Pashalis Laoutaris

The Maze Generator is a powerful gamification plugin that allows you to build multi-step navigation games using your existing WordPress pages.
Unlike simple links, this plugin turns website navigation into a Time Attack Game. Users must find the correct path through your pages to reach the “Finale.” The plugin tracks their speed, ranks them on a global leaderboard, and offers rewards (like PDF downloads or coupons) upon completion.
Key Features:
<ul>
<li>Time Attack Mode: Automatically tracks exactly how many seconds it takes a user to solve the maze.</li>
<li>Image-Based Choices: Upload your own images (Doors, Portals, Arrows, etc.). The game randomly shuffles and displays them as interactive buttons.</li>
<li>Dynamic Leaderboard: A modern, responsive leaderboard featuring “All Time” vs. “This Month” tabs, top-3 trophies, and formatted timings.</li>
<li>Reward System: Automatically unlock a File Download or Custom Content for users who successfully complete the maze.</li>
<li>Drag & Drop-style Builder: Easily link a “Start Page” to a “Correct Destination” and add multiple “Decoys” (wrong turns).</li>
<li>Searchable Dropdowns: Quickly find the pages you need in the admin panel with the built-in search filter.</li>
<li>Cheat Prevention: Logic to prevent users from skipping directly to the finale without playing.</li>
<li>Engagement Animations: Visual “Shake” effects when clicking wrong answers.</li>
</ul>
<h3>How to Create a Maze</h3>
The plugin works by linking real WordPress Pages together.
<ol>
<li>Create Content: Create WordPress pages for every “Room” in your maze, plus pages for “Decoys” (Dead Ends) and one “Finale” page.</li>
<li>Build: Go to Maze Generator > Add New.</li>
<li>Define Steps:
<ul>
<li>Select a Start Page (Where the user is now).</li>
<li>Select a Correct Destination (Where they go if they choose right).</li>
<li>Select Decoys (Where they go if they choose wrong).</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Customize: Go to the “Customization” tab to upload your door images and set up the winner’s reward.</li>
<li>Publish:
<ul>
<li>Paste <code>[lmaze_number_maze id="1"]</code> on every “Start Page” you defined.</li>
<li>Paste <code>[lmaze_maze_leaderboard id="1"]</code> on your “Finale Page”.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
(Note: Replace “1” with the actual ID of your maze).
<h3>Troubleshooting</h3>
LiteSpeed Cache / Optimization Plugins
If the maze does not appear or the game logic fails, it is likely due to JavaScript execution order being altered by caching plugins.
To fix this in LiteSpeed Cache: 
1. Go to LiteSpeed Cache > Page Optimization > Tuning. 
2. Find JS Excludes. 
3. Add the following lines: 
 lmaze-runner 
 lmaze_runner_data 
4. Purge your cache.

Laoutaris Maze Generator

Turn your WordPress pages into an interactive "Choose Your Path" maze game with a speedrun timer, global leaderboards, and downloadable rewards.

Lukas Gebhard

This plugin allows visitors of your website to solve the famous and inspirational Nine Dots Puzzle as an interactive 2D app. 
<a href="http://lukasgebhard.de/demos.php" rel="nofollow ugc">Here you can try it out yourself.</a>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Works in pages, posts and text widgets</li>
<li>Fully customisable design</li>
<li>Simple usage via shortcode</li>
<li>Optionally display a custom hint to solve the puzzle</li>
</ul>
<h4>Installation</h4>
<ol>
<li>Go to your WordPress dashboard.</li>
<li>Visit Plugins > Add New and search for “Nine Dots Puzzle”</li>
<li>Click on Install</li>
<li>Activate the plugin from your plugins page.</li>
<li>Insert the phrase [nine-dots-puzzle] (including the brackets) into your WordPress page, post, or text widget.</li>
<li>Optionally, customise the puzzle by specifying some parameters. For example, [nine-dots-puzzle size=”300px” colour_background=”brown”] will insert the puzzle with the given size and background colour. </li>
</ol>
The following configuration parameters are available:
<ul>
<li>size: The width and height of the puzzle (Default: “250px”)</li>
<li>show_hint_button_after_round: The number of rounds after which a ‘hint button’ is shown (Default: “2”)</li>
<li>text_button_hint: The text on the hint button (Default: “Hint”)</li>
<li>text_hint: The hint that is displayed after clicking the hint button (Default: “Think outside the box.”)</li>
<li>colour_background: The background colour (Default: “rgb(0, 0, 128)”)</li>
<li>colour_neutral: The ‘neutral’ colour (Default: “rgb(153, 221, 255)”)</li>
<li>colour_success: The ‘success’ colour (Default: “rgb(0, 128, 0)”)</li>
<li>colour_fail: The ‘fail’ colour (Default: “rgb(179, 0, 0)”)</li>
<li>colour_face: The ‘face’ colour (Default: “rgb(255,217, 26)”)</li>
<li>colour_text: The text colour (Default: “white”)</li>
<li>colour_text_background_dark: The ‘text_background_dark’ colour (Default: “rgb(51. 51, 51)”)</li>
<li>colour_text_background_light: The ‘text_background_light’ colour (Default: “rgb(115, 115, 115)”)</li>
</ul>

Nine Dots Puzzle

The famous & inspirational 9-dot problem. Think outside the box!

Laoutaris Maze Generator vs Nine Dots Puzzle