Title: zbench theme has encrypted code in functions.php
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# zbench theme has encrypted code in functions.php

 *  [Gestroud](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gestroud/)
 * (@gestroud)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/zbench-theme-has-encrypted-code-in-functionsphp/)
 * Don’t know how this slipped through, but the theme probably shouldn’t be in the
   theme repository.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/zbench](http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/zbench)

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 *  Thread Starter [Gestroud](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gestroud/)
 * (@gestroud)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/zbench-theme-has-encrypted-code-in-functionsphp/#post-1810462)
 * Looks as if it may be the donation coding from PayPal.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/zbench-theme-has-encrypted-code-in-functionsphp/#post-1810463)
 * The code in question may have already been checked & allowed by the theme review
   team but I’ll drop them a line and let them know there a question has been raised
   about the theme here.
 *  Anonymous User
 * (@anonymized-3085)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/zbench-theme-has-encrypted-code-in-functionsphp/#post-1810464)
 * From [paypal](https://cms.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/?cmd=_render-content&content_ID=developer/e_howto_html_donation_buttons#id08AAF0P0E9N):
 * > Protecting HTML Code for Payment Buttons
   > When you create Donate code with tools on the PayPal website, PayPal lets your
   > protect the HTML button code that it generates by encrypting part of it. Protecting
   > the HTML code of your payment buttons helps protect against malicious tampering
   > and fraudulent payments.
   >  Important: Merchants with significant payment volume
   > are required to take precautions on securing Website Payments Standard buttons.
 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/zbench-theme-has-encrypted-code-in-functionsphp/#post-1810468)
 * Paypal generates that sort of code as part of the donation button. I’ve generated
   buttons like that myself. The encrypted code basically says who the donation 
   goes to, options, amounts, etc.
 * We don’t have a specific ban on encrypted code, instead we ban malicious code
   of any sort. Most of the time, encrypted code is malicious. But Paypal donation
   buttons to the theme authors, especially on a theme options page, are not.

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 * Last reply from: [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/zbench-theme-has-encrypted-code-in-functionsphp/#post-1810468)
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