Donorbox – Free Recurring Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform

Donorbox is a powerful and secure donation management plugin for WordPress. We are the only donation plugin for WordPress that offers a fast feature-f …

v7.1.12rebelidealistUpdated Added 8k+ installs96% rating
87
Score
5
Errors
6
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security83
Repo88
Performance100
Maintainability92

Audit Overview

Open findings

11

5 errors, 6 warnings

Main area

Maintainability

5 grouped findings

Last scanned

2s runtime

Audit stack

Plugin Check 2.0.0

Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Most repeated findings are in Maintainability, led by register setting Missing.

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

11 findings

Maintainability

5

5 issue groups

Repo Compliance

3

3 issue groups

Security

2

2 issue groups

I18n

1

1 issue group

ERRORSecurityregister setting MissingSanitization missing for register_setting().1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Sanitization missing for register_setting().

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Function FoundFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "generate_donorbox_iframe_src".1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "generate_donorbox_iframe_src".

WARNINGSecurityUsing FILE Using __FILE__ for menu slugs risks exposing filesystem structure.1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Using __FILE__ for menu slugs risks exposing filesystem structure.

ERRORMaintainabilityNon Enqueued ScriptScripts must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_script()1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Scripts must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_script()

ERRORI18nMissing Arg DomainMissing $domain parameter in function call to __().1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().

WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin namePlugin name "Donorbox - Free Recurring Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Donorbox Donation Form".1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Plugin name "Donorbox - Free Recurring Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Donorbox Donation Form".

ERRORMaintainabilitymissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;

ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto headerTested up to: 6.8 < 7.0. The "Tested up to" value in your plugin is not set to the current version of WordPress. This means your plugin will not show up in searches, as we require plugins to be compatible and documented as tested up to the most recent version of WordPress.1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Tested up to: 6.8 < 7.0. The "Tested up to" value in your plugin is not set to the current version of WordPress. This means your plugin will not show up in searches, as we require plugins to be compatible and documented as tested up to the most recent version of WordPress.

WARNINGRepo Compliancereadme parser warnings too many tagsOne or more tags were ignored. Please limit your plugin to 5 tags.1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

One or more tags were ignored. Please limit your plugin to 5 tags.

WARNINGRepo Compliancereadme parser warnings trimmed short descriptionThe "Short Description" section is too long and was truncated. A maximum of 150 characters is supported.1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The "Short Description" section is too long and was truncated. A maximum of 150 characters is supported.

Show 1 more issue group
WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked term1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "Donorbox - Free Recurring Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform" - contains the restricted term "plugin" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.

Score History

First score snapshot

First scan
Jun 20, 2026, 11:21 PM UTC
Plugin version
v7.1.12
Plugin Check
2.0.0
Scoring model
2026.06-mvp-static-v2
Scan records1

v7.1.12

87

Latest

Findings
11
Errors
5
Warnings
6
Plugin Check
2.0.0
Model
2026.06-mvp-static-v2

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