by Wasiliy Strecker / ContestGallery developer 4.4 (89 reviews)

Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe

Name: Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe
Rating: 4.4 (89 reviews)
Author: Wasiliy Strecker / ContestGallery developer

Create voting and upload galleries for photos, video, audio and files. Gallery monetization, social sharing and user registration.

Contest Gallery ranks #6,901 among WordPress.org plugins with 1,000+ active installations, is #630 of 6,651 in the Media category, a 4.4/5 rating from 89 reviews, and was last updated Oct 28, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v34.0.3 Current Version v34.0.3

Updated 1 week ago Last Update on 28 Oct, 2026

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

#630 of 6,651 in Media Top 10% by installs Downloads +9.6% this week Actively maintained

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1K+

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KW Avg Position

0.4 better

Downloads

386.5K

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Rating

88%

Review 4.4 out of 5

4.4 (89 reviews)

Next Milestone 2K

Total Progress 9.6%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.4

89 reviews

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

62 known vulnerabilities on record · 25 in the last 24 months · checked 3 months ago

Jun 26, 2026

Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe [contest-gallery] < 30.0.7

CVE-2026-65447 · Fixed in v30.0.7
Jun 26, 2026

Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe [contest-gallery] < 30.0.1

CVE-2026-57662 · Fixed in v30.0.1
Jun 16, 2026

Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe [contest-gallery] < 30.0.3

CVE-2026-12165 · Fixed in v30.0.3
May 18, 2026

Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe [contest-gallery] < 28.1.7

CVE-2026-8912 · Fixed in v28.1.7
Apr 29, 2026

Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe [contest-gallery] < 29.0.0

CVE-2026-42656 · Fixed in v29.0.0
Apr 29, 2026

Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe [contest-gallery] < 29.0.0

CVE-2026-42657 · Fixed in v29.0.0
Apr 29, 2026

Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe [contest-gallery] < 29.0.0

CVE-2026-42660 · Fixed in v29.0.0
Apr 21, 2026

Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe [contest-gallery] < 28.1.7

CVE-2026-40771 · Fixed in v28.1.7
Mar 23, 2026

Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe [contest-gallery] < 28.1.3

CVE-2026-25035 · Fixed in v28.1.3
Mar 23, 2026

Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe [contest-gallery] < 28.1.6

CVE-2026-4021 · Fixed in v28.1.6

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Plugin Details

Version: 34.0.3
Last Updated: Oct 28, 2026
Requires WP: 5.6+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 5.6 or higher
Author: Wasiliy Strecker / ContestGallery developer

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.4
Reviews: 89
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to run photo or media contests with voting, uploads, and file galleries. It solves the problem of collecting, displaying, protecting, and monetizing user-submitted files by combining upload forms, voting, watermarking, and PayPal/Stripe checkout in one gallery system.

Photo and file contest galleries
Real watermark protection
PayPal and Stripe selling
User registration and login forms
Google Sign-In button
Social media share buttons
PDF preview gallery
YouTube/Twitter/TikTok embeds

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe

Yes. I would like to be informed when a file is uploaded. That's possible! You can activate to be informed after every frontend upload and add an email where you like to be informed.

Yes. If the user added his e-mail during uploading his file he will be informed when the file

Use option "Edit options" >>> "File activation e-mail" >>> "Send this activation e-mail when activating users files".

Yes. You can configure Addressor, Reply mail, Cc mail, Bcc mail, Subject and Body text. You can also insert a link in the mail Body text which will lead directly to his image.

Yes. You can use WordPress Media Library for uploading files and adding them to gallery. In frontend uploaded files appears also in WordPress repository and in gallery.

Yes. As default you can upload as many files as you want in backend. Default in frontend is one file per upload. But you can configure an amount you like. So you are also able to upload multiple files during one upload in frontend.

Yes. You decide via "Edit upload form" which information can be added for every file. It's also possible to configure which information should appear frontend.

As many you like :)

Contest Gallery does not impose a limit on the number of gallery entries. The practical limit depends on your hosting storage and server resources.

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