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Charitable – Donation & Fundraising Platform (Donation Forms, Recurring Donations & Fundraising Campaigns) v1.8.12.3

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  • On Plugin Auditor since Sep 14, 2026
  • Last audited Sep 14, 2026

Compatibility & requirements

The PHP and WordPress versions this plugin needs, and how current its version support is.

  • Requires PHP 7.4+
  • Requires WordPress 5.0+
  • Tested up to WP 7.0.2 WP 7.1.3 is current
  • Version adoption 87% run the current version

Audit scores by category

125 checks

How this plugin scores across the six areas we audit, from security to accessibility.

  • 51 Passed
  • 53 Warnings
  • 21 Failed
Security 32/100
Poor

12 of 37 checks passed.

Code Quality 56/100
Needs Improvement

34 of 61 checks passed.

Performance 8/100
Poor

1 of 12 checks passed.

Compatibility 33/100
Poor

2 of 6 checks passed.

Privacy 33/100
Poor

1 of 3 checks passed.

Accessibility 17/100
Poor

1 of 6 checks passed.

Code footprint

How much code ships in this plugin, and the file types that make it up.

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ZIP file size

22.8 MB

48.0 MB unzipped

Total files

5,925

across all file types

Lines of PHP

232,159

in 786 files Large

File types

  • PHP
  • PNG
  • SVG
  • JS
  • Other

Top issues

The most important findings from the latest audit, ordered by severity.

  • 9 Critical
  • 223 High
  • 1,112 Medium
  • 431 Low

This is a preview of notable findings. Full file-level results, line numbers and code context are in the scan.

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How scores changed across versions

Across 30 audited versions of Charitable – Donation & Fundraising Platform (Donation Forms, Recurring Donations & Fundraising Campaigns), Code Quality improved the most (+7). The largest regression was in Performance (-9). The codebase grew 41% in size.

Audited 1.8.6.1 → 1.8.11.3 · 30 versions

0 50 100 1.8.6.1 1.8.8.4 1.8.10 1.8.11.3

How issues changed across versions

Findings by severity for each audited version, so you can see which issues were fixed over time.

0 1400 2800 1.8.6.1 1.8.8.4 1.8.10 1.8.11.3

Download momentum

How fast this plugin is being installed lately, and whether that pace is rising or slowing.

Last 7 days

1,390

downloads

Today

119

downloads

Week over week

−55%

vs previous week

Month over month

+52%

vs previous month

Download trend: Growing. Abandonment risk: None.

Version intelligence

13% of installs run an older version

≈ 1.3K+ sites on a lower-scoring version.

  • Other
  • v1.6
  • v1.7
  • v1.8

Ratings

217 ratings on WordPress.org

  • 5 208
  • 4 4
  • 3 1
  • 2 0
  • 1 4

Support: 4 / 5 threads resolved in the last two months

Maintenance & history

How actively this plugin is kept up, from its last update to its release history.

Last updated

This month

Jul 21, 2026

Actively maintained

Release cadence

~ every 11 days

average between releases

Total releases

205

since Aug 2015 · 11 yrs

Contributors & developers

The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.

Running Charitable in Your Site?

Our latest audit of Charitable v1.8.12.3 flagged 1,775 issues. Scan your own copy to see each one with its exact file, line number, and a recommended fix.

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