Give It Away Now!

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1. ★★★★★ JackTheAdmin

   11.0y ago

   This plugin works very well! The people who have coded this plugin have been very helpful, and pointed out where different things are when you go to edit the code. I now have a custom giveaway page, and it is exactly how I like it!

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2. ★★★★★ streamworks

   11.3y ago

   I really like how this handles the front end…the generated contests look nice and are easy to sign up for. The back end is where I am a bit disappointed. Here’s my gripes. Hopefully these will be addressed in future releases since this is such a great start! 1. No way to setup the giveaway form. It’s really a pain to have a single field for just name. There should be a field for first name and a field for last name. The user should really be able to choose what fields they want included in their form. 2. The plugin doesn’t select a winner. When I was reading through the description I got the impression that this was more of a one stop shop. That the plugin would choose the winner(s) on the end date provided. Unless it’s completely eluding me, it doesn’t appear to do this. It just lists all the entries. 3. There is no way to export the list of entries as a CSV…this would allow the user to upload the entries to their email marketing program such as MailChimp or Constant Contact. I know I can probably figure out a way to copy/paste, but since the entries are listed in pages of at most 100 per page, this becomes a pain when you have like 1,000 entries. 4. The Rules don’t seem to show up anywhere…it would be could if there were a checkbox on the form that says “I have read and agree to the contest rules” and make that text a link to the rules…something like that would be nice. 5. Since the page listing giveaways is not an actual wordpress page I can’t seem to make it the homepage of my site. If there were shortcodes or widgets available, I could probably just create a page using those. 6. The entries list only displays the “End Date” of the contest…it doesn’t display the entry date…so if I have a contest where users can enter 1 time per day, how do I verify that? Do I just count and delete all entries that go over the total number of days? That seems a bit weird. 7. Their is only one “Entries List” for all contests…I get that I can sort it by contest, but it really feels like there should be a list for each contest… I really like the simplicity of this plugin, but I think it might be TOO simple. Hopefully there are some new features added for the next version.

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3. ★★★★★ Elvis1973

   11.7y ago

   Wonderful plugin for contests and giveaways. Easy to set up and nice layout. A+++

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4. ★★★★★ sunnys123

   12.3y ago

   I’m loving this! I had some trouble, since I have weird stuff in my blog – but Ethan fixed it for me right away! Great support! Thanks so much

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5. ★★★★★ EthanT

   12.3y ago

   Plus, I know the author really well, so I’ll vouch for him 😉

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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).

• Gratisfaction- Loyalty, Rewards , Referral, Birthday and Giveaway Program 600+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
• Social Boost: Giveaways, Instant win and Contests. Grow followers, shares, subscribers, traffic, referrals, sales and more 100+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• Gratisfaction- Contests Giveaways Referral Loyalty Rewards and Birthdays Program 30+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
• Custom Post Type Permalinks 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
• Giveaways and Contests by RafflePress – Get More Website Traffic, Email Subscribers, and Social Followers 20K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B
• C Custom Post Type Widgets 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A

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Give It Away Now!: 10+ active installs, 4.4★ (5 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-09-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/give-it-away-now