Run Contests, Raffles, and Giveaways with ContestsWP
by mdedev · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 100+ installs across the portfolio →
An easy to use WordPress plugin to do giveaways.
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Health
B 82/100
Few reviews · Open vulnerability
Active installs
100+
≈170 estimated
Momentum
+1%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “dealership”, “giveaway” and “car dealership” to your wp.org tags. You rank #7, #8 and #10 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
82 health vs 58 average across 25,739 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.7%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 14.4K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,772 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 6 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.20★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
65
Momentum
Gaining ground
+2.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
60%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+2.9
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| run giveaways | #1 | #1 | up 3 |
| raffles your tag | #3 | #2 | 0 |
| run sweepstakes | #1 | #1 | up 1 |
| contests your tag | #5 | #10 | up 2 |
| giveaways your tag | #6 | #14 | up 4 |
| contest | #4 | #9 | up 1 |
| sweepstakes your tag | #6 | #8 | up 2 |
| run | #12 | #20 | up 8 |
| raffle | #6 | #6 | 0 |
| dealership | #7 | #10 | up 6 |
| giveaway | #8 | #16 | up 2 |
| car dealership | #10 | #13 | up 4 |
| winner | #13 | #19 | up 8 |
| winners | #13 | #19 | down 1 |
| drawing | #20 | #15 | down 1 |
25 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 15 listed. 10 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Add “dealership”, “giveaway” and “car dealership” to your wp.org tags. You rank #7, #8 and #10 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 1 Nov 2024 · 730 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 357 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history since 15 Sep 2026
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (2.1.2). 3 of 4 disclosed are patched.
- Patched Medium · 5.3 Run Contests, Raffles, and Giveaways with ContestsWP <= 2.0.7 - Unauthenticated Information Exposure ↗2026-02-02 CVE-2026-25023 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affects <= 2.0.7 Patched in 2.1.1
- Open Medium · 6.1 Run Contests, Raffles, and Giveaways with ContestsWP <= 2.0.6 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-04-15 CVE-2025-32634 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.0.6 No patch available
- Patched Medium · 6.1 Run Contests, Raffles, and Giveaways with ContestsWP <= 2.0.3 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗2024-11-20 CVE-2024-11456 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.0.3 Patched in 2.0.4
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
3 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("whether you are"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Mailchimp.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,005 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 4 tags appear in the text; "raffles", "sweepstakes" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Giveaways and Contests by RafflePress – Get More Website Traffic, Email Subscribers, and Social Followers 20K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags B -
Woobox 900+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags C -
WinRocket Raffle and Giveaway Campaigns for WooCommerce 200+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
Contests by Rewards Fuel 40+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A -
Viral Loops WP Integration 200+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D -
Woorise – Forms, Quizzes & Giveaways 1K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
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