Live event voting with category limits, quick ballots, spam protection, and a real-time leaderboard for big screens.

Clicksmith Digital Marketing

Bring your next competition, festival, or tasting event to life with Event Voting & Live Leaderboard by Clicksmith — a simple, mobile-friendly system that lets attendees vote instantly and watch results update in real time.
Features 
– Easy mobile voting (QR code or direct link) 
– Custom categories and vote limits 
– Anti-spam and duplicate protection 
– Real-time leaderboard display 
– Full-screen leaderboard for TVs or projectors 
– Works with any WordPress theme
Perfect for: BBQ competitions, beer festivals, car shows, pageants, people’s-choice awards, and any event where the crowd picks the winner.
Documentation & Support 
– Docs: https://clicksmith.net/plugins/event-voting/docs 
– Contact: info@clicksmith.net 
– Website: https://clicksmith.net
<h3>Shortcodes</h3>
<h4>Voting form</h4>
<pre><code>[clicksmith_event_voting]
</code></pre>
Attributes 
– <code>categories</code> – pipe-separated list (e.g. <code>categories="Best Brisket|Best Ribs|Best Chicken"</code>) 
– <code>category_ids</code> – comma-separated IDs instead of names 
– <code>votes_per_category</code> – number of votes per category (default 1) 
– <code>max_total_votes</code> – cap total votes per user 
– <code>require_login</code> – <code>true|false</code> (default false) 
– <code>ip_limit_minutes</code> – block repeat voting for X minutes 
– <code>honeypot</code> – <code>true|false</code> (default true) 
– <code>recaptcha</code> – <code>on|off</code> 
– <code>event</code> – optional slug or ID for multi-event setups 
– <code>button_label</code> – custom submit text 
– <code>success_message</code> – custom thank-you text 
– <code>allow_revoting</code> – <code>true|false</code>
Examples 
[clicksmith_event_voting categories=”Best Brisket|Best Ribs|Best Chicken” votes_per_category=”1″] 
[clicksmith_event_voting category_ids=”2,4,9″ max_total_votes=”3″ require_login=”true”]
<h4>Live leaderboard</h4>
<pre><code>[clicksmith_leaderboard]
</code></pre>
Attributes 
– <code>categories</code> or <code>category_ids</code> – filter which categories to show 
– <code>layout</code> – <code>table|cards</code> (default table) 
– <code>show_counts</code> – <code>true|false</code> 
– <code>show_percent</code> – <code>true|false</code> 
– <code>limit</code> – limit rows per category 
– <code>auto_refresh</code> – refresh every X seconds 
– <code>highlight_top</code> – highlight top N entries 
– <code>show_last_updated</code> – show “Last updated” text
Examples 
[clicksmith_leaderboard auto_refresh=”5″ layout=”table” show_counts=”true” show_percent=”true”] 
[clicksmith_leaderboard categories=”Best Brisket|Best Ribs” limit=”5″ highlight_top=”3″]
<h3>Credits</h3>
Developed and maintained by <a href="https://clicksmith.net" rel="nofollow ugc">Clicksmith Digital Marketing</a>.
<h3>License</h3>
This plugin is free software, released under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later.

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