An amazing solution to run competitions on your blog using combinations of social actions.
As of April 2026, Gleam: Run Competitions on Your WordPress Blog is a WordPress contest plugin with 200 active installations and a 3/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 10K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 7 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos….
Add a Gleam to your site next time you a running a giveaway or competition. Gleam is a simple, yet powerful solution that helps you use social actions for entries. We support various networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Youtube, Twitch and many more.
If you want to see how a brand is using Gleam to grow their business read our Beardbrand Case Study.
IMPORTANT: In order to use this plugin you must first visit Gleam, sign up, and create a competition before you can embed it in a post. Installing this plugin without signing up means you’ll be displaying nothing in your post.
If you have any technical or sales questions you can contact our support team here: https://gleam.io/contact
| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 4.9.29 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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