July 17, 2024

YOP Poll Plugin

Use a full option polling solution to get the answers you need. YOP Poll is the perfect, easy to use poll plugin for your WordPress site.

YOP Poll plugin allows you to easily integrate a survey in your blog post/page and to manage the polls from within your WordPress dashboard but if offers so much more than other similar products. Simply put, it doesn’t lose sight of your needs and ensures that no detail is left unaccounted for.

To name just a few improvements, you can create polls to include both single or multiple answers, work with a wide variety of options and settings to decide how you wish to sort your poll information, how to manage the results, what details to display and what to keep private, whether you want to view the total votes or the total voters, to set vote permissions or block voters etc.

Scheduling your polls is no longer a problem. YOP Poll can simultaneously run multiple polls (no limit included) or you can schedule your polls to start one after another. Also, keeping track of your polls is easy, you have various sorting functions and you can access older versions at any time.

Designed to intuitive and easy to use, this plugin allows shortcodes and includes a widget functionality that fits perfectly with your WordPress website. For more details on the included features, please refer to the description below.

Current poll features:

Create/ Edit / Clone/Delete poll – allows you to create or intervene in your poll at any time, if you consider it necessary.
Poll scheduling: programs each poll to start/end on a certain date. You can simultaneously run multiple polls. This option can be used to schedule your polls one after another.
Display polls: you can choose to display one or more polls on your website by simply adding the corresponding poll ID. You can also decide for a random display of your active polls.
View all polls: lists all your polls that you can sort by number of votes or voters, by question or by date. It also includes a search option.
Poll answers – allows other answers, multiple answers and includes a sorting module by various criteria: in exact order, in alphabetical order, by number of votes, ascending, descending etc.
Poll results – offers a great flexibility when displaying the results: before/after vote, after poll’s end date, on a custom date or never. The results can also be displayed by vote numbers, percentages or both. You can choose to include a view results link, view number of votes or number of voters.
Add custom fields – is a complex option that you can use to ask for additional information from your voters, information that you can then export and use for.
Reset stats – proves useful when you wish to restart a poll.
Vote permissions: – limits the voting accessibility to guests, registered users or both, or blocks user access by cookie, IP and username.
Archive options – allows the users of the website to access former polls statistics. You can choose which polls to display according to their start/end date.
Display Options – displays answers and results tabulated, vertically or horizontally.
Logs and bans – user logs and bans can be seen in the admin section. You can ban users by email, username and IP and you can set the limitation preferences for all your polls or for just one of them.

Installation

Upload ‘plugin-name.php’ to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory
Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

Screenshots

Choose Template
Choose Skin
Available Skins
Available skins
Customize Style
Add Question and Answers
Define Poll Settings
Define Poll Access Settings
Define Poll Results Settings
View Results
Poll With Vertical Display
Poll With Vertical Display Showing Results Before Vote

FAQ

This plugin was especially designed for flexibility and it is very easy to use. We don’t expect you to encounter serious issues, but we included a list with some logical questions that you may find useful.

How can I create a poll?

Go to your YOP Poll menu and select the “Add New” option.
Fill the required information according to the examples we included: name, question, answers (add additional ones if you need), select the start/end date for your poll, and decide on the advanced settings for results, votes, voters, accessibility etc.
Once you decided on all your poll details, click on “Save”.
To view your new poll access “All Polls” from your main menu and choose the corresponding entry from the list.

How can I link a poll to my webpage?

Under “All Polls”, each poll has an option called “Get Code”.
Clicking on that will display a popup that generates the code you need to place in your page or post.
This is it. Check your page or post now.

Do you have some predefined shortcodes that I can use?

Yes
Current Active Poll ID = -1: [yop_poll id=”-1″]
Latest Poll id = -2: [yop_poll id=”-2″]
Random Poll id = -3: [yop_poll id=”-3″]
List with all polls: [yop_poll_archive max=0 sort=”date_added|num_votes” sort_dir=”asc|desc”]

Can I have more than one poll active?

Yes, you can run multiple polls at the same time, or you can schedule them to begin one after another using the “Select start/end date” option.

Can I ask for additional information from my voters?

Yes, you can customize your poll to request additional information. Eg. name, email, age, profession.
To include this, when you create your poll using the “Add New” form, on Questions&Answers tab drag and drop “Custom Field” element and include as many requests as you need.

How do I check the results?

Locate the poll you want to evaluate by accessing “All Polls”.
Below the name of the poll you have several options.
Use the “View Results” option to track the results of the poll,
or access the “Logs” for a more detailed evaluation.

How can I see the results after the poll ends?

Edit your poll and in “View Results:” choose “After Poll End Date” and save.

Can I add more than one question to a poll?

You can have only one question per poll.

Changelog

6.5.31

accessibility enhancement for polls

6.5.30

various design fixes
fixed issue with builtin captcha failing on multiple attempts

6.5.29

fixed issue with built in captcha not working on php 8
fixed issue with built in captcha allowing multiple votes with the same captcha response

6.5.28

fixed issue with voting when other answers option is enabled

6.5.27

fixed TOCTOU vulnerability in the voting process
display newest polls by default on View Polls page

6.5.26

remove username and password sanitization for login. wp_signon will handle the sanitization
added Create Account and Forgot Password links on login modal

6.5.25

fixed php warning when using YOP Poll as a widget
fixed issue with GDPR checkbox not displaying on Brave browser

6.5.24

added question and custom field name as column headers in exported votes file
removed poll name column from exported votes file
cleaned the exported votes file
fixed issue with displaying custom field records on results page

6.5.23

updated admin javascript to load in footer to prevent conflict with other plugins

6.5.22

fixed issue with disabling multiple answers per vote after it has been enabled
added screen options for Bans page. You can now set the number of records per page
added yop_poll_vote_recorded_with_details hook for a vote recorded. Poll id and Vote details are passed to the callback

6.5.21

added sorting option for Start Date and End Date on View Polls page
added column for shortcode on View Polls page. You can now get the shortcode for a poll without any extra steps/clicks.
added screen options for View Logs page. You can now set the number of records per page.

6.5.2

added screen options for View Polls page. You can now set the number of polls per page.
added screen options for View Votes page. You can now set the number of votes per page.
added Reset Votes option for each poll. You can now reset votes for a poll much easier.

6.5.1

fixed issue with voting throwing a notice
added an option for redirect after vote. You can now set the delay (in seconds) for the redirect
added yop_poll_vote_recorded hook for a vote recorded. Poll id argument is passed to the callback

6.5.0

fix conflict with JNews theme causing issues with “Add Votes Manually” feature
fix conflict with plugins and themes using datetimepicker

6.4.9

fixed voting issue when there are multiple polls on the same page

6.4.8

added ajax login when allowing votes from wordpress users
updated voting flow in facebook browser

6.4.7

fixed issue with shortcode popup not showing on certain themes
fixed issue with displaying current active poll

6.4.6

fixed issue with google reCaptcha v2 Checkbox

6.4.5

fixed issue with blocking voters per day by reseting at midnight instead of 24 hours from the time of the vote

6.4.4

added sanitization for custom headers
updated 5.x and 4.x importers

6.4.3

fixed security issue
fixed issue with vote button not working inside elementor popups
added an option to choose if custom headers should be used when getting the ip address of the voters

6.4.2

fixed issue with other answers not displaying in view votes details
fixed issue with other answers not included in exports

6.4.1

fixed issue with other answers not being included in notification emails
added page/post id to the vote data

6.4.0

fixed issue that was causing translation files not to load properly

6.3.9

fixed issue that was preventing editing polls on windows servers

6.3.8

updated sanitization for templates and skins
fixed issue with total votes and answers not displaying correctly

6.3.7

fixed issue with built in captcha
updated sanitization for built in captcha
updated the design of built in captcha

6.3.6

fixed issue with polls not displaying correctly in widgets
fixed archive shortcode to only display published polls
added more sanitization for arrays and objects

6.3.5

fixed typo in 4.x importer causing issues on some installs

6.3.4

fixed issue with google reCaptcha v2 Invisible
fixed issue with archive shortcode displaying polls not started when “show” is set to active
fixed issue with displaying incorrect message when a poll is ended
added support for hCaptcha
added more sanitization

6.3.3

fixed XSS bugs
fixed issue with validating email addresses when sending notifications for votes
added tags for messages – [strong][/strong], [u][/u], [i][/i], [br]
added tags for elements – [strong][/strong], [u][/u], [i][/i], [br]
added support for links in the consent text
added new option for yop_poll_archive shortcode. Now it supports displaying only polls that accept votes. Usage – [yop_poll_archive sort=date_added/num_votes sortdir=asc/desc max=0/number-desired show=active/ended/all]

6.3.2

fixed issue with migrating polls from versions lower than 6.0.0

6.3.1

fixed XSS bugs CVE-2021-24833, CVE-2021-24834 – Props to Vishnupriya Ilango of Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs
fixed issue with custom styles not applying to custom fields

6.3.0

fixed issue with bans affecting all polls when creating a ban specific to a poll
added support for %VOTER-EMAIL%, %VOTER-FIRST-NAME%, %VOTER-LAST-NAME%, %VOTER-USERNAME% in both subject and body. These tags can be used only when allowing votes from wordpress users

6.2.9

fixed issue with “Ban by Username” not working as expected
fixed display issue on View Bans page
added support for %VOTER-EMAIL% in Recipients list when sending email notifications. The tag can be used only when allowing votes from wordpress users

6.2.8

fixed XSS bug
fixed issue with allowed formatting tags for answers not showing when displaying results

6.2.7

fixed issue with answers set as default not showing selected
added an option to choose the location for the notification section. When set to “Bottom” scrolling to the top of the poll is disabled

6.2.6

fixed error showing up when activating the plugin via cli
remove scrolling effect when voting
added more parameters to [yop_poll_archive]

6.2.5

fix issue with notification message not being updated on successfull votes
added reset for radio and checkbox controls on page refresh

6.2.4

fixed issue with GDPR/CCPA checkbox when having multiple polls on the same page
fixed issue with Results and Get Code icons not showing
fixed issue with cloning polls

6.2.3

fixed issue with [br] tag showing on results page
added more tags for answers – [strong][/strong], [p][/p], [b][/b], [u][/u], [i][/i]

6.2.2

fixed issue with polls loading with ajax
added %VOTER-FIRST-NAME%, %VOTER-LAST-NAME%, %VOTER-EMAIL%, %VOTER-USERNAME% to new vote email notifications

6.2.1

removed 2 options from built in captcha
updated icons for View Results and Get Shortcode
fixed issue with duplicate answers when viewing results

6.2.0

fixed issue with google reCaptcha loading intermitently when polls are loaded with ajax
fixed issue with google reCaptcha when allowing votes from guests and wordpress users
added support for google reCaptcha v3

6.1.9

fixed issue with wp login window blocking voting if window is manually closed

6.1.8

fixed issue with votes not being deleted when poll is removed
fixed issue with logs not being deleted when poll is removed
fixed issue with guest voting and limit number of votes
fixed issue on edit poll screen that was causing polls to stop displaying when a new template was choosen

6.1.7

fixed broken css rule
added option to keep/remove plugin data on uninstall
added default message with tags for email notifications

6.1.6

fixed issue with blocking voters when wordpress voting is enabled

6.1.5

fixed typos
fixed security issue when previewing a poll
fixed issue with loading language files
fixed issue with loader not being shown when voting
fixed issue with answers displayed below radio/checkbox controls on small screens

6.1.4

fixed issue with polls loading in facebook inapp browser
fixed issue with scroll location when there is an error in voting
moved voting buttons at the bottom of poll container
added links to answers when displaying results
added support for adding custom fields on click

6.1.2

fixed conflict with JNews theme
fixed issue with answers being displayed twice in results
improved flow for Edit Poll
fixed XSS bug

6.1.1

fixed display issue for Sort Results when “As Defined” is choosed
removed select2 controls
improved polls display when a start/end date is choosed
added option to load polls via ajax
added support for reCaptcha v2 Invisible

6.1.0

fixed issue with limit votes
fixed issue with other answers when “Show in results” is set to Yes
fixed issue with fingerprint
removed extra space on results page when an answer has no votes

6.0.9

fixed issue with cloning polls
fixed issue with editing poll duplicating new elements
fixed issue with display results tag
fixed issue with resetting settings when plugin was disabled
fixed issue with customizing skin throwing an error on saving poll
fixed issue with results not sorting “View Results” option
fixed issue with recaptcha
fixed issue with font size
fixed issue with color for messages
fixed issue with tracking ids
improved email notifications
added a new option for blocks
added labels to answers for better user experience

6.0.8

added ability to manually add votes
added support for multisite
fixed issue with built in captcha not working on nginx environments
fixed issue with sorting results

6.0.7

fixed issue with other answers when resetting votes
fixed issue with timezones when using block feature

6.0.6

fixed issue with blocking voters
fixed issue with logs
fixed issue with bans
fixed issue with settings
fixed issue with WordPress voting

6.0.5

added skins
redesigned templates
improved ux for chosing templates
cleaned add/edit poll screens
cleaned files structure

6.0.4

added ability to search votes
added ability to delete votes
added columns for username and email on View Votes screen
added notifications messages to admin settings
fixed css issue
fixed issue with overlapping
fixed compatibility issue with Elementor
fixed bug with searching logs

6.0.3

added support for reCaptcha v2
added scroll to thank you/error message after voting
fixed spacing with total votes
fixed issue with thank you message not being displayed when GDPR enabled
fixed XSS vulnerability
updated notification messages for blocks and limits

6.0.2

load plugin js and css only on plugin pages
fixed issue with exporting custom fields data
added column for each custom field when exporting votes
fixed issue with “Show total answers” being set to “Yes” when “Show total votes” is set to “Yes”
fixed issue with email notifications
fixed issue with captcha
added support for poll archive page
added ability to set number of polls displayed per page
fixed issue with results colour when poll is ended
fixed issue with generating page for poll
removed p tag from notification messages
fixed issue with gdpr consent checkbox

6.0.1

css cleanout
fixed issue with css for custom fields
fixed issue with the gridline
fixed issue with results after vote
fixed issue with displaying number of votes and percentages
fixed issue with spacing between answers
fixed issue with export
fixed issue with redirect after vote time
fixed issue with reset votes
fixed issue with results set to Never
fixed issue with deleted polls

6.0.0

complete re-write
add GDPR compliance

5.8.3

fixed php7 issues

5.8.2

fixed issue with notices showing up on front pages

5.8.1

fixed security issue
fixed issue with multisite
compatibility with WordPress 4.7.2

5.8.0

compatibility with WordPress 4.5.2
fixed issue with navigation links on archive page
fixed loading issue
fixed issue with custom fields

5.7.9

start date and end date easier to read on the front end
Fixed issue with showing results before vote

5.7.8

Fixed issue with reset stats
Fixed security issue
Fixed issue with automatically reset stats
Fixed issue with custom loading image
Fixed display issues
Updated Get Code with more options

5.7.7

Fixed issue with translations

5.7.6

Fixed issues with cloning poll
Fixed conflicts with different plugins
Fixed issue with pagination on archive page
Fixed issue with logs page
Fixed issue with facebook voting
Added new shortcuts for email notifications
Added new column for username in view votes page

5.7.5

Fixed issue with vote button not showing up
Other minor fixes

5.7.4

Fixed security issue. A big thank you to g0blin Research for his help in getting this issue fixed

5.7.3

Fixed display poll issue

5.7.2

Display poll improvements

5.7.1

Fixed issue with polls not being displayed

5.7

Fixed issue with random polls
Fixed issue with tabulated display
Removed autoscroll after a failed vote
Fixed issue with inserted code when using html editor
Fixed issue with blocking voters option
Fixed issue with in_array causing errors
Fixed twig compatibility
Added Print Votes page

5.6

Fixed issue with login popup
Fixed issue with vote button
Fixed issue with html

5.5

Fixed issue with clone poll
Fixed issue with archive page
Fixed issue with captcha

5.3

Fixed issue with links color being overwritten
Fixed issue with start date and end date not displaying corectly
Fixed issue with widget
Added email notifications customization per poll

5.2

Complete new design
Wizard to guide you when creating a poll
You can now change the order answers are being displayed

4.9.3

Fixed security issue. Many thanks to Antonio Sanchez for all his help.

4.9.2

Fixed security issue

4.9.1

Fixed issue with Template preview not working in IE8
Fixed issue with wpautop filter
Redefined admin area allowed tags: a(href, title, target), img( src, title), br
Fixed issue with Other answers

4.9

Added templates preview when adding/editing a poll
Added sidebar scroll
Typos fixes
CSS and Javascript improvements
Various bugs fixes

4.8

Re-added ability to use html tags
Added new tags: %POLL-SUCCESS-MSG% and %POLL-ERROR-MSG%
Various bug fixes

4.7

Fixed bug with Other answers. Html code is no longer allowed

4.6

Added ability to send email notifications when a vote is recorded
Various bug fixes

4.5

Added ability to choose date format when displaying polls
Added ability to limit viewing results only for logged in users
Added ability to add custom answers to poll answers
Added new shortcode [yop_poll id=”-4″] that displays latest closed poll
Added an offset for shortcodes. [yop_poll id=”-1″ offset=”0″] displays the first active poll found, [yop_poll id=”-1″ offset=”1″] displays the second one
Added WPML compatibility
Various bugs fixes

4.4

Added ability to reset polls
Added ability to to add a custom message to be displayed after voting
Added ability to allow users to vote multiple times on the same poll
Various bugs fixes

4.3

Added multisite support
Added ability to redirect to a custom url after voting
Added ability to edit polls and templates author
Added ability to set a response as default
Improvements on View Results
Added ability to edit number of votes (very usefull when migrating polls)
Added tracking capabilities
Various improvements on logs

4.2

Added captcha
Fixed issue with start date and end date when adding/editing a poll
Fixed issue with the message displayed when editing a poll

4.1

Fixed js issue causing the widget poll not to work

4.0

Added ability to use custom loading animation
Added capabilities and roles
Fixed issue with update overwritting settings

3.9

Fixed display issue with IE7 and IE8

3.8

Fixed compatibility issue with Restore jQuery plugin
Added ability to link poll answers

3.7

Fixed issue with Loading text displayed above the polls
Fixed issue with deleting answers from polls

3.6

Fixed issue with missing files

3.5

Added french language pack
Added loading animation when vote button is clicked
Fixed issue with characters encoding

3.4

Fixed issue with menu items in admin area
Fixed issue with language packs

3.3

Added option to auto generate a page when a poll is created
Fixed compatibility issues with IE
Fixed issues with custom fields

3.2

Fixed bug that was causing issues with TinyMCE Editor

3.1

Various bugs fixed

3.0

Added export ability for logs
Added date filter option for logs
Added option to view logs grouped by vote or by answer
Various bugs fixed

2.0

Fixed various bugs with templates

1.9

Fixed various bugs with templates

1.8

Fixed bug with WordPress editor

1.7

Fixed bug that was causing poll not to update it’s settings

1.6

Added ability to change the text for Vote button
Added ability to display the answers for Others field

1.5

Fixed sort_answers_by_votes_asc_callback() bug

1.4

Fixed compatibility issues with other plugins

1.3

Fixed bug that was causing widgets text not to display

1.2

Fixed do_shortcode() with missing argument bug

1.1

Fixed call_user_func_array() bug