petition's organisation field is now optional and placed after the name fields
360 * Translations and wording improvements
361 * Fixed an issue where changing payment methods for a donation form would make the preview stop working
362 * Fixed an issue where Chrome autocomplete would overlay the country and nationality fields
363
364 ### v6.1.0
365
366 * Petitions can now be configured to have an organisation name field
367 * Petitions can now be configured to have a phone number field
368 * The petition's comment field is now available to everyone
369 * Some UI issues were fixed in the donations table
370 * In the supporter's detailed view, the petition's link was fixed
371 * The petition's progress bar now respects the configured language
372
373 ### v6.0.0
374
375 * Petitions and donation forms can now be embedded using WordPress's new Block Editor and Gutenberg plugin
376
377 ### v5.3.0
378
379 * CleverReach is now available as a mailing list provider in a closed beta
380 * Petitions can now be configured to have an optional comment field
381 * Improved status indication for identity verification with Stripe fundraising
382 * A bug causing the list of supporters to be empty when there are more than 25 supporters on Edge 17 was fixed
383 * A bug causing several tables to be empty after changing filters on Edge 17 was fixed
384
385 ### v5.2.0
386
387 * Petitions and donation forms are now available in English (United States)
388 * Improved setup and configuration of Civist Fundraising
389
390 ### v5.1.2
391
392 * A bug preventing changing pages in tables is now fixed
393
394 ### v5.1.0
395
396 * Petitions and donation forms can now optionally be configured to use a specific supported language instead of automatically choosing the language based on the browser settings.
397
398 ### v5.0.3
399
400 * Civist plugin now requires PHP version 5.6 or newer
401 * New and improved setup flow for Civist Fundraising
402 * Stripe is now available as a Payment Service for Civist Fundraising as a closed beta
403 * The list of all collected donations is now directly accessible from the Civist dashboard
404 * Improved shortcode creation for a Petition or Donation form
405 * Improved live updates of the petition progress bar
406 * Improved handling of the Escape key inside the country field in the petition and donation forms
407 * Improved tooltips on touch devices
408 * Improved accessibility for the petition and donation forms
409 * A bug preventing the petition to load after clicking the confirmation link in rare cases is now fixed
410 * A bug preventing Safari users from signing a petition while surfing in private mode is now fixed
411
412 ### v4.5.17
413
414 * Petitions and donation forms are now available in Slovak
415 * Improved compatibility with uncommon encoding configurations
416
417 ### v4.5.11
418
419 * Fixed an issue where users using Safari with the latest iOS version were unable to sign a petition
420
421 ### v4.5.10
422
423 * You can now find GDPR related information in the plugin settings
424 * Prepare plugin for Civist v5.0.0
425
426 ### v4.5.9
427
428 * Fixed a compatibility issue with some older PHP versions
429
430 ### v4.5.8
431
432 * Prepare plugin for Civist v5.0.0
433
434 ### v4.5.6
435
436 * Fixed an issue that prevented the plugin from working with some WordPress database configurations
437
438 ### v4.5.3
439
440 * Fixed an issue where signing a petition would fail with some WordPress themes
441
442 ### v4.5.1
443
444 * Petitions and donation forms now available in Korean
445 * Fixed an issue where the goal and progress bar of a petition would be visible when a goal for the petition wasn't defined
446 * Fixed an issue that would prevent removing a previously configured goal for a petition
447
448 ### v4.5.0
449
450 * You can now insert petitions and donation forms into a post or page using a shortcode
451
452 ### v4.4.3
453
454 * Fixed a bug where clicking the Civist button in the post/page editor would do nothing in Internet Explorer 11
455 * Fixed a bug where embedding a petition or donation form into a post or page would fail in Internet Explorer 11
456 * Fixed a compatibility issue with some plugins that use Webpack
457
458 ### v4.4.2
459
460 * Fixed a bug that, in certain cases, had prevented supporters from signing a petition, making a donation, or subscribing
461
462 ### v4.4.0
463
464 * Country fields now get pre-filled with the user's location on petitions and donation forms
465 * Fixed a bug while editing a petition or donation form that prevented the preview to update after a previously assigned cover image was removed
466 * Fixed a bug that stalled the UI when an error occurred while setting up the fundraising on the WordPress plugin
467
468 ### v4.3.5
469
470 * Fix compatibility issue with WordPress 4.9
471
472 ### v4.2.9
473
474 * Fix theme incompatibility issue that would prevent a supporter from signing or donating
475 * Fix issue where exported signees/subscribers would not be filtered by petition
476 * Add missing translation
477
478 ### v4.2.8
479
480 * Fixed an issue where inserting petitions and donation forms was not possible if WordPress was not installed on the site root
481 * Fixed an UI issue in the insert petition dialog for some specific screen sizes
482 * UX improvements
483
484 ### v4.2.0
485
486 * Searchable list of all donations now available in the plugin's supporter management section
487 * Donation forms can now be embedded directly into a page or post (independently from a petition)
488 * Donation edit screen now has a list of all petitions that the donation form is associated with
489 * Petition lists display the associated donation form of a petition
490 * Petition lists can be filtered by associated donation forms
491 * Petitions and donation forms translated to Dutch, French, Italian, Catalan, Basque and Polish
492 * Reconnect function for trouble shouting problems with plugin settings
493 * Minor UI improvements
494
495 ### v4.1.3
496
497 * Mailjet Integration: bug fix for newsletter subscriptions
498
499 ### v4.1.2
500
501 * Translations: German petition and fundraising forms use "Sie" instead of "Du"
502
503 ### v4.1.1
504
505 * Update translations
506
507 ### v4.1.0
508
509 * New feature: save newsletter subscribers directly to your Mailjet contact lists
510
511 ### v4.0.3
512
513 * Petition and donation forms in Spanish and Portuguese
514
515 ### v4.0.2
516
517 * Improve compatibility with other plugins
518 * UX improvements
519
520 ### v4.0.1
521
522 * Fix "connection lost" issue when registering with Civist
523
524 ### v4.0.0
525
526 * The initial release (petitions, SEPA / CC fundraising and supporter management)
527
528 ## Upgrade Notice
529
530 We recommend that you always use the latest version of Civist to omit any problems for you and your supporters.
531