Pick Giveaway Winner
by Makeworthy Media · Uncategorized
Also makes 2 other plugins · 160+ installs across the portfolio →
Randomly select a winner or winners from the comments of a giveaway post.
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
+10%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “contest”, “give away” and “giveaway” 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.
45 health vs 58 average across 25,763 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.6%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 17.5K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,773 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.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.8.19.
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 1928 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.8.19; the current branch is 6.8
4.3★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1928 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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| contest your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| give away your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| giveaway your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| winner your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| winners your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “contest”, “give away” and “giveaway” 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 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 85 · 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 1 Nov 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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.
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
5.3y ago
latest release · v1.3 · 23 Jul 2021
4
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 19 months ago; the previous band took 21 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 24 Aug 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Jakours24.5y ago
Thanks a lot for this plugin. It’s a must have to made a nice random draw. Easy to setup, it can’t be easier to use. I agree with Makeworthy Media, this plugin deserves a lot more reviews. So, a trick that could be interesting to set up is to see the scrolling of names. This way, we could record a video of the draw to allow those who commented to see how the draw unfolded. But hey, that’s just a suggestion! Thanks again! This topic was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by Jakours2.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ YogieAnamCara5.4y ago
I don’t know why this plugin is not having more reviews. It does exactly what I was looking for. I need to draw users who commented on a specific blog post as a winner. You can even say how many comments should be drawn as a winner, I thought I need to run the draw three times, but I was more than happy to see that you can even select multiple winners. Beyond that the plugin lets you decide how to treat duplicate entries, from a ban of the user, to just ignore more than one entry up to allow all entries done. Excellent – nothing more I wanted or need. However, I fear that it will disappear from the repository as it received its last update three years ago!? What a pity that would be. The 1 star rating is absolutely unfair and should be deleted or ignored!!! This topic was modified 5 years, 1 month ago by YogieAnamCara.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Lynn Hill8.7y ago
I’ve used this plugin for years. Works every time.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Makeworthy Media10.4y ago
Full disclosure: I am the plugin author. Someone just left a 1-star review because they misunderstood what the plugin is supposed to do. I thought I’d help balance out the average by leaving my own review. Just to be clear, this plugin randomly selects a comment from a post. It only works if you’re logged into WordPress and go to Tools -> Pick Giveaway Winner. It does not insert anything into a post/page. It does not let you ask your visitors a question. I’m leaving a 5-star review because the plugin does what it says it does.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ zawordpress10.4y ago
No details on how to insert it into a post/page and no way to change/customise the question you want to ask.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ perfectly4med11.2y ago
Downloaded, zipped it, uploaded to server, installed and ran absolutely no problems.
Read on wp.org ↗
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 6 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 6 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 393 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "contest", "give-away" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-04-01 200+ → 100+ down after 624 days in tier
- 2023-07-17 300+ → 200+ down after 724 days in tier
- 2021-07-23 400+ → 300+ down after 231 days in tier
- 2020-12-04 700+ → 400+ down
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).
- A And The Winner Is… 50+ installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags
- M Meetup Winner! 10+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
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SkyServers Order Raffle — installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
Raffle Play Woocommerce 700+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Photo Contest | Competition | Video Contest 200+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags C -
Scratch & Win – Giveaways and Contests. Boost subscribers, traffic, repeat visits, referrals, sales and more 100+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
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