Bingo Car Rental
Car rental booking system for WordPress. Manage your fleet, reservations and pricing from your own WordPress admin.
Use with caution
Bingo Car Rental works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. Was last updated 3 months ago, and scores 55/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (<10 active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- Needs PHP 8.1 or newer
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Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Bingo Car Rental stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| booking | >100 |
| car rental | #45 |
| Fleet Management | #28 |
| reservations | >100 |
| vehicle rental | #28 |
About Bingo Car Rental
From the official readme · v1.0.59Description
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/.mofiles
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 for details.
Shortcode Options
[bingocr_rental show_locations="true" show_categories="true" theme="light"]
show_locations— Show pickup/drop-off location dropdowns. Default:trueshow_categories— Show category filter tabs. Default:truetheme—lightordark. 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
- 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
- Terms of Service: https://freemius.com/terms/
- Privacy Policy: https://freemius.com/privacy/
Installation
- Upload the
bingocarfolder to/wp-content/plugins/. - Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress.
- Go to BingoCR → Settings to configure your company name, currency and email options.
- Go to BingoCR → Fleet to add your cars.
- Add the shortcode
[bingocr_rental]to any page where you want the booking widget to appear.
Frequently asked questions
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.
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.
For developers
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FAQ
Bingo Car Rental: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 2, 2026
Is Bingo Car Rental free?
Yes. Bingo Car Rental is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Bingo Car Rental safe to use in 2026?
Bingo Car Rental works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. Was last updated 3 months ago, and scores 55/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Bingo Car Rental?
Bingo Car Rental is active on <10 WordPress websites and has been downloaded 190 times since it launched in July 2026. It was downloaded 61 times in the last 30 days.
Does Bingo Car Rental work with WordPress 7.1?
Bingo Car Rental is officially tested up to WordPress 7.0.6, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
What PHP version does Bingo Car Rental need?
Bingo Car Rental requires PHP 8.1 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.
When was Bingo Car Rental last updated?
The latest version, 1.0.59, was released on July 16, 2026 (3 months ago).
Who makes Bingo Car Rental?
Bingo Car Rental is developed and maintained by Adrian D.
What are the best alternatives to Bingo Car Rental?
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