How to show a donor wall on a Wix site, with donor consent

By Kayabyte

A donor wall is a list of the people who supported a campaign, shown on your site. Wix Donations has no such element: Wix lists it as a feature request and says, “Currently, Wix Donations does not offer an element that lets you show recent contributions on your site.” This guide covers three ways to get one, and the privacy rules to settle before any name goes public.

First: a donor’s name is personal data

A name next to a gift tells the world that this person supports your cause, and sometimes how much they gave. Under privacy laws such as the GDPR that is personal data, and for some causes (health, religion, politics) it is sensitive. Three rules keep you safe in most places. This is practical guidance, not legal advice.

1. Ask before you show. Let each donor choose how they appear: full name, first name only, or not at all. Do not pre-tick the box.
2. Hide amounts unless there is a reason to show them. A name plus an amount says more than most donors expect.
3. Make removal easy. When a donor asks, take the name down quickly and for good.

A dedication adds a second person. “In memory of Anna Berg” publishes Anna’s name too, so the donor should agree to that line being shown as well.

Option 1: a list you keep by hand

Add a text block or a list to a page and type in the names of donors who agreed to be listed. It costs nothing and works on any Wix site. The price is your time: someone has to ask each donor, update the page after every gift, and remember to remove a name when asked. For a small campaign with a few dozen supporters this is fine.

Option 2: an outside fundraising platform

Some fundraising platforms offer their own donor wall that you embed in a Wix page; Donorbox, for example, lists a donor wall among its features for Wix sites. The gifts then go through that platform’s form and checkout, not through Wix Donations, so your campaigns, orders and reports live outside your Wix dashboard, and the platform’s own fees and terms apply. Worth a look if you are choosing a donation system from scratch.

Option 3: an app on top of Wix Donations

Fundraising Toolkit is our app for sites that already use Wix Donations. It adds a Donor Wall widget that fills itself from your paid donations:

• In the app’s Donate Form each donor picks “No, keep it anonymous”, “Yes, with my first name” or “Yes, with my full name”, can add a message for the wall, and ticks a consent box before a name or message is shown. If the gift is in honor or in memory of someone, the consent text covers that person’s name too.
• Gifts made in the standard Wix Donations form carry no choice, so they appear as “Anonymous supporter”. You can switch the wall to show the first name of everyone; the dashboard warns you that this needs your donors’ agreement, and the choice is yours to answer for.
• Amounts are hidden unless you turn them on. Dates and tribute lines have their own switches.
• An anonymous gift shows no dedication and no message.
• The wall never shows an email address.
• When a donor asks to be removed, Donors > Anonymize removes their name, email, notes and messages from the app; the amount stays in your totals. Orders in Wix are not changed.
• Gifts you received in person or by bank transfer can be added as offline gifts and appear on the wall as you choose.

How to set it up: install the app from the Wix App Market, switch a campaign On the wall under Overview, choose your settings under Wall & privacy, then in the Editor open Add Elements > App Widgets and add Donor Wall. Choose the campaign in the widget settings and publish.

Limits to know: the app needs Wix Donations and a payment provider that accepts donations. The Free plan shows one campaign on the wall with the latest 25 supporters; Pro ($9.99 a month, $7.99 billed yearly) shows all campaigns without that limit. It does not issue tax receipts and has no peer-to-peer fundraising.

Which one should I use?

• A handful of donors and time to spare: keep a list by hand.
• No donation system yet and you want everything from one fundraising platform: compare the outside platforms.
• You already use Wix Donations and want the wall to update itself with donors’ own choices: use an app on top of it.

FAQ

Does Wix Donations have a donor wall? No. Wix lists it as a feature request and offers no element that shows recent contributions.

Do I need consent to list donors? In most places, showing a donor’s name publicly needs a clear choice by the donor. Ask in the form, keep the default at anonymous, and check the rules that apply to your organization.

Should I show the amounts? Only if your donors expect it. Many organizations show names without amounts, or use giving levels they describe themselves.

Can a donor change their mind later? They should be able to. With a hand-kept list you edit the page; in Fundraising Toolkit you change the gift’s wall choice or anonymize the donor.

More: How to set up a donation campaign on a Wix site · In memory and in honor donations on Wix