Title: WP Voting Contest Lite
Author: Matt
Published: <strong>Июнь 14, 2018</strong>
Last modified: Февраль 27, 2025

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

![](https://ps.w.org/wp-voting-contest/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2959244)

# WP Voting Contest Lite

 By [Matt](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mvincik/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-voting-contest.5.8.zip)

 * [Details](https://os.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-voting-contest/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://os.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-voting-contest/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://os.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-voting-contest/#installation)
 * [Development](https://os.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-voting-contest/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-voting-contest/)

## Description

Easy to use voting contest plugin for WordPress. Simply let users vote photos/images
in your Contests.

Installing and activating this plugin will place a vote button and a vote count 
below each photo of all contestants images using the [showcontestants id=’category
id’] shortcode.

Note: Only logged in users can vote in Lite version!

#### PRO VERSION

The all-in-one [WordPress Contest plugin](https://wpvotingcontest.com/downloads/wordpress-voting-photo-contest-plugin/).
Start an Audio Contest, Video Contest, Photo Contest, or Essay Contest using a single
plugin.

#### Online Demo

You can try out the [Online demonstration](https://demo.wpvotingcontest.com/) to
see how the plugin works.

To login, go to the [Demo dashboard](https://demo.wpvotingcontest.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=contestants)
and login with **demo** / **demo4**.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Grid View of the Image Contest with vote button, vote count and Social media 
   links.
 * [[
 * List View of the Image Contest with vote button, vote count and Social media 
   links.
 * [[
 * Single Contestant View of the Image Contest with vote button, vote count and 
   Social media links.

## Installation

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

 1. Upload `wp-voting-contest` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Go to the Contest Category and create the Contest and the shortcode in the page[
    showcontestants id=’category id’] to vote for the contestants

## FAQ

### What is Category ID

Created Contest Category term ID is the Category ID to be used in the shortcode.

### What contest it supports

It only supports the Photo/Image Contest.

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a5a0eb08abf0aeba5c38fe497d978fe60c2b615348cce7b3ffb2458235b22fe7?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Does not what it advertizes and support ingores me](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-not-what-it-advertizes-and-support-ingores-me/)󠁿

 [monkeydluffy](https://profiles.wordpress.org/monkeydluffy/) Январь 11, 2026

Does not what it advertizes and support ingores me.

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Great Support Team](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-support-team-158/)󠁿

 [TimDHodges](https://profiles.wordpress.org/timdhodges/) Октябрь 30, 2023

My main issues with this plugin were related to Facebook. Matt was able to help 
me navigate them in order to get the plugin working. Without his help I would not
have been able to get this live. There are lots of plugins out there, but having
one with great support makes it a lot easier to implement.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e8a50da4db70d63e7227779ee6f5bf22230e657cff656b0349574e785eadb274?
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### 󠀁[Great product](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-product-1006/)󠁿

 [sueh1950](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sueh1950/) Август 11, 2023

We are using this product for artists to upload images for art competitions, for
reviewers to select or reject them, and for online voting people’s choice awards.
It is wonderful, does everything I need, and the support is very responsive.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cff2865feb7117b8786857b1fca38ce9b1d348104c4b7c4d3aadfd932fc936cb?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Pages crash after inserting contest’s shortcode](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pages-crash-after-inserting-contests-shortcode/)󠁿

 [godwinotaru](https://profiles.wordpress.org/godwinotaru/) Сентябрь 19, 2022 2 
replies

I inserted a contest’s shortcode on a page and updated it. When I previewed the 
page, it loads and then crashes. Someone should please help, what could be the problem?

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3b9b1b3cafa8bcc7f4013af6d197642c8628db8b501fd187add6560a374f4802?
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### 󠀁[Much Supported Plugin for Voting](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/much-supported-plugin-for-voting/)󠁿

 [testercubes](https://profiles.wordpress.org/testercubes/) Июнь 8, 2022

This plugin is much supported for voting. Thanks guys for this awesome plugin. If
you have give more options in the Voting Frequency , then it will be very useful
in the future. Thanks

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/daeea03a61f5e5fbe1cac432b2e15596d209fbff813274c3574ea1107ec6477f?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Needs more frequent updates](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-longer-being-maintained-2/)󠁿

 [jkowens](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jkowens/) Февраль 15, 2021

I have successfully used this plugin, but the plug-in has some know bugs that have
been reported. The last plugin update is 9/19/20.

 [ Read all 15 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-voting-contest/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“WP Voting Contest Lite” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Matt ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mvincik/)

[Translate “WP Voting Contest Lite” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-voting-contest)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 5.8

 * WordPress 6.7.2 Support
 * Clear caching for REST API response

#### 5.7

 * Cookie issue fix

#### 5.6

 * WordPress 6.7.1 Support
 * Create category black page issue fix

#### 5.5

 * Delete votes issue fixed
 * Other minor issue fixes

#### 5.4

 * WordPress 6.6.1 Support
 * Added Threads Social sharing
 * Added Email template Translations
 * Fixed issue with editing Custom Fields being saved without field name
 * Other minor issue fixes

#### 5.3

 * WordPress 6.4.1 Support
 * Updated CSS to show loading only for contestants container

#### 5.2

 * Brand icon updated

#### 5.1

 * Secure link change

#### 5.0

 * New branding migration changes

#### 4.3

 * Upgrade from Lite to Pro Version steps added
 * Other minor changes

#### 4.2

 * WordPress 6.2.2 Support
 * Other minor issue fixes

#### 4.1

 * Fixed migration issue from previous versions

#### 4.0

 * Fixed inconsistant login issue
 * Other minor Issue Fixes

#### 3.4

 * Removed the JS Client Uploader
 * Added the default form Upload
 * Fixed Design issues in list view

#### 3.3

 * Fixed custom fields issue in the Submit Entry form

#### 3.2

 * WordPress 6.0 Support
 * Issue Fixes

#### 3.1

 * Fixed Category Assign Issue for the Contestants in the admin end
 * Security Issue Fixes

#### 3.0

 * Added the Stylish Layout Settings
 * Added the Cookie Tracing Method
 * Added the Color Settings
 * Security Issue Fixes

#### 2.1

 * Login and Registration Issues

#### 2.0

 * Fixed Datepicker Issue in the Contest Category Settings
 * Fixed the Showform in the showcontestants and addcontestants shortcode
 * Fixed Admin Styles

#### 1.9

 * Fixed the Rules & Prizes in addcontestant shortcode

#### 1.8

 * Fixed the Multilingual Supports in the Plugin
 * Added New Translated Strings

#### 1.7

 * Fixed the undefined js conflicts issue while voting

#### 1.6

 * Fixed Image issue in GRID & List view
 * Fixed the undefined issue while voting
 * Fixed the PHP warnings

#### 1.5

 * Non-numeric value encountered warning in first time view of contestants
 * Voting Logs pagination Filtes & styles issues
 * Style issuses admin end
 * Issue fix in the Contestant title
 * Removed the Google Plus Sharing

#### 1.4

 * Fixed the Deprecated functions

#### 1.3

 * Fixed the issues for the premium version compatibility
 * Image Issues fixed
 * Added Appropriate Hooks for the current WordPress versions

#### 1.2

 * Guttenburg Editor in the Contestants.
 * Removed the Voting menu in the Edit and Add Contestant area because it conflicts
   with the editor.
 * Admin Ajax fix.
 * Support with WordPress 5.
 * Admin end CSS issue fixes.
 * Deprecated the shortcode attribute – onlyloggedinuser.

#### 1.1

 * Fixed the Registration Issues.

#### 1.0

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **5.8**
 *  Last updated **1 year ago**
 *  Active installations **500+**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.7.5**
 *  PHP version ** 8.1 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-voting-contest/)
 * Tags
 * [contest](https://os.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/contest/)[gallery](https://os.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/gallery/)
   [likes](https://os.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/likes/)[photo](https://os.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/photo/)
   [voting](https://os.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/voting/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://os.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-voting-contest/advanced/)

## Ratings

 3.1 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  7 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-voting-contest/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-voting-contest/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  1 3-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-voting-contest/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  1 2-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-voting-contest/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  6 1-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-voting-contest/reviews/?filter=1)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Matt ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mvincik/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-voting-contest/)