WP Voting Contest Lite
by Matt · Media
Let visitors vote on the photos and images in your contests.
79 health vs 59 average across 2,206 Media plugins
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
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
438
now · peak 1.0K
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
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
1.5y ago
latest release · v5.8
26
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “400+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2018-06-15 · 1,418 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
A small install base leaves thin data to model from. The recent download trend is too spiky to read. The range spans more than 10x because wp.org publishes install counts as broad bands, and conversion and price compound on top. Read the midpoint as an order of magnitude, not a valuation.
How we estimate this
Assumptions
- Free → paid conversion. 0.5%–2% of active installs pay for the pro tier. Typical for freemium WordPress plugins; the real rate varies a lot by product.
- Annual price per customer. $39–$99 a year, typical for Media plugins rather than this plugin's own pricing.
- Acquisition multiple. 2x–4x annual revenue, the going range for small WordPress-plugin businesses, the typical range for a steady plugin.
- Install base. 400–500 active installs, from our install estimate (wp.org only publishes the floor).
Inputs
- Active installs
- 400–500
- Category
- Media
- Pro tier
- detected ("Lite" naming, the free tier of a paid product)
- Download trend
- volatile (a recent download spike, likely a release)
- Reviews
- 15
- Last updated
- 29 days ago
Revenue is installs × conversion × price; value is revenue × a typical acquisition multiple. Every factor is an assumption band, so the output is a wide range on purpose. If you're buying or selling, treat this as a starting point for due diligence.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ monkeydluffy8mo ago
Does not what it advertizes and support ingores me.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ TimDHodges2.8y ago
My main issues with this plugin were related to Facebook. Matt was able to help me navigate them in order to get the plugin working. Without his help I would not have been able to get this live. There are lots of plugins out there, but having one with great support makes it a lot easier to implement.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sueh19503.1y ago
We are using this product for artists to upload images for art competitions, for reviewers to select or reject them, and for online voting people’s choice awards. It is wonderful, does everything I need, and the support is very responsive.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ godwinotaru3.9y ago
I inserted a contest’s shortcode on a page and updated it. When I previewed the page, it loads and then crashes. Someone should please help, what could be the problem?
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ testercubes4.2y ago
This plugin is much supported for voting. Thanks guys for this awesome plugin. If you have give more options in the Voting Frequency , then it will be very useful in the future. Thanks
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jkowens5.5y ago
I have successfully used this plugin, but the plug-in has some know bugs that have been reported. The last plugin update is 9/19/20. This topic was modified 5 years, 5 months ago by jkowens. This topic was modified 5 years, 5 months ago by jkowens.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ andreainblue6.1y ago
I rarely leave negative reviews like this… but I HATED this plug in. It didn’t work as advertised, was unbelievably clunky, and I spent more time supporting/troubleshooting with our users than I would have if I had just authored a solution myself. At the end of the day, I wound up having to disable pretty much all of the ‘features’ to get it to a point where our users could use it. Add into the mix that this is something I paid for? Nope.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ safan6.3y ago
There is nothing to use in free version of this plugin and not in even paid one
Read on wp.org ↗
Known vulnerabilities
via Wordfence Intelligence3 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, 2 still affect the current version.
- Medium · 5.3 Voting Contest <= 5.8 - Missing Authorization ↗
- 2025-06-19 CVE-2025-50017 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 5.8 No patch available
- 2022-02-16 CVE-2022-0321 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects < 3.0 Patched in 3.0
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.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.2
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 0 at 90% or more
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-19 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-18 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-17 500+ → 400+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-06-15 400+ → 500+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-06-13 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-12 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-11 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-10 400+ → 500+ up after 2 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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Tribulant Gallery Voting 300+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags C -
Firelight Lightbox 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
ACF Photo Gallery Field 60K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
LightPress Lightbox 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Colorbox 5K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B -
Easy Image Collage 3K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
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