Set up Contribution page to only accept recurring contributions?

Question

We would like to set up a contribution page that only accepts monthly recurring contributions. Is there a simple way to do this in CiviCRM?

This contribution page would be associated with a Campaign, and we would like to be able to use the contribution widget to display how many monthly recurring contributions we have received and count them towards a monthly contribution goal. For example, we would like to fundraise to cover a monthly cost, like rent, and set up the widget to display the total monthly cost, and the portion covered by monthly recurring donations.

We are using CiviCRM 5.6.0 with Drupal 7.

Answer 1

Black Fly Solutions has an extension called ca.civicrm.contribution_recur that enhances recurring contributions. One option it adds is to force recurring payments, which should meet your first need.

The contribution widget only shows total contributions, not total of recurring contributions. To show that you'd need a bit of custom work.

Answer 2

Similar to Black Fly's extension, I published a basic extension that only adds an option to force recurring donations (per contribution page setting). I would still recommend first testing Alan's extension, it has a much more complete feature set. I'm just adding this as an alternative, I wanted to implement it a bit differently.

To download: https://lab.civicrm.org/extensions/forcerecurring

Answer 3

It might be possible to use Webform CiviCRM (https://www.drupal.org/project/webform_civicrm) to set up a page that forces recurring contributions. Conditionals can be set up to control terms, # of installments, and frequency of installments. I usually put those into a fieldset hidden from the end-user. If I recall correctly, it should be possible to set up open-ended recurring payments (term: 0). With this approach, you have more control over theming and placement and can do it for just one contribution page. Downside is increased overhead and training.