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Engage Your Audience Like Never Before!
SocialPoll brings the simplicity and elegance of Instagram-style polls to your WordPress website. Create stunning, interactive polls that capture attention and drive engagement with just a few clicks.
<h4>Why Choose SocialPoll?</h4>
<ul>
<li>🚀 Lightning Fast Setup – Create and publish polls in under 60 seconds</li>
<li>📱 Mobile-First Design – Beautiful, responsive polls that look perfect on any device</li>
<li>🔒 Privacy-Focused – No user registration required, token-based voting prevents duplicates</li>
<li>📊 Instant Voting – One-click voting with no submit button – see results immediately</li>
<li>🎨 Modern Interface – Clean, intuitive admin powered by React 19</li>
<li>⚡ Performance Optimized – Built with Alpine.js for blazing-fast frontend interactions</li>
</ul>
<h4>Perfect For:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Content Creators – Boost engagement and gather audience opinions</li>
<li>Marketers – Conduct quick market research and product feedback</li>
<li>Publishers – Add interactive elements to articles and blog posts</li>
<li>Community Managers – Spark conversations and understand your community</li>
<li>Educators – Create interactive quizzes and gather student feedback</li>
</ul>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
Powerful Admin Dashboard 
– Modern React-based interface for effortless poll management 
– Bulk actions for efficient workflow 
– Real-time preview before publishing 
– Comprehensive analytics at your fingertips
Smart Voting System 
– One-click instant voting – no submit button needed 
– Anonymous voting with duplicate prevention 
– No login required – reduce friction, increase participation 
– Instant results display with animated percentages 
– Token-based security prevents manipulation
Developer Friendly 
– Well-structured, maintainable codebase 
– Modern build process with Vite for optimized assets 
– WCAG accessibility compliant
Built for Scale 
– Optimized database structure with denormalized counts 
– Efficient caching mechanisms 
– Handles high-traffic scenarios with ease
<h4>How It Works</h4>
<ol>
<li>Create – Design your poll with multiple options in the intuitive admin panel</li>
<li>Customize – Set visibility options and configure display settings</li>
<li>Publish – Add to any page or post using shortcodes or Gutenberg blocks</li>
<li>Engage – Watch as your audience participates and shares their opinions</li>
<li>Analyze – Review detailed voting statistics and insights</li>
</ol>
<h4>Shortcode Usage</h4>
Simply add <code>[socialpoll id="X"]</code> to any post or page, where X is your poll ID.
<h4>Pro Tips</h4>
<ul>
<li>Plan your questions carefully – published polls are locked to maintain vote integrity.</li>
<li>Use clear, concise option text for better mobile display</li>
<li>Place polls strategically within your content for maximum engagement</li>
</ul>
<h3>Technical Information</h3>
<h4>Database Structure</h4>
SocialPoll uses three optimized tables: 
* Polls table – stores poll metadata 
* Options table – stores poll choices 
* Votes table – records individual votes with unique tokens
<h4>Performance</h4>
<ul>
<li>Denormalized vote counts for instant results</li>
<li>Efficient database queries</li>
<li>Minimal frontend JavaScript footprint with Alpine.js</li>
<li>Smart bundling and minification with Vite</li>
<li>Optimized asset delivery</li>
</ul>
<h4>Security</h4>
<ul>
<li>All data properly escaped and sanitized</li>
<li>Nonce verification on all actions</li>
<li>Capability checks for admin operations</li>
<li>SQL injection prevention</li>
<li>XSS protection</li>
</ul>
<h4>Source Code</h4>
All JavaScript and CSS source files are included in the <code>src/</code> directory of this plugin.
Build Process: 
This plugin uses modern build tools to compile and optimize JavaScript and CSS assets: 
* Vite – for admin and frontend React/Alpine.js components 
* webpack (@wordpress/scripts) – for Gutenberg blocks
Source files: 
* <code>src/admin/js/</code> – React admin interface components 
* <code>src/frontend/js/</code> – Alpine.js frontend code 
* <code>src/components/ui/</code> – Reusable UI components (TypeScript/React) 
* <code>src/blocks/</code> – Gutenberg block source 
* <code>src/lib/</code> – Utility libraries 
* CSS source files in respective directories
Compiled output: 
* <code>dist/</code> – Vite compiled assets 
* <code>build/blocks/</code> – webpack compiled Gutenberg blocks
Building from source: 
1. Install Node.js (version 16 or higher) 
2. Install dependencies: <code>npm install</code> 
3. Development build: <code>npm run dev</code> 
4. Production build: <code>npm run build</code> 
5. Build Gutenberg blocks: <code>npm run build:blocks</code>
All dependencies are listed in <code>package.json</code> and use standard packages from the public npm registry.
<h3>Support</h3>
Need help? We’re here for you!
<ul>
<li>Plugin Page: [Coming Soon]</li>
<li>Support & Feature Requests: <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/socialpoll" rel="ugc">WordPress.org Support</a></li>
</ul>

SocialPoll – Instagram style Polls

Transform your WordPress site with Instagram-style polls that boost engagement and gather instant audience feedback - no login required!

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User defined amount of star ratings (5 as default) in your posts, pages and publicly accesible custom post types.
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Structured data supporting google rich snippets showing the star ratings in search results which has the potential to drive more traffic to your website.
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Widespread coverage of custom hooks.
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Full control via options page. You can,
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Enable or disable globally.
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Disable star ratings in posts that belong to certain categories.
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Choose where to show the star ratings. It can be on the homepage, in archives, in posts, in pages and/or in custom post types.
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Control the structured data schema and type.
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Restrict votings per unique ip.
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Allow voting in archives.
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Allow guests to vote.
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Customize position within the post content.
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Adjust the amount of stars.
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And much more…
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kk Star Ratings – Rate Post & Collect User Feedbacks

Last good version seems to be 4.2. In version 5 some things seems to be missing (left out in favor of PRO version) and if you show stars inside table those tables columns are not sortable any more.

Went bad over time

kk Star Ratings allows blog visitors to involve and interact more effectively with your website by rating posts.

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