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by Makeworthy Media 4.3 (6 reviews)

Pick Giveaway Winner

Randomly select a winner or winners from the comments of a giveaway post.

Pick Giveaway Winner ranks #15,034 among WordPress.org plugins with 100+ active installations, a 4.3/5 rating from 6 reviews, and was last updated Jul 23, 2021. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 5.8 (Current: 7.1)
v1.3 Current Version v1.3
Updated 5 years ago Last Update on 23 Jul, 2021
Refreshed 12 hours ago Last Refreshed on
Top 25% by installs No update in over a year
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Rank
#15,034
+138 this week
Active Installs
100+
-35.1%
KW Avg Position
72.8
No change
Downloads
17.2K
+1 today
Support Resolved
0%
No change
Rating
86%
Review 4.3 out of 5
4.3 (6 reviews)

Next Milestone 200

Total Progress 32%
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Rank Changes

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Active Installs Growth

Active Installs 0,000,000+
Growth +0.0%
Peak 0,000,000

Downloads Growth

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Reviews & Ratings

4.3
6 reviews
Overall 86%
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5 (83%)
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Plugin Details

Version
1.3
Last Updated
Jul 23, 2021
Requires WP
3.0+
Tested Up To
5.8
PHP Version
N/A
Author
Makeworthy Media

Support & Rating

Rating
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.3
Reviews
6
Support Threads
0
Resolved
0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for site owners running giveaways through blog post comments. It solves the problem of fairly and randomly selecting one or more winners from commenters while allowing exclusion or limiting of duplicate entrants.

  • Randomly selects winner from comments
  • Selects multiple winners
  • Lists 100 most recent posts
  • Disqualifies duplicate entries by email
  • Limits entries to one per person
  • Uses MySQL RAND() function

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Pick Giveaway Winner

The plugin uses MySQL's RAND() function to pick the winners directly from the database.
The more comments your post has, the longer it will take to parse the data and determine a winner. Also, if you choose to "Discard multiple entries, but allow the entrant a single entry" the plugin has to do an additional database query to get your results, which takes more time. Be patient and your results will be returned as soon as possible. This isn't random! I ran the plugin twice in a row and got the same winner. It may seem counterintuitive, but if you re-run the plugin on the same post and occasionally get the same winner, this proves that the plugin actually is random. For example, if you roll a dice several times you will eventually get the same number twice in a row. The same thing happens with the plugin. However, if you run the plugin several times in a row and keep getting the same winner, that could indicate a problem.
This is done to reduce strain on the server and avoid problems that occurred when people had more than a thousand posts. Most giveaways should be done by the time you've posted 100 more posts, so this shouldn't cause problems for most people.
Sure! Go to my plugin page at https://www.makeworthymedia.com/plugins/ to donate.
Yes, I would! Thanks to Roni Noone at http://www.roninoone.com/ for beta testing this plugin.

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