Best contest plugins for WordPress
The most popular contest plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. TotalPoll for Polls and Contests leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of ePoll (1K+) and Raffle Play Woocommerce (600+). All 35 plugins tagged “contest” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 contest plugins
- 1.
TotalPoll for Polls and ContestsThe most installed contest plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 45 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 2.
ePoll1K+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 24 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 3.
Raffle Play Woocommerce600+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 21 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 4.
Gratisfaction- Loyalty, Rewards , Referral, Birthday and Giveaway Program500+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 205 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 5.
WP Voting Contest Lite400+ active installs. Rated 3.1 from 15 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 6.
Tribulant Gallery Voting300+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 12 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 7.
Photo Contest200+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 19 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 8.
Gleam100+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 9.
Scratch & Win100+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 30 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 10.
SweepWidget100+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 14 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
All 35 plugins tagged “contest”

TotalPoll for Polls and Contests
Down in the last 7 days:16#6,123by TotalSuite1 year ago
TotalPoll is a responsive and customizable WordPress poll plugin that will help you create voting contest, competition, image poll, simple poll.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.3(45)
- Downloads
- 33/day

ePoll
Up in the last 7 days:2#6,165by infotheme3 months ago
ePoll is a free poll and voting tool. Create custom, responsive online elections, contests, and surveys with images and videos on your site.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.9(24)
- Downloads
- 28/day

Raffle Play Woocommerce
Down in the last 7 days:100#8,046by dan0091 month ago
Raffle Play Woo is generating raffle tickets for woocommerce products, based on the number defined by the admin. Adds raffle tickets to your woocommer …
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(21)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Gratisfaction- Loyalty, Rewards , Referral, Birthday and Giveaway Program
Down in the last 7 days:93#8,550by Apps Mav1 month ago
Loyalty + Referral + Rewards + Birthdays and Anniversaries + Giveaways + Contests + Competitions + Sweepstakes. Selling on ETSY? Reward points for yo …
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.8(205)
- Downloads
- 13/day

WP Voting Contest Lite
Down in the last 7 days:63#9,883by Matt3 months ago
Let visitors vote on the photos and images in your contests.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 3.1(15)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Tribulant Gallery Voting
Down in the last 7 days:51#10,848by Tribulant Software1 year ago
Let users cast votes/likes on your WordPress gallery images/photos.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.2(12)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Photo Contest
Down in the last 7 days:4#11,452by TotalSuite1 year ago
If you're looking to host a contest or competition on your WordPress website, TotalContest is the perfect plugin for you.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.5(19)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Gleam
Down in the last 7 days:80#13,072by stuartmck8 years ago
An amazing solution to run competitions on your blog using combinations of social actions.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Scratch & Win
Down in the last 7 days:334#13,386by Apps Mav1 month ago
Display a Scratch Card on your website to offer visitors a chance to win prizes. A fun incentive to boost conversions!
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.7(30)
- Downloads
- 11/day

SweepWidget
Up in the last 7 days:51#13,977by SweepWidget3 months ago
The best free WordPress giveaway plugin for viral contests, sweepstakes, competitions, photo contests with voting, raffles, and instant coupons.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.3(14)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Social Boost
Down in the last 7 days:376#14,765by Apps Mav1 month ago
Run viral giveaways, contests, competitions, sweepstakes, purchase for chance to win, instant wins, refer-a-friend, and boost subscribers, followers, …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(25)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Pick Giveaway Winner
Down in the last 7 days:116#15,185by Makeworthy Media5 years ago
Randomly select a winner or winners from the comments of a giveaway post.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Aptivada for WP
Up in the last 7 days:220#17,419by aptivadadev3 years ago
Easily add contests/promotions to your WordPress site using our plugin
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Polls, Surveys, Contests and Quizzes for Pages
Down in the last 7 days:11#17,628by pomartel4 years ago
Embed polls, surveys, contests and quizzes into your WordPress site and get valuable feedback from your customers.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Customer Referral Program
Down in the last 7 days:166#19,020by tagNpin - Site engagement softwares1 year ago
Design and launch customer referral campaigns within minutes in Wordpress.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 4.3(24)
- Downloads
- 0/day

CBX Poll
Up in the last 7 days:1,711#19,842by Sabuj Kundu2 months ago
CBX Poll - Complete Poll and Vote plugin for WordPress
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 8/day
And The Winner Is…
Down in the last 7 days:256#20,515by spencersokol15 years ago
Manage your product giveaways by marking posts as "contests" and selecting a random comment from a contest post as the winner.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

No Frills Prize Draw Competitions
#24,647by jtibbles7 years ago
A free, easy to use customisable prize draw/competition/contest engine for Wordpress. View entrees and auto-pick a winner.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Gratisfaction- Contests Giveaways Referral Loyalty Rewards and Birthdays Program
Down in the last 7 days:60#26,341by Apps Mav1 month ago
All-in-One Loyalty + Giveaways + Contests + Competitions + Referral + Birthdays + Anniversaries App. No Coding. Easy DIY Setup.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(16)
- Downloads
- 0/day

KindlyVote
#30,131by generalistsam1 month ago
Modern voting & elections for WordPress — events, contestants, and webhook-verified payments for Africa.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Pay4All WIN
#31,869by pay4all1 month ago
Run online contests: build forms with drag-and-drop, share them via QR code or shortcode, and draw winners at random in one click.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Socialman
#37,246by Socialman1 year ago
Easily embed Socialman giveaway widgets on your WordPress site. Run contests, sweepstakes, and viral giveaways.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Meetup Winner!
#44,445by Dustin Filippini13 years ago
Give away prizes and swag to a random attendee who RSVPed to your meetup!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Customer Referral Program For WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:12,095#44,878by tagNpin - Site engagement softwares1 year ago
Design and launch customer referral campaigns within minutes in WooCommerce.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
User Popularity Contest
#45,267by flomincucci15 years ago
Users vote each other.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Give It Away Now!
#46,393by EthanT12 years ago
A WordPress plugin for creating online giveaways and contests. Users can enter email drawings daily.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.4(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Photos Contest
#47,836by CG4113 years ago
The plugin « Simple Photos Contest » permit to very simply manage a photos contest.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Edebiyat Yarışmaları Widget
Up in the last 7 days:20,919#50,085by atmacaugur28 days ago
Displays current literary competition announcements from edebiyatyarismalari.com on your site via a shortcode.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
vblg OI Contest Schedule
Up in the last 7 days:16,173#56,730by hanyixuanten1 month ago
Display currently running and upcoming OI contests in the WordPress dashboard or with an editor block.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

LP Labs Estrazione Live
Down in the last 7 days:13,962#65,410by lplabs1 month ago
Schedule a live prize draw among eligible WooCommerce orders and display the winning order number in an animated popup.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SkyServers Order Raffle
Down in the last 7 days:19,878#69,390by skyservers14 days ago
Order-based raffles for WooCommerce: frozen participant list, animated draw, public winners page with masked names, manual winner emails.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Entry Judging for Gravity Forms
Down in the last 7 days:8,628#73,038by shaun31802 months ago
Blind, anonymous judging of Gravity Forms entries — identifying fields hidden, per-judge scores, and results locked until every judge finishes.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Ogou Poll Lite
#73,989by OgouLabs22 days ago
Run free voting contests and reality-show style competitions on WordPress: candidates, live leaderboard, countdowns, and card designs.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day