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Best contests plugins for WordPress

The most popular contests plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Giveaways and Contests by RafflePress leads with 20K+ active installs, ahead of Woobox (900+) and Run Contests, Raffles, and Giveaways with ContestsWP (100+). All 7 plugins tagged “contests” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 6 contests plugins

  1. 1.
    Giveaways and Contests by RafflePress

    The most installed contests plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 43 reviews, updated 4 days ago.

  2. 2.
    Woobox

    900+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.

  3. 3.
    Run Contests, Raffles, and Giveaways with ContestsWP

    100+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, updated 1 week ago.

  4. 4.
    Contests by Rewards Fuel

    40+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 65 reviews, updated 4 months ago.

  5. 5.
    Showdown

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.

  6. 6.
    Download Post Comments

    10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.

All 7 plugins tagged “contests”