Watu Quiz

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 81% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ Grid24

   4mo ago

   Very pleased with this little plug-in. So easy to use and create quizzes. Thank you!

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2. ★★★★★ evolute2

   1.5y ago

   Simple, efficace et gratuit, je regrette de ne pas l’avoir connu depuis plus longtemps !

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3. ★★★★★ sliwka

   1.9y ago

   The app is good but the support is awful.It feels like you’re bothering the person, and like they some sort of rocket science misunderstood genius when you’re merely asking for how to use one line of shortcode and a few variables to display results in a way that makes some sense and is user friendly. This topic was modified 1 year, 9 months ago by sliwka. Reason: uncalled for

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4. ★★★★★ retrosop

   1.9y ago

   Very good, usually use test for edication

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5. ★★★★★ Anonymous

   3.2y ago

   I recently encountered a problem that may have had nothing to do with the Business Directory plugin. The support was awesome and everything is fixed now. I’ve been using this plugin for years and it’s good to know they are still totally on top of support!

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6. ★★★★★ Heiko

   3.4y ago

   I had all my sites running with WP Pro Quiz. Unfortunately, the development was stopped and the further development of WP-Adv-Quiz was rather bad. Waited over a year for an update and bug fixes and an update came that produced more bugs. So I had to look for something new and ended up at Watu. I translated the installation into German with Loco and set everything up. Even without premium, this is a perfect quiz plugin. I will still buy premium soon to support the developers. Great work! Keep it up! greetings from Germany

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7. ★★★★★ John Q. Murray

   3.4y ago

   This is the perfect plugin for our needs – thank you very much

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8. ★★★★★ tomc

   3.5y ago

   Requires a short learning curve to master the many possible functions and options, but a terrific and flexible quiz creation app with outstanding support for the few queries I had after purchase.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 3.4.2 Added variable %%TOTAL-ENTRIES%% – The total number of users who submitted this quiz. Multiple entries of the same user are counted as individual entries. Fixed questions sorting issue 3.4.2
2. — Version 3.4 Added pagination and “per page” selector on the Manage Questions page. Removed default table borders from the basic chart table. Easier question reordering with drag and drop. Added question categories for better admin o 3.4
3. — Version 3.3 Added two more columns to the question import file: “Is required” and “Answer explanation”. Added filters on Manage Quizzes page to search quizzes. Added option to mark a question as a survey question. In this case it wi 3.3
4. — Version 3.2 Added hook for third-party integrations right before outputting the final screen Fixed forced CSS rule to keep radios and checkboxes on the same line with the answer Added variable %%USER-NAME%% to show the logged in use 3.2
5. — Version 3.1 Added buttons to Save & Reuse the current question (and Save & Add blank) to make adding multiple questions easier, especially when they have similar structure Added function to import questions from CSV file Added filte 3.1
6. — Version 3.0 The plugin will now count empty (unanswered) questions separately from wrongly answered. The variable %%EMPTY%% can be used at the Final screen to display the number of unanswered questions. Column “% correct” added to t 3.0

17 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 4.3 Watu Quiz <= 3.4.5 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2025-12-17 CVE-2025-68587 Missing Authorization Affects <= 3.4.5 Patched in 3.4.5.1
2. Medium · 4.3 Watu Quiz <= 3.4.5 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2025-12-15 CVE-2025-67976 Missing Authorization Affects <= 3.4.5 Patched in 3.4.5.1
3. High · 7.2 Watu Quiz <= 3.4.4 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via HTTP Referer ↗
   2025-10-24 CVE-2025-11238 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 3.4.4 Patched in 3.4.5
4. Medium · 4.9 Watu Quiz <= 3.4.3 - Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection ↗
   2025-04-22 CVE-2025-46242 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') Affects <= 3.4.3 Patched in 3.4.4
5. Medium · 6.1 Watu Quiz <= 3.4.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-04-01 CVE-2025-30844 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 3.4.2 Patched in 3.4.3
6. Medium · 6.5 Watu Quiz <= 3.4.1.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection ↗
   2024-11-29 CVE-2024-53792 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') Affects <= 3.4.1.2 Patched in 3.4.1.3
7. Medium · 6.4 Watu Quiz <= 3.4.1.1 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-06-21 CVE-2024-2640 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 3.4.1.1 Patched in 3.4.1.2
8. Medium · 4.3 Watu Quiz <= 3.4.1 - Sensitive Information Disclosure ↗
   2024-04-04 CVE-2024-0872 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Affects <= 3.4.1 Patched in 3.4.1.1
9. Medium · 6.4 Watu Quiz <= 3.4.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-04-04 CVE-2024-0873 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 3.4.1 Patched in 3.4.1.1
10. Medium · 6.1 Watu Quiz <= 3.3.9.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'question' ↗
    2023-04-13 CVE-2023-30483 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 3.3.9.2 Patched in 3.3.9.3
11. Medium · 6.1 Watu Quiz <= 3.3.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2023-03-03 CVE-2023-0968 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 3.3.9 Patched in 3.3.9.1
12. Medium · 4.4 Watu Quiz <= 3.3.8 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2023-02-03 CVE-2023-25022 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 3.3.8 Patched in 3.3.8.1
13. Medium · 6.1 Watu Quiz <= 3.3.8.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2023-01-24 CVE-2023-0428 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 3.3.8.1 Patched in 3.3.8.2
14. Medium · 4.4 Watu Quiz <= 3.3.8.2 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2023-01-24 CVE-2023-0429 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 3.3.8.2 Patched in 3.3.8.3
15. High · 7.1 Watu Quiz 3.1.2.1 - 3.1.2.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2019-06-28 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects 3.1.2.1 - 3.1.2.5 Patched in 3.1.2.6
16. High · 7.2 Watu Quiz <= 2.6.7 - Authenticated (Admin+) SQL Injection ↗
    2015-11-20 CVE-2015-10111 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') Affects <= 2.6.7 Patched in 2.6.8
17. High · 7.2 Watu Quiz <= 2.5.0.1 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2014-11-16 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.5.0.1 Patched in 2.5.0.2

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Translated into 12 languages, 5 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-01-24 4K+ → 3K+ down after 2 days in tier
2. 2026-01-22 3K+ → 4K+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2026-01-21 4K+ → 3K+ down after 654 days in tier
4. 2024-04-07 5K+ → 4K+ down after 431 days in tier
5. 2023-02-01 6K+ → 5K+ 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).

• Chained Quiz 1K+ installs · 4.7★ · 4 shared tags A
• Quiz Creator – Easy Quiz, Survey & Test Maker 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags B
• W Watu to MailChimp 10+ installs · 3.8★ · 4 shared tags D
• Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Quiz Maker & Survey Maker 40K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A
• Wp-Adv-Quiz 200+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags C
• Quiz Maker – Save Progress 40+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags D

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Watu Quiz: 3K+ active installs, 4.7★ (136 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/watu