Charitable – Donation Plugin for WordPress – Fundraising with Recurring Donations & More

Changelog

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.10.4

• FIX: Fixed an issue where multiple Stripe webhook endpoints could accumulate over time, causing donation webhook events to fail signature verification in certain scenarios.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.10.3

• IMPROVED: Sync Pending Stripe Donations now uses AJAX processing with new dry run and email options.
• FIX: Improved Stripe webhook reliability, signing secret handling, and notice wording in certain scenarios.
• FIX: Fixed refund checkbox not appearing when changing donation status to Refunded in certain scenarios.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.10.2

• NEW: Added Sync Pending Stripe Donations tool to gateway settings (beta).
• FIX: Fixed minor CSS issues on dashboard.
• FIX: Fixed some PHP warnings.
• FIX: Fixed a fatal error involving Stripe webhook migration on sites without an active Stripe connection in certain scenarios.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.10.1

• FIX: Improved Stripe webhook verification and resolved several issues with signing secret setup and auto-migration.
• FIX: Improved license detection on WordPress multisite subsites.
• FIX: Resolved PHP 8.3 compatibility issue in Stripe gateway.
• FIX: Fixed Cloudflare Turnstile action string exceeding character limit on password retrieval form.
• FIX: Fixed padding and alignment in dashboard tab content area for addon status messages.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.10

• NEW: Expanded Import tools with sub-tabs for Charitable, GiveWP, and GiveButter imports including CSV donations import and GiveWP Migration Tool (Beta).
• NEW: Redesigned blank slate pages for campaigns and donations.
• IMPROVED: Strengthened Stripe webhook processing with additional verification.
• FIX: Restored campaign grid column widths for the [campaigns] shortcode.
• FIX: Improved email reliability when processing certain recipient formats.
• FIX: Improved error diagnostics in System Info.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.9.7

• NEW: Charitable will add social meta to campaign pages for improved sharing on some social networks (SEO plugins can override this).
• FIX: Fixed broken social share URLs for Twitter/X, Pinterest, and improved share link defaults.
• FIX: Corrected sanitization issue that resulted in incorrect display of code in “time left” display for campaigns in certain scenarios.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.9.6

• IMPROVED: Enhanced license validation process with improved performance when downloading Charitable Pro automatically.
• FIX: Improved email reliability in certain scenarios, especially with certain aggressive WordPress themes.
• FIX: Updated translation strings and minor updates to PHP and CSS regarding best practices.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.9.5

• FIX: Added additional checks to resolved issue with Stripe webhook that was causing a fatal error a certain scenario.
• FIX: Allow more international characters into campaign title fields in campaign visual builder.
• IMPROVED: Email shortcode processing with recursion prevention for better reliability.
• IMPROVED: Added additional enhanced email error logging and diagnostics.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.9.4

• FIX: Resolved seemingly missing social media icons in some campaign builder template previews in certain scenarios.
• UPDATE: Improved campaign builder templates for cache busting.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.9.3

• FIX: Resolved onboarding redirect issue in some scenarios.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.9.2

• NEW: Email and donation form debugging tools in “System Info” in Charitable Tools.
• UPDATE: Campaign template CSS now loads via REST API endpoint to resolve 500 errors on servers that block direct PHP file access.
• FIX: Adjustments for PHP 8.4 and PHP 8.5 for better compatibility.
• FIX: Adjustment in how email emails are registered and loaded for better potential compatibility in certain server configurations.
• FIX: Minor translation and coding updates.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.9.1

• FIX: Resolved issue where blank state screens were not displaying on campaigns and donations list pages when no items exist.
• FIX: Fixed help button in campaign builder not navigating to documentation URL.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.9

• NEW: Captcha security settings in security tab. Supports Google reCAPTCHA (Invisible V2), Google reCAPTCHA v3 (Invisible), hCaptcha, Cloudflare Turnstile.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.8.6

• NEW: Added include_children to the stat shortcode.
• FIX: Resolved issue relating to onboarding screen overriding a number of other WordPress admin screens.
• FIX: Updated code related to translations and PHP standards.
• UPDATE: Campaign frontend CSS system revised.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.8.5

• FIX: Resolved bug regarding manual donation edit and time resetting to midnight.
• FIX: Insured proper sanitization of user input in database queries in some scenarios.
• FIX: Updated code related to translations and PHP standards.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.8.4

• FIX: Fixed compatibility issue in admin action processing that could cause errors when managing recurring donations.
• FIX: Improved caching of dashboard blog posts.
• FIX: Updated code related to translations and PHP standards.
• UPDATE: Updated text on dashboard widgets.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.8.3

• FIX: Resolved application fee calculation issue for zero-decimal currencies in Stripe payments in certain scenarios.
• FIX: Updated code related to improve security and PHP standards compliance.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.8.2

• FIX: Resolve PHP error causing issues with dashboard fully loading in some scenarios.
• FIX: Improved front-end detection of tabs in visual campaigns.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.8.1

• FIX: Fixed some CSS issues in certain areas in the admin when a license was not activated.
• UPDATE: Minor dashboard visual updates when a license is activated.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.8

• NEW: New dashboard design with top campaigns, latest donations, top donors, and comments. New “30 Day” period added.
• NEW: Added ‘charitable_donor_query_skip_donation_filters’ for donor query to make including donors without donations more flexible.
• NEW: Added ‘charitable_admin_donation_form_donor_list’ to control donor retreval in the admin.
• NEW: Test Mode Alert now shows in admin pages, links to Charitable’s payment methods settings screen.
• NEW: Updated plugin screen design.
• NEW: About Us menu that includes “Getting Started” page for the Charitable Checklist, Lite vs Pro page, and more.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.7.4

• FIX: Resolve a fatal error in PHP 8.0 in campaign visual builder in certain scenarios.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.7.3

• FIX: Updated code related to translations and PHP standards.
• FIX: Bug in license detection to display certain text in certain scenarios.
• FIX: JavaScript errors related to campaign visual builder when Charitable is in debug mode.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.7.2

• FIX: CSS tweaks to notifications displays and admin settings.
• UPDATE: Notification alert dot in header shows number of notifications.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.7.1

• FIX: Minor CSS issues in CTA areas.
• FIX: Resolved an issue with Elementor embedded campaigns with the modal donation form setting selected.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.7

• NEW: Square added as a default payment gateway. More Information
• NEW: ErrorHandler class that will suppress _load_textdomain_just_in_time messages.
• FIX: Updated code related to translations and PHP standards.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.6.2

• NEW: Add ‘allow_unfiltered’ setting for CHARITABLE_ADMIN javascript variables for use in campaign builder.
• FIX: Improved realiablity of some license checks.
• FIX: Updated code related to improve security and PHP standards.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.6.1

• FIX: Resolve security issue with public checkbox template.
• FIX: Resolve fatal error involving Elementor constants.
• FIX: Resolve issue involving some non-english translations and the campaign builder payment page.
• FIX: Resolved a CSS rendering issue with Youth Sports campaign template.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.6

• NEW: Admins can directly reply to donors via donation notification emails.
• NEW: Four new Elementor widgets: Campaign, Donor Form, Donor Button, Campaign List.
• NEW: Ability to round donations in the campaign builder’s progress bar.
• FIX: Resolved issue when tabs in visual campaigns not appearing in certain scenarios.
• FIX: Resolved issue with loading of frontend scripts in certain scenarios.
• FIX: Resolved Facebook sharing w/ sharing button on campaigns.
• FIX: Updated code related to translations, CSS, UI, and PHP standards.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.5.3

• NEW: Added dialog box upon entering license that activates Pro if already installed.
• FIX: Improve sanitization of donor widget and video alt text in campaign builder.
• FIX: Tweak first/last/email field CSS on a “minimal” format form.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.5.2

• FIX: Improved sanitation in decimal count in admin general settings.
• FIX: Improved support for certain currency settings when auto formatting certain fields in the campaign builder.
• FIX: Addressed some PHP notices that involved translations.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.5.1

• FIX: Resolved fatal error in some scenarios upon activation/deactivation of license and installing Pro with third-party plugins.
• FIX: Resolved a JS error in settings due to incorrect sanitization.
• UPDATED: CTA related updates, including Marketing and Security tabs.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.5.0

• NEW: Compatibility with new Charitable Pro plugin (including automatic upgrading when entering a license).
• NEW: “charitable_export_data” and “charitable_export_columns” filters for control in Charitable exporting in the admin.
• UPDATED: CSS tweaks to admin and donation form UI.
• FIX: Updated code related to translations, CSS, UI, and PHP standards.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.4.8

• FIX: Resolved security issue involving the logout template.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.4.7

• UPDATED: Terms and consent options are also now under “Privacy” settings and any Charitable settings in WordPress customizer are depreciated and will soon be removed.
• FIX: Made headers and spacing more consistent in settings area, along with tweaks in character output.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.4.6

• FIX: Resolved an issue involving escaped text on addons page.
• FIX: Tweaks to UI on certain element defaults in campaign builder.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.4.5

• NEW: A minimum number of characters is now required for a password for user registeration. Customize via the ‘charitable_minimum_password_length’ filter.
• FIX: Resolved issues related to the campaign visual builder and several UI elements.
• FIX: Improved methods of exporting and importing donations via Tools.
• FIX: Updated code related to opt-in data collection, translations, CSS, UI, typos, and PHP standards.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.4.4

• FIX: Adjusted escaping of setting labels resolving an issue rendering HTML beta tags.
• FIX: CSS adjustments to display banners on some admin screens.
• FIX: Resolved a bug with dashboard notifications.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.4.3

• NEW: (Visual Campaign Builder) New options for Social Links and Social Sharing fields include YouTube (links only), Threads, and Bluesky.
• FIX: (Visual Campaign Builder) Visual tweaks to campaigns on “narrow content” themes.
• FIX: Adding additional check to resolve several JavaScript errors in some scenarios in the campaign builder.
• FIX: Resolved issue involving default fields appearing in visual builder for campaign summary.
• FIX: Resolved an issue regarding rendering HTML in emails in some scenarios.
• FIX: Updated code related to opt-in data collection, translations, CSS, UI, and PHP standards.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.4.2

• NEW: (Visual Campaign Builder) Changing button color in “advanced” will automatically adjust donation button text for contrast.
• FIX: (Visual Campaign Builder) Updated documentation links.
• FIX: (Visual Campaign Builder) Adjustments and tweaks to campaigns in visual builder (admin and frontend).
• FIX: Resolved issue involving sanitization of non-english dates in some scenarios resulting in incorrect “days until” calculations.
• FIX: Updated code related to opt-in data collection, translations, CSS, UI, and PHP standards.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.4.1

• FIX: Resolved an issue involving the “Use This Template” button in visual campaign when choosing campaigns in some scenarios.
• FIX: Resolved an internal server issue when attempting to fetch CSS when campaign builder was viewing the Club template.
• FIX: Minor adjustments and tweaks to campaign templates including word breaking and word wrapping in the visual builder.
• FIX: Updated code related to typos, translations and PHP standards.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.4

• NEW: Onboarding wizard on first install that guides you through setting up basic settings, gateways, plugins, and your first campaign!
• NEW: You can now opt-in into data collection to improve Charitable. See “advanced settings” screen for details.
• UPDATED: Revised output of the “Your Donations” title that was causing issues for those adding HTML via the ‘charitable_donation_amount_legend’ filter.
• FIX: Updated code related to translations, CSS, UI, and PHP standards.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.3.7

• NEW: Stripe Gateway allows single or multiple credit card field layout (beta). More Information
• FIX: Ensured some additional settings are added to the database upon a new install.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.3.6

• NEW: Form templates (beta) – standard/default and “minimal” – selectable in donation form settings in the “general” settings tab. More Information
• NEW: Added ‘charitable_donation_amount_legend’ filter to allow easier customization of “Your Donations” on donation form.
• NEW: Added beta global ‘CHARITABLE_DISABLE_SHOW_CURRENT_DONATION_AMOUNT’ to change behavior of showing a donation already “in session” on donation form.
• UPDATED: Turning off ‘disable legacy mode’ will now make more “add new” link for campaigns default to making new legacy campaigns.
• UPDATED: Donation buttons in visual campaign for campaigns that no longer accept donations will show a ‘no longer accepting donations message’ while button is disabled.
• FIX: Changed santitization of a url in Charitable upgrades which should allow upgrade to complete and prevent notice from appearing.
• FIX: Improved notifications and dashboard display in the admin for ltr displays.
• FIX: Resolved issue when donation module in campaign wasn’t matching donation amount in modal triggered by donation button on same page.
• FIX: CSS adjustments to campaign templates: wrapper element, donation buttons, and tweaks to donation suggested amounts.
• FIX: Updated code related to translations and PHP standards.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.3.5

• NEW: Added a ‘charitable_gateway_fields_after_selector’ action hook to insert content between gateway selectors and gateway fields on donation forms.
• UPDATED: Provided a ‘campaign_categories’ attribute to stat and donor shortcodes to help filter by Charitable campaign categories.
• FIX: Resolves PHP notices that appeared after WordPress 6.7.0 was released.
• FIX: Improved front-end buttons and CSS of several campaign templates.
• FIX: Remove notifications HTML when printing from a browser in the WordPress admin.
• FIX: Updated code related to translations and PHP standards.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.3.4

• NEW: Added a new setting on privacy screen to allow the consent field to be required before submitting a donation.
• NEW: Added a ‘charitable_redirection_after_gateway_processing’ filter which helps override the URL that the donor should be redirected to after a donation in certain scenarios.
• FIX: Resolved an issue involving formatting a donation amount in non-English languages on the Charitable dashboard.
• UPDATED: Compatibility with WordPress 6.7.1.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.3.3

• FIX: Resolved an issue when a button appeared unresponsive when verifying/disconnecting a license on the general settings tab.
• FIX: Updated translation strings and improved string output for email password reset email body.
• FIX: Resolved incorrect form field name on the privacy page for contact consent.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.3.2

• UPDATED: To improve performance and security, user list for assigning campaign ownership in campaign settings checks for users with proper permissions.
• UPDATED: New filter ‘charitable_campaign_builder_settings_general_users’ to customize the updated user list.
• FIX: campaign_link() function returns $link rather than false.
• FIX: Visiting the settings page will attempt to double check licenses for any expiring or expired subscriptions.
• FIX: Notification tweaks including upgrading from older versions and showing UI even if feed is empty.
• FIX: Donation amount from custom donation field in a campaign page should now be carried to the donation page even with currency symbols included.
• FIX: Updated code related to translations, CSS, UI, and PHP standards.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.3.1

• UPDATED: “Disable Legacy Campaign Mode” is set to on for new installs of the plugin. More Information
• UPDATED: Plugin notification slide out UI can be closed by also clicking outside of the notification area.
• FIX: Addressed security issue on the donations list screen.
• FIX: Updated code related to translations, CSS, UI, and PHP standards.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.3

• NEW: WordPress editor block: “Campaigns”. Displays multiple Charitable campaigns in a grid.
• NEW: WordPress editor block: “Donations”. Display a simple donation widget for a campaign.
• NEW: WordPress editor block: “Donors”. Display a list of donors to one or all of your campaigns.
• NEW: WordPress editor block: “Campaign Stats”. Allows various statistics to be dynamically calculated and displayed on a page.
• NEW: WordPress editor block: “Donation Button”. Displays a donation button for a particular campaign.
• NEW: WordPress editor block: “Campaign Progress Bar”. Displays a live progress bar for a particular campaign.
• NEW: WordPress editor block: “My Donations”. Displayss a list of donations for the current logged in user.
• NEW: Added a new notifications engine to keep you informed of all important updates, license information, and news. New inbox icon and notifications menu items will alert when new notifications are available.
• NEW: Updated charitable.pot.
• UPDATED: Additional minification of JS and CSS to increase performance.
• FIX: Resolved an issue regarding campaign descriptions not displaying properly with the campaign shortcode in some scenarios.
• FIX: Fixed alt-text of a LinkedIn share icon in visual campaign builder.
• FIX: Code tweaks related to translations, CSS, UI, and PHP warnings.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.2

• NEW: “Charitable Checklist” so new users can check vital settings, connect gateways, and get to building their first campaign.
• NEW: Warning messages for admin users – in gateway settings page and viewing donation forms (as admins) – if Stripe is enabled, but no keys are detected.
• NEW: Dashboard notifications for important messages and notices.
• NEW: Added ‘charitable_email_fields_donation_field_value’ filter which can help with output of custom field values in emails.
• NEW: Campaigns shortcode now has a new “description_limit” parameter that limits words displayed from campaign description.
• NEW: Added a donation button shortcode. More Information
• NEW: Added both a filter and an option (in beta) in the general setting tab to disable showing a login form or registeration reminder on donation forms. More Information
• UPDATED: Improved tour guide for visual campaign builder with more interactivity and showing more elements.
• UPDATED: Campaigns shortcode now displays a photo and campaign description from campaigns built with the visual builder.
• UPDATED: Moved “Categories”, “Tags”, and “Customize” menus from main menu. Now found in the Charitable -> “Tools” page.
• FIX: Adjusted appearance of the donation button in Youth Sports campaign theme when modal button setting was on.
• FIX: Resolved an issue with the donation summary field for the visual campaign builder involving showing/hiding items.
• FIX: Resolved several instances where donation amounts were not being formatted currently in non-English languages in the reporting screens.
• FIX: Improved loading for the WordPress dashboard widget.
• FIX: Adjustments to CSS on the Dashboard page.
• FIX: Minor translation, misc CSS, UI, and PHP coding updates.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.1.15

• NEW: Added exit modal popup on getting started screen when user visits Pro page.
• NEW: Added ability via two global PHP variables to force/not force “tour” for visual campaign builder.
• FIX: Resolved issue resolving showing license information for lifetime licenses.
• FIX: Resolved a misalignment of the icon/field for the minimum donation amount field in the visual campaign builder.
• FIX: Addressed security issue involving creating new users primarily via Charitable registration shortcode.
• FIX: Resolved sanitization issue with the custom CSS field for HTML field in visual campaign builder.
• FIX: Minor translation, CSS, and PHP coding updates.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.1.14

• FIX: Resolved a PHP fatal error when saving information for legacy campaigns.
• FIX: Resolved error on getting started screen after Stripe was connected.
• FIX: Improved retrieval of campaign descriptions for legacy campaigns.
• FIX: Resolved CSS issue in visual builder.

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