Democracy Poll
WordPress polls plugin with multiple-choice, custom answers, cache compatibility, widgets, and shortcodes.
4.6(86 reviews)
·7.0K+ active installs·Updated 8 months agoAs of April 2026, Democracy Poll is a WordPress vote plugin with 7.0K+ active installations and a 4.6/5 rating from 86 reviews. It has been downloaded 202K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.8+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Downloads are up 7% this week. Top alternative: Crowdsignal Dashboard – Polls, Surveys….
4.6/586 reviews
7.0K+active installs
202K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015
Overview
This plugin provides an intuitive and powerful system to create polls with features like:
- Single and multiple voting options (customizable)
- Allowing visitors to add custom answers (optional)
- Setting an end date for polls
- Restricting voting to registered users (optional)
- Multiple poll designs
- And more — see the changelog for details
Democracy Poll is compatible with major cache plugins, including WP Total Cache, WP Super Cache, Wordfence, Quick Cache, and others.
Designed for ease of use and performance, it offers:
- A “Quick Edit” button for admins, shown directly above a poll
- A plugin menu in the admin toolbar
- Inline inclusion of CSS & JS
- Conditional loading of CSS & JS (only when needed)
- And more — check the changelog for details
More Info
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Unresolved security issue and confusing UX
by clip1492·7 months ago
I decided not to use this plugin for two reasons:
- Unresolved vulnerability – A critical security issue has been reported since 1 years and the author has not addressed it nor responded in the support forum, which is concerning.
- Poor Frontend UX – The voting flow is unnecessarily complicated. Results are shown before voting (if “show results” is enabled), and the voting process takes three clicks: first click a “Vote” button under the results, then select the option, and click again to confirm the vote. A smoother flow would be letting users vote directly with a single click on the option, then rewarding them with the results, or a link to reveal them.
Because of these issues, I switched to another popular free plugin, which has not known security issues and a straight user experience.
- This topic was modified 7 months, 1 week ago by clip1492.
Perfect for Civic Organizations
·10 months ago
Easy to operate – thank you for your efforts!
Role problem
by senseart·10 months ago
I have a problem.
When trying to create a poll from the “Editor” role, it gives an error “Low capability to add/edit poll”.
Even when I check all roles in Settings, there is still no permission.
This happens in the latest versions of the plugin.
For now, I have reverted to version (5.6.0) so that I can work.
Does anyone have a similar problem?
My configuration is:
WordPress 6.8.1
PHP 8.0
Great plugin!
by Harald·1 year ago
I wanted to take a moment to express my sincere appreciation for the work you’ve done creating and maintaining this plugin. It’s clear that a lot of thought and effort went into it, and it shows!
As a new user, I’m impressed with its range of options and functionalities—it’s almost everything I was hoping for. Your dedication to delivering a quality tool is truly commendable!
If you accept suggestions for additional features, I would love to see Panachage and cumulative voting integrated into the plugin. These enhancements would take its capabilities to the next level.
Thank you once again for this fantastic plugin. Keep up the outstanding work!
Great plugin for making a survey
by pagrob·1 year ago
Great plugin for making a survey, simple to use and with many options.
Download Trends
Today: 28Yesterday: 33This week: 173Period total: 22K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.8+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
Version Adoption
v6.1
49.0%
v5.6
20.3%
v6.0
19.7%
v5.5
10.7%
v5.1
0.3%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
6.1.0
- CHG: DEM_VER constant removed use
DemocracyPoll\plugin()->verinstead. - CHG: DEMOC_URL constant removed use
DemocracyPoll\plugin()->urlinstead. NOTE: Trailing slash removed. - CHG: DEMOC_PATH constant removed use
DemocracyPoll\plugin()->dirinstead. NOTE: Trailing slash removed. - CHG: DEMOC_MAIN_FILE constant removed.
- IMP: DemPoll class refactored significantly. IT was decomposed into smaller classes – two new clasees added Poll_Renderer and Poll_Service.
…and 2 more changes
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