No Frills Prize Draw Competitions
by jtibbles · Uncategorized
Also makes 2 other plugins · 50+ installs across the portfolio →
A free, easy to use customisable prize draw/competition/contest engine for Wordpress. View entrees and auto-pick a winner.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
30+
≈35 estimated
Momentum
+48%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: One page off on “sweepstakes”. #16 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.5%
of downloads still active
At least 30 of 6.3K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,782 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.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30, well behind 7.1.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 2543 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.2.30; the current branch is 7.1
5.0★ over 2 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2543 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
29
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.8
Velocity
places per keyword, 23d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 23d
-0.8
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sweepstakes your tag | #16 | #12 | up 1 |
| prize draw your tag | #24 | #23 | down 3 |
| competition your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| contest your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| prizes your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- One page off on “sweepstakes”. #16 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- “competition”, “contest” and “prizes” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,491 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 77 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #23,100 to #25,000, alongside the other plugins at 30+ 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 1 Nov 2026.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
7.0y ago
latest release · v1.2.1 · 17 Nov 2019
14
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “30+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 11 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 20 Nov 2018
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 29 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 7 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 7 of 7 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,416 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "prizes", "sweepstakes" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-11-29 40+ → 30+ down after 187 days in tier
- 2025-05-26 50+ → 40+ down after 177 days in tier
- 2024-11-30 60+ → 50+ down after 205 days in tier
- 2024-05-09 70+ → 60+ down after 28 days in tier
- 2024-04-11 60+ → 70+ up after 44 days in tier
- 2024-02-27 70+ → 60+ down after 288 days in tier
- 2023-05-15 80+ → 70+ down after 97 days in tier
- 2023-02-07 90+ → 80+ down after 126 days in tier
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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SweepWidget – Giveaway, Contest, Sweepstakes, Competition & Photo Contest Plugin 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags A -
Giveaways and Contests by RafflePress – Get More Website Traffic, Email Subscribers, and Social Followers 20K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
WinRocket Raffle and Giveaway Campaigns for WooCommerce 200+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Socialman – The Ultimate Giveaway & Contest Plugin for WordPress 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Encryption contest — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Gratisfaction- Loyalty, Rewards , Referral, Birthday and Giveaway Program 600+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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