Donation Forms by Charitable – Donations Plugin & Fundraising Platform for WordPress

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.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.1.13

• UPDATE: Updated copy and links on getting started screen.
• FIX: Minified starting screen CSS.
• FIX: Resolved typos and PHP notices.
• FIX: Updated additional text in admin UI to allow for translations.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.1.12

• NEW: Getting Started Screen for new users upon install and activation.
• NEW: Tour guide of visual builder for new users.
• NEW: Expiring license and expired license noticiations in WordPress admin Charitable screens.
• NEW: Progress bar in visual builder campaigns show currency in frontend. Filter added for further customization.
• NEW: Show currency symbol in visual builder settings under “Goal”.
• NEW: Added filters for showing content before and after donor lists and donor wall using shortcodes.
• UPDATE: UI updates and tweaks related to visual builder and admin screens.
• UPDATE: UI updates to items in marketing and payment tabs in visual builder.
• FIX: Better sync for legacy and visual campaigns in certain scenarios.
• FIX: Issue with Easy Digital Downloads addon card in addons screen resolved.
• FIX: Resolved typos and PHP warnings and notices.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.1.11

• FIX: Resolve issue when incorrectly connecting to Stripe in live mode on new installs in certain scenarios.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.1.10

• NEW: UI updates and tweaks to notices and tooltips.
• NEW: Deactivate legacy campaigns now an option in advanced settings.
• NEW: Added and updated several items in the Growth Tools page.
• FIX: Addressed security for ajax functions related to reporting.
• FIX: Resolved typos and PHP warnings and notices.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.1.9

• FIX: Added nonce and permissions check for depreciated function to show Stripe keys.
• FIX: Fixed typo in a permissions check for viewing a campaign builder preview.

Donation Form & Fundraising Campaigns v1.8.1.8

• NEW: Add three WordPress hooks to allow developers to add custom content in the gateway fieldset in the donation form.
• NEW: Add ‘charitable_stripe_payment_intent_data’ filter for the “payment_intent_data” attribute sent to Stripe (example: use to remove “setup_future_usage” value for payment integrations).
• NEW: New menu item “SMTP” with ability to download and install WP Mail SMTP.
• NEW: Added hooks ‘charitable_gateway_fields_front’, ‘charitable_gateway_fields_after_legend’, and ‘charitable_gateway_fields_end’ to insert text into gateway fields area in donation form.
• NEW: Updated charitable.pot.
• FIX: Resolved a security issue when checking to see if a campaign can recieve donation.
• FIX: Resolved issue related to exporting recurring donations.
• FIX: Added nonce and permissions check to checking licenses via AJAX.
• FIX: Resolved typos and PHP warnings and notices.

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