18 Most Used WordPress Contest Plugins

  • Rating-Widget: Star Review System

    The most popular Five Star Review System on the web. User-friendly ratings for: posts, pages, comments, WooCommerce, BuddyPress and bbPress forums.

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    Price FREE
    Active Installs 20,000+
    Downloads 575,235
    Ratings 484 ratings
    3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings

    4.5 out of 5 stars
    Tested up to 4.3.1
    Requires 2.9
    Last Updated 2 days ago
    Launched Dec 28, 2010

  • User Popularity Contest

    Users vote each other.

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    Price FREE
    Active Installs 8,000+
    Downloads 676
    Ratings 0 ratings
    3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings

    0.0 out of 5 stars
    Tested up to 2.1
    Requires 2.0.2
    Last Updated 4 years ago
    Launched Oct 27, 2011

  • myCRED

    myCRED is an adaptive points management system that lets you award / charge your users for interacting with your WordPress powered website.

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    Price FREE
    Active Installs 7,000+
    Downloads 73,906
    Ratings 128 ratings
    3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings

    4.8 out of 5 stars
    Tested up to 4.3.1
    Requires 3.8
    Last Updated 4 weeks ago
    Launched Apr 22, 2013

  • Like Button Voting & Rating

    Add Like button to posts, pages, comments, WooCommerce, BuddyPress, bbPress, custom post types! Sort content by likes! Get rating stats and insights!

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    Price FREE
    Active Installs 5,000+
    Downloads 70,590
    Ratings 39 ratings
    3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings

    3.9 out of 5 stars
    Tested up to 4.3.1
    Requires 2.8
    Last Updated 3 days ago
    Launched May 27, 2013

  • ContestHopper for WordPress

    The easiest way to run powerful, viral social sweepstakes, contests and giveaways on your WordPress website or blog.

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    Price FREE
    Active Installs 2,000+
    Downloads 8,997
    Ratings 13 ratings
    3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings

    3.9 out of 5 stars
    Tested up to 3.6.1
    Requires 3.1
    Last Updated 2 years ago
    Launched May 23, 2013

  • Listly: Listicles For Wordpress

    Brings the power of the Listly platform to engage your audience with list posts in gallery, slideshow, magazine, and list layouts.

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    Price FREE
    Active Installs 2,000+
    Downloads 25,973
    Ratings 8 ratings
    3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings

    3.6 out of 5 stars
    Tested up to 4.3.1
    Requires 3.5
    Last Updated 2 months ago
    Launched Jan 1, 1970

  • Wishpond Social Contests

    Run promotional campaigns on your WordPress site that spread quickly on Facebook and Twitter and drive new customers.

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    Price FREE
    Active Installs 1,000+
    Downloads 30,760
    Ratings 16 ratings
    3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings

    1.7 out of 5 stars
    Tested up to 4.3.1
    Requires 2.0.2
    Last Updated 2 weeks ago
    Launched Jul 10, 2012

  • Tribulant Gallery Voting

    Let users cast votes/likes on your WordPress gallery images/photos.

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    Price FREE
    Active Installs 1,000+
    Downloads 5,353
    Ratings 7 ratings
    3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings

    4.3 out of 5 stars
    Tested up to 4.0.8
    Requires 3.8
    Last Updated one year ago
    Launched May 6, 2014

  • Pick Giveaway Winner

    Randomly select a winner or winners from the comments of a giveaway post.

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    Price FREE
    Active Installs 700+
    Downloads 5,082
    Ratings 1 ratings
    3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings

    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Tested up to 4.3.1
    Requires 3.0
    Last Updated 3 months ago
    Launched Jan 2, 2011

  • TotalPoll Lite

    Simple, Powerful and Brandable Polls, for WordPress. Amazing features and huge possibilities.

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    Price FREE
    Active Installs 600+
    Downloads 2,949
    Ratings 5 ratings
    3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings

    4.2 out of 5 stars
    Tested up to 4.0.8
    Requires 3.4.0
    Last Updated 11 months ago
    Launched Oct 7, 2014

  • Comment Contest

    Comment Contest allows you to manage contests on your website. This plug-in draws all comments in a specific post and show you the winners.

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    Price FREE
    Active Installs 500+
    Downloads 9,550
    Ratings 0 ratings
    3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings

    0.0 out of 5 stars
    Tested up to 4.3.1
    Requires 3.3
    Last Updated 3 months ago
    Launched Sep 2, 2009

  • PhotoContest Plugin

    This plugin automatically turns a WordPress-page into a photo contest.

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    Price FREE
    Active Installs 500+
    Downloads 22,934
    Ratings 1 ratings
    3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings

    1.0 out of 5 stars
    Tested up to 3.0.5
    Requires 2.7
    Last Updated 5 years ago
    Launched Oct 16, 2009

  • InviteReferrals

    Licence : GPLv2 Design and launch customer referral campaigns within minutes in Wordpress.

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    Price FREE
    Active Installs 400+
    Downloads 4,658
    Ratings 7 ratings
    3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings

    3.3 out of 5 stars
    Tested up to 4.2.5
    Requires 3.0
    Last Updated 6 months ago
    Launched Oct 2, 2013

  • Contest Gallery

    Organize own photo contest! The one and only gallery plugin with ability to create image upload forms for frontend!

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    Price FREE
    Active Installs 300+
    Downloads 2,838
    Ratings 7 ratings
    3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings

    3.6 out of 5 stars
    Tested up to 4.3.1
    Requires 3.9
    Last Updated 5 days ago
    Launched Aug 13, 2015

  • ContestFriend for WordPress

    The easiest way to run powerful, viral social sweepstakes, contests and giveaways on your WordPress website or blog.

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    Price FREE
    Active Installs 300+
    Downloads 764
    Ratings 2 ratings
    3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings

    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Tested up to 4.2.5
    Requires 3.3
    Last Updated 5 months ago
    Launched Jun 9, 2015

  • shareThat Site Traffic Builder

    Build site traffic, generate leads, and drive deeper site engagement with social promotional widgets fully customized to match your site's theme.

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    Price FREE
    Active Installs 200+
    Downloads 2,759
    Ratings 1 ratings
    3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings

    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Tested up to 3.7.11
    Requires 3.0
    Last Updated 2 years ago
    Launched Oct 31, 2013

  • WordPress InviteBox Plugin for refer-a-friend promotion

    Add InviteBox-powered referral program to your WordPress site and promote it virally.

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    Price FREE
    Active Installs 200+
    Downloads 5,671
    Ratings 3 ratings
    3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings

    3.7 out of 5 stars
    Tested up to 4.3.1
    Requires 3
    Last Updated 3 months ago
    Launched May 28, 2012

  • Give It Away Now!

    A WordPress plugin for creating online giveaways and contests. Users can enter email drawings daily.

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    Price FREE
    Active Installs 100+
    Downloads 1,898
    Ratings 5 ratings
    3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings

    4.4 out of 5 stars
    Tested up to 3.9.9
    Requires 3.0
    Last Updated one year ago
    Launched May 4, 2014

Should we add any contest plugins to the list? Let us know what you think.

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