- Hosted widget: submissions live in Common Ninja's dashboard, not Squarespace
- Free plan covers one form; paid tiers lift submission limits and unlock advanced features
- Squarespace code blocks need a Core (formerly Business) plan or higher
- Payment collection is a paid-tier feature, so a live donation flow needs a paid plan
- No Gift Aid handling for UK charities
Overview
What Easy & Secure Donation Form (Common Ninja) is
Easy & Secure Donation Form is Common Ninja's fundraising form widget, a hosted form you build in Common Ninja's editor and embed on a Squarespace page. The old copy here described buttons, tabs and accordions, a different product.
What it does
The vendor page lists suggested giving tiers plus a custom amount, donor name and email, dedication or in-memory-of notes, a mailing address for receipts, and custom questions. Payment is collected inline through Stripe or PayPal, and a donor can make repeat or recurring gifts without re-entering details. File upload takes pledge paperwork, notification emails fire on each gift, and the donor list exports to CSV for receipts and bookkeeping.
Who it suits
Charities, churches, schools and PTAs, community groups and campaigns on Squarespace that want to take donations on their own domain without a paid fundraising platform.
One honest caveat
Squarespace's own Donation Block is a Commerce feature on Core plans and above, so this fills a real gap for smaller organisations. But payment collection sits in Common Ninja's paid tiers, so the free plan gets you the form without the charge. Donor records live in Common Ninja's dashboard on a third party script, and there is no Gift Aid handling for UK charities.
Setup and pricing
Build the form in Common Ninja's editor and paste the embed code into a Squarespace code block (Core, formerly Business, plan or higher). Common Ninja is recurring software: the free plan covers one donation form with no time limit, and paid tiers add forms, submission volume, premium skins and the advanced features noted above.
Related guide
Read my roundup of the best Squarespace plugins in 2026 or browse the plugins collection.
- Suggested giving tiers and a custom amount field
- Inline payment through Stripe or PayPal
- Repeat or recurring gifts from one donor account
- Dedication notes, receipt address and file upload for pledge paperwork
- Notification emails and CSV donor export
Full specifications
Specifications
Inline payment through stripe or paypal
Repeat or recurring gifts from one donor account
Dedication notes, receipt address and file upload for pledge paperwork
Notification emails and csv donor export
Churches, schools and ptas taking gifts online
Campaigns that do not want to run squarespace commerce
Free plan covers one form; paid tiers lift submission limits and unlock advanced features
Squarespace code blocks need a core (formerly business) plan or higher
Payment collection is a paid-tier feature, so a live donation flow needs a paid plan
No gift aid handling for uk charities