Give – Dwolla Gateway

Learn everything you need to know about how to accept donation payments with Dwolla and the GiveWP WordPress plugin.

In order to accept payments with Dwolla using GiveWP you will need to have an active Dwolla account, the Dwolla add-on, and the Core GiveWP plugin installed and activated. See here for instructions on installing and activating GiveWP Add-ons.

After your Dwolla Add-on is activated, go to “Donations > Settings” and click on the Payment Gateways tab. There you will see the default Payment Gateways (PayPal Standard, Test Payment, and Offline Donations). You should also see Dwolla as an option as well. Click on that to enable Dwolla as your payment Gateway for your website.

Obtaining your Dwolla ID and Keys

Once you have activated the Add-on, it’s time integrate your Dwolla account with GiveWP. You’ll need to register an Application in your Dwolla account, and use the API Keys generated there to configure GiveWP with Dwolla.

Test vs Live

Dwolla has mirror live and test sites to help you test donations and ensure payments process properly before implementing it on a live site. To test Dwolla, ensure GiveWP has in test mode enabled under Settings > General > Test Mode and make sure the sandbox is setup properly. First, create an account for both Dwolla live and test domains: