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Easy to use voting contest plugin for WordPress. Simply let users vote photos\/images in your Contests.<\/p>\n\n

Installing and activating this plugin will place a vote button and a vote count below each photo of all contestants images using the [showcontestants id='category id'] shortcode.<\/p>\n\n

Note: Only logged in users can vote in Lite version!<\/p>\n\n

PRO VERSION<\/h4>\n\n

The all-in-one WordPress Contest plugin<\/a>. Start an Audio Contest, Video Contest, Photo Contest, or Essay Contest using a single plugin.<\/p>\n\n

Online Demo<\/h4>\n\n

You can try out the Online demonstration<\/a> to see how the plugin works.<\/p>\n\n

To login, go to the Demo dashboard<\/a> and login with demo<\/strong> \/ demo4<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.<\/p>\n\n

    \n
  1. Upload wp-voting-contest<\/code> folder to the \/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code> directory<\/li>\n
  2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress<\/li>\n
  3. Go to the Contest Category and create the Contest and the shortcode in the page [showcontestants id='category id'] to vote for the contestants<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
    \n

    What is Category ID<\/h3><\/dt>\n

    Created Contest Category term ID is the Category ID to be used in the shortcode.<\/p><\/dd>\n

    What contest it supports<\/h3><\/dt>\n

    It only supports the Photo\/Image Contest.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n

    5.8<\/h4>\n\n
      \n
    • WordPress 6.7.2 Support<\/li>\n
    • Clear caching for REST API response<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

      5.7<\/h4>\n\n
        \n
      • Cookie issue fix<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

        5.6<\/h4>\n\n
          \n
        • WordPress 6.7.1 Support<\/li>\n
        • Create category black page issue fix<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

          5.5<\/h4>\n\n
            \n
          • Delete votes issue fixed<\/li>\n
          • Other minor issue fixes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

            5.4<\/h4>\n\n
              \n
            • WordPress 6.6.1 Support<\/li>\n
            • Added Threads Social sharing<\/li>\n
            • Added Email template Translations<\/li>\n
            • Fixed issue with editing Custom Fields being saved without field name<\/li>\n
            • Other minor issue fixes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

              5.3<\/h4>\n\n
                \n
              • WordPress 6.4.1 Support<\/li>\n
              • Updated CSS to show loading only for contestants container<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                5.2<\/h4>\n\n
                  \n
                • Brand icon updated<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                  5.1<\/h4>\n\n
                    \n
                  • Secure link change<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                    5.0<\/h4>\n\n
                      \n
                    • New branding migration changes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                      4.3<\/h4>\n\n
                        \n
                      • Upgrade from Lite to Pro Version steps added<\/li>\n
                      • Other minor changes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                        4.2<\/h4>\n\n
                          \n
                        • WordPress 6.2.2 Support<\/li>\n
                        • Other minor issue fixes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                          4.1<\/h4>\n\n
                            \n
                          • Fixed migration issue from previous versions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                            4.0<\/h4>\n\n
                              \n
                            • Fixed inconsistant login issue<\/li>\n
                            • Other minor Issue Fixes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                              3.4<\/h4>\n\n
                                \n
                              • Removed the JS Client Uploader<\/li>\n
                              • Added the default form Upload<\/li>\n
                              • Fixed Design issues in list view<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                                3.3<\/h4>\n\n
                                  \n
                                • Fixed custom fields issue in the Submit Entry form<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                                  3.2<\/h4>\n\n
                                    \n
                                  • WordPress 6.0 Support<\/li>\n
                                  • Issue Fixes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                                    3.1<\/h4>\n\n
                                      \n
                                    • Fixed Category Assign Issue for the Contestants in the admin end<\/li>\n
                                    • Security Issue Fixes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                                      3.0<\/h4>\n\n
                                        \n
                                      • Added the Stylish Layout Settings<\/li>\n
                                      • Added the Cookie Tracing Method<\/li>\n
                                      • Added the Color Settings<\/li>\n
                                      • Security Issue Fixes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                                        2.1<\/h4>\n\n
                                          \n
                                        • Login and Registration Issues<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                                          2.0<\/h4>\n\n
                                            \n
                                          • Fixed Datepicker Issue in the Contest Category Settings<\/li>\n
                                          • Fixed the Showform in the showcontestants and addcontestants shortcode<\/li>\n
                                          • Fixed Admin Styles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                                            1.9<\/h4>\n\n
                                              \n
                                            • Fixed the Rules & Prizes in addcontestant shortcode<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                                              1.8<\/h4>\n\n
                                                \n
                                              • Fixed the Multilingual Supports in the Plugin<\/li>\n
                                              • Added New Translated Strings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                                                1.7<\/h4>\n\n
                                                  \n
                                                • Fixed the undefined js conflicts issue while voting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                                                  1.6<\/h4>\n\n
                                                    \n
                                                  • Fixed Image issue in GRID & List view<\/li>\n
                                                  • Fixed the undefined issue while voting<\/li>\n
                                                  • Fixed the PHP warnings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                                                    1.5<\/h4>\n\n
                                                      \n
                                                    • Non-numeric value encountered warning in first time view of contestants<\/li>\n
                                                    • Voting Logs pagination Filtes & styles issues<\/li>\n
                                                    • Style issuses admin end<\/li>\n
                                                    • Issue fix in the Contestant title<\/li>\n
                                                    • Removed the Google Plus Sharing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                                                      1.4<\/h4>\n\n
                                                        \n
                                                      • Fixed the Deprecated functions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                                                        1.3<\/h4>\n\n
                                                          \n
                                                        • Fixed the issues for the premium version compatibility<\/li>\n
                                                        • Image Issues fixed<\/li>\n
                                                        • Added Appropriate Hooks for the current Wordpress versions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                                                          1.2<\/h4>\n\n
                                                            \n
                                                          • Guttenburg Editor in the Contestants.<\/li>\n
                                                          • Removed the Voting menu in the Edit and Add Contestant area because it conflicts with the editor.<\/li>\n
                                                          • Admin Ajax fix.<\/li>\n
                                                          • Support with Wordpress 5.<\/li>\n
                                                          • Admin end CSS issue fixes.<\/li>\n
                                                          • Deprecated the shortcode attribute - onlyloggedinuser.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                                                            1.1<\/h4>\n\n
                                                              \n
                                                            • Fixed the Registration Issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                                                              1.0<\/h4>\n\n
                                                                \n
                                                              • Initial release<\/li>\n<\/ul>","raw_excerpt":"Let users cast votes on your images\/photos.","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mai.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/86590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mai.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mai.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plugin"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mai.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86590"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mai.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/mvincik"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mai.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plugin_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mai.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_section?post=86590"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mai.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_tags?post=86590"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mai.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_category?post=86590"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mai.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_contributors?post=86590"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_business_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mai.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_business_model?post=86590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}