Best votes plugins for WordPress
The most popular votes plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. bbPress Votes leads with 70+ active installs, ahead of Simply Polls (10+) and Multi Rating & Review Matrix System (10+). All 8 plugins tagged “votes” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 8 votes plugins
- 1.bbPress Votes
The most installed votes plugin, with 70+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 15 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
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Simply Polls10+ active installs. Rated 1.8 from 5 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 3.Multi Rating & Review Matrix System
10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
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Upvote / Downvote10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
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RC Post RatingFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 6.Polling by Alex Lundin
Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
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Wirt Star RatingFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
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Simple 5 Star RatingFewer than 10 active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
All 8 plugins tagged “votes”
bbPress Votes
Down in the last 7 days:65#19,047by grosbouff6 years ago
Allows logged users to vote up or down to topics and replies inside bbPress, just like you can on StackOverflow for example.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 3.9(15)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Simply Polls
Up in the last 7 days:679#32,198by achilles2110 years ago
Add AJAX poll to your WordPress blog. You can use our polls on sidebars, posts and pages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.8(5)
- Downloads
- 1/day
Multi Rating & Review Matrix System
Down in the last 7 days:1,564#45,315by phprule12 years ago
IMPORTANT UPGRADE INFO 1.0.4 to 1.0.5
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Upvote / Downvote
#46,845by Upvote Downvote11 years ago
Allows users to vote on a topic using Twitter. Display results in standard banner sizes on posts, pages or widget. Optional Adsense Revenue Share.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

RC Post Rating
#58,856by Rick Curran13 days ago
This plugin adds the ability for users to provide feedback on pages / posts via up / down rating (up/downvoting) buttons.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Polling by Alex Lundin
Down in the last 7 days:13,150#68,224by alexlundin4 years ago
Plugin for creating surveys about a single product, product, service.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Wirt Star Rating
#71,493by Rostyslav Wirt4 months ago
A simple star-based rating system for WordPress content and products.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Simple 5 Star Rating
Down in the last 7 days:2,347#72,292by tihombhardwaj6 years ago
This plugin will help readers to interact with you by giving stars to your content. On the basis of star reviews you can plan your further writing con …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day