Title: Bingo Car Rental
Author: Adrian D
Published: <strong>July 16, 2026</strong>
Last modified: July 16, 2026

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# Bingo Car Rental

 By [Adrian D](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bitsworld/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/bingocar.1.0.59.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bingocar/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bingocar/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bingocar/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bingocar/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bingocar/)

## Description

Bingo Car Rental is a self-contained car rental management plugin for WordPress.
Install it on any WordPress site and you immediately get:

 * **Fleet management** — Add cars with photos (from the WP media library), specs,
   categories and daily pricing
 * **Online booking widget** — Drop the `[bingocr_rental]` shortcode on any page;
   visitors search by date, browse available cars and book without leaving your 
   site
 * **Reservation dashboard** — View, confirm, update and manage all reservations
   from the WordPress admin
 * **Locations** — Define pickup and drop-off locations with addresses
 * **Seasonal pricing** — Adjust nightly rates by percentage for date ranges (high
   season, low season, etc.)
 * **Duration pricing** — Set different nightly rates or fixed totals for short 
   vs. long rentals
 * **Pay-on-site methods** — Accept cash on pickup, card on pickup and bank transfer;
   configure which methods are active
 * **Email notifications** — Automatic confirmation emails to customers and admins
   on booking and status change
 * **Multilingual** — Built-in English and Romanian; add more languages via standard
   WordPress `.po/.mo` files

No booking fees. Reservation data stays in your own WordPress database.

**Pro version**

A separate Pro plugin (BingoCR Business) adds extras/add-ons at checkout, discount
codes, online PayPal payments and out-of-hours fees. See [bingorentals.com](https://bingorentals.com)
for details.

### Shortcode Options

    ```
    [bingocr_rental show_locations="true" show_categories="true" theme="light"]
    ```

 * `show_locations` — Show pickup/drop-off location dropdowns. Default: `true`
 * `show_categories` — Show category filter tabs. Default: `true`
 * `theme` — `light` or `dark`. Defaults to the value set in BingoCR  Settings.
 * `primary_color` — Override the primary accent color, e.g. `#e63946`.

### External Services

This plugin can connect to the following third-party services. Each is optional 
and only active under the conditions described.

**1. ipapi.co — Visitor geolocation for automatic language detection**

Used _only_ when **Auto-detect visitor language** is enabled in BingoCR  Settings
Display (disabled by default).

When enabled, the visitor’s public IP address is sent to ipapi.co to detect their
country and switch the booking widget language automatically.

 * Data sent: visitor IP address
 * When: on page load, only when auto-detect is enabled
 * Service: [ipapi.co](https://ipapi.co)
 * Terms of Service: https://ipapi.co/terms/
 * Privacy Policy: https://ipapi.co/privacy/

**2. Freemius — Software updates and optional usage diagnostics**

This plugin uses the Freemius SDK for software update delivery and optional anonymous
diagnostics. Freemius asks for explicit administrator opt-in before any non-essential
data is collected; you can decline without affecting plugin functionality.

 * Data sent: site URL, WordPress/PHP environment info and, after opt-in only, anonymous
   usage diagnostics
 * When: on plugin activation (opt-in prompt) and during update checks
 * Service: [Freemius](https://freemius.com)
 * Terms of Service: https://freemius.com/terms/
 * Privacy Policy: https://freemius.com/privacy/

## Installation

 1. Upload the `bingocar` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`.
 2. Activate the plugin through the **Plugins** menu in WordPress.
 3. Go to **BingoCR  Settings** to configure your company name, currency and email 
    options.
 4. Go to **BingoCR  Fleet** to add your cars.
 5. Add the shortcode `[bingocr_rental]` to any page where you want the booking widget
    to appear.

## FAQ

### Does this plugin require an account or subscription?

No. The free plugin has no account requirement. Freemius presents an opt-in prompt
on activation for anonymous diagnostics — you can decline and the plugin works fully.

### What payment methods can customers use?

The free plugin supports pay-on-site methods: cash on pickup, card on pickup and
bank transfer. You choose which are active under BingoCR  Payment. Online payments(
PayPal) are available in the Pro version.

### Can I use dark mode or a custom brand color?

Yes, both are available in the free version. Set them under BingoCR  Settings  Display.

### How do I show a “Powered by BingoCR” credit?

Go to **BingoCR  Settings  Display** and enable **Show attribution**. It is never
shown without explicit opt-in.

### Is the booking form translated?

The widget ships with English and Romanian. Add more languages via a standard `.
po/.mo` file in the `languages` folder.

### What PHP version is required?

PHP 8.1 or higher. The plugin uses named arguments and typed properties introduced
in PHP 8.0/8.1.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Bingo Car Rental” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Adrian D ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bitsworld/)
 *   [ Freemius ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/freemius/)

[Translate “Bingo Car Rental” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/bingocar)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bingocar/), check out
the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/bingocar/), or subscribe 
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/bingocar/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/bingocar/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.59

 * Compliance: extras and discount-code management (admin create/edit/delete, plus
   the customer-facing extras list and discount validation) are now physically excluded
   from the free plugin rather than present-but-license-gated. PayPal order create/
   capture/webhook moved the same way. All three remain available in the separate
   Pro plugin.
 * Security: removed an unused, weakly-authenticated reservation lookup endpoint(
   email-match against a numeric ID) that had no frontend caller. A proper token-
   based self-service lookup is planned as part of a future customer account feature.
 * Security: the PayPal order-create request now also verifies the submitted customer
   email matches the reservation before creating an order, closing a gap where a
   valid nonce alone was enough to act on an arbitrary reservation ID.

#### 1.0.58

 * Updated readme to accurately describe free plugin features; removed references
   to Pro-only functionality (extras, discount codes, PayPal) from the free plugin
   description.

#### 1.0.57

 * Compliance: removed all plan gates from features present in the free build. Dark
   theme, custom brand color and pay-on-site methods (cash, card, bank transfer)
   are now fully available without a Pro licence. Car and location counts are unlimited.
   Admin upsell panels for absent Pro features (out-of-hours fee, PayPal) now point
   to the separate Pro plugin rather than showing disabled controls.

#### 1.0.56

 * Fixed: PayPal card payment fields are now fully reachable. The PayPal buttons(
   including the inline card form) have been moved into the scrollable section of
   the booking modal so users can scroll to fill in card details without the form
   being cut off.

#### 1.0.55

 * Fixed: the pricing/calculate endpoint now validates the full date range (return
   after pickup, no past dates, min/max rental length) before computing a quote,
   matching the validation already enforced at reservation creation.

#### 1.0.54

 * Security: PayPal now verifies the captured amount and currency against the booking
   before marking it paid. Concurrent bookings of the same car fail closed with 
   a brief retry message for stricter overbooking protection. Restored .distignore.

#### 1.0.53

 * Security hardening: the PayPal webhook always re-verifies the capture with PayPal
   and resolves the booking from authoritative PayPal data; reservation creation
   fully validates the date range; concurrent bookings are serialised with a per-
   car lock; security deposit is recomputed server-side; plugin degrades cleanly
   if the Freemius SDK folder is missing.

#### 1.0.52

 * Fixed: extras and discount are only recorded on a reservation when the Pro pricing
   code is present, keeping the stored record consistent with the server-calculated
   total.

#### 1.0.51

 * The Extras and Discount Codes admin sections now show a clear upgrade panel on
   the free plan instead of an editor that stored data which never took effect.

#### 1.0.50

 * Security: reservation totals are recomputed server-side at booking time instead
   of trusting the price submitted by the browser.

#### 1.0.49

 * Added PayPal webhook receiver so payments are reconciled even if the customer’s
   browser drops the response after paying.

#### 1.0.48

 * Security: PayPal client secret is now encrypted at rest (AES-256-GCM).

#### 1.0.47

 * Fixed premium code stripping: renamed premium-only files with the Freemius `__premium_only`
   suffix so they are reliably excluded from the free build.

#### 1.0.44

 * WordPress.org review prep: documented external services in readme; uninstall 
   now also drops the payments table.

#### 1.0.43

 * Security: removed license override shortcuts from is_pro(); plan status is now
   determined solely by Freemius.

#### 1.0.38

 * Attribution (“Powered by”) is now strictly opt-in for everyone and is never forced
   on the free plan.

#### 1.0.1

 * Renamed plugin to comply with WordPress.org trademark guidelines; fixed coding
   standards; added languages directory.

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.59**
 *  Last updated **17 hours ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.0.1**
 *  PHP version ** 8.1 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [booking](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/booking/)[car rental](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/car-rental/)
   [Fleet Management](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/fleet-management/)[reservations](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/reservations/)
   [vehicle rental](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/vehicle-rental/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bingocar/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Adrian D ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bitsworld/)
 *   [ Freemius ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/freemius/)

## Support

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