Crowdfunding Plugin Installation Guide

With the Coinsnap Bitcoin Crowdfunding plugin, Coinsnap offers the option of raising Bitcoin funds quickly and easily on any page of your WordPress website.

You can download the plugin directly from the WordPress Marketplace or install it directly from within your WordPress installation.

Log in to your WordPress account, call up the WordPress backend and go to Plugins > Add New.

Enter Coinsnap Bitcoin Crowdfunding in the search field.

Click on install now, and then activate.

The Coinsnap Bitcoin Donation is now successfully installed and is listed as Bitcoin Crowdfunding in the black, left sidebar in the WordPress backend.

Bitcoin Crowdfunding Coinsnap Settings

After you have installed and activated the Coinsnap Bitcoin Crowdfunding plugin, you need to configure the Coinsnap settings. Go to Bitcoin Crowdfunding -> Settings in the black sidebar on the left.

Now choose your payment gateway Coinsnap [1]. (You can also choose BTCPay server if you are using one, and then fill in the respective information.)

Then you’ll have to enter your Coinsnap Store ID and your Coinsnap API Key. [2] (See below to learn how to retrieve these from your Coinsnap account.)

As soon as you’ve pasted the Store ID and the API Key into their fields, click on check. If you see a green message next to it saying Connection successful, your plugin is ready to accept Bitcoin donations and credit them to your Lightning wallet.

Don’t forget to klick on Save changes before you start configuring your fundraising box(es)!

Bitcoin Crowdfunding BTCPay Server Settings

After you have installed and activated the Coinsnap Bitcoin Crowdfunding plugin, you need to configure the Coinsnap settings. Go to Bitcoin Crowdfunding -> Settings [1] in the black sidebar on the left.

Now choose your payment gateway BTCPay [1].

Now, log into your BTCPay Server. If you’ve done that, enter your BTCPay Server URL into the matching field in the Donation Settings tab [1].

Next, you’ll have to click on the Generate API Key button [2].

You’ll then be forwarded to your BTCPay Server.

Choose your Shop [1], then click on continue [2].

You’ll then be forwarded to this screen. Enter your shop’s name on the top [1], and then click on authorize app [2].

Your BTCPay Server is now successfully connected to your online store, via the Coinsnap Bitcoin Donation plugin! 

(If you click on check you will get the success notice (in green)).

After all settings have been made, a test transaction should be carried out.

Fill out a crowdfunding box that you created and put up on your website and click on the payment button (“Donate“)

If you are gathering donor information, fill out the form you see next.

You will now be redirected to the Bitcoin payment page to complete the purchase.

The Bitcoin payment page is now displayed and offers the payer the option of paying with Bitcoin or Lightning.
Both methods are integrated in the displayed QR code.

After successful payment, you will then see he updated crowdfunding box (with the current status of sats received, and the new shoutout:

How you set up a crowdfunding box

Go to Bitcoin Crowdfunding -> Crowdfundings [1] in the left sidebar. Then click on Add New Crowdfunding on the top [2]

It is very simple and straightforward to create a crowdfunding form for your website. First, you want to name [1] and activate it [2].  Then you should fill in a description so that your potential donors know to what they are contributing to [3].

Then you must set a goal amount – your target in terms of how much you want to collect [4], and a thank you message that your visitors see after the put up their contribution [5].

Next, please choose the default currency that your visitors are going to see [6], and set the pre-defined values (in sats) that you offer [7] (your visitors can always enter their own amount, if the want to give more or less than proposed by you).

Collecting information from your donors

If you want to gather some intelligence on your donors, and have clicked the checkbox Collect Donor Info above the Donor Information Fields to do so, you simply choose which information you want to gather, and if you want it to be a mandatory information or leave it as an option for your donor to decide.

In this example the first name of the donor is a mandatory information. We do not try to collect their last name (Hidden), but request the email address (mandatory). All the information we do not intend to gather is labelled Hidden, and will not be shown in the crowdfunding box. [11]

Placing the Bitcoin donation box on your website

Now you are ready to display the Bitcoin donation box on your website. Simply copy the shortcode [8] and paste it at any place you choose. If you want your contributors to leave a message, activate the Shoutout list [9]. You can then copy the shortcake [10] and put it next to your crowdfunding box or on a dedicated site.