Event Voting & Live Leaderboard by Clicksmith

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: [email protected]
– Website: https://clicksmith.net

Shortcodes

Voting form

[clicksmith_event_voting]

Attributes
– categories – pipe-separated list (e.g. categories="Best Brisket|Best Ribs|Best Chicken")
– category_ids – comma-separated IDs instead of names
– votes_per_category – number of votes per category (default 1)
– max_total_votes – cap total votes per user
– require_login – true|false (default false)
– ip_limit_minutes – block repeat voting for X minutes
– honeypot – true|false (default true)
– recaptcha – on|off
– event – optional slug or ID for multi-event setups
– button_label – custom submit text
– success_message – custom thank-you text
– allow_revoting – true|false

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”]

Live leaderboard

[clicksmith_leaderboard]

Attributes
– categories or category_ids – filter which categories to show
– layout – table|cards (default table)
– show_counts – true|false
– show_percent – true|false
– limit – limit rows per category
– auto_refresh – refresh every X seconds
– highlight_top – highlight top N entries
– show_last_updated – 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″]

Credits

Developed and maintained by Clicksmith Digital Marketing.

License

This plugin is free software, released under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later.

1. Upload the plugin files to /wp-content/plugins/event-voting-live-leaderboard-by-clicksmith, or install from the WordPress Plugin Directory.
2. Activate the plugin via Plugins in WordPress.
3. Go to Event Voting → Categories to create categories.
4. Add the [clicksmith_event_voting] shortcode to any page.
5. Show the live results with [clicksmith_leaderboard] on a display page.

1.0.2

• Added shortcode documentation and [clicksmith_event_voting] / [clicksmith_leaderboard] aliases.
• Updated Stable tag and readme formatting.

1.0.1

• Short description trimmed to comply with directory character limit.
• Readme formatting tidy-up.

1.0.0

• Initial public release.