64
A long standing veteran that might accidentally mess with your SEO.
HealthyGrowingPoor rating
64/100
Users like the simplicity but report serious SEO issues and a restrictive free tier.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.4★
448 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+11%
Growing
66 → 73 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORverified rating is 3.65★
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing · +11% in the last year
66/day a year ago→73/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayYOP Poll is generally praised for its simplicity, reliability, and responsive support, but users report significant issues with limited free features, confusing setup, and serious SEO and compatibility problems.
What people like
- +Simple and intuitive interface that is easy to configure×2
- +Can handle multiple polls and offers features like random shuffling, shortcodes for results, and redirect after voting×2
- +Stable and reliable over long periods of use×2
- +Responsive and professional support team×5
Common complaints
- −Free version is overly limited, restricting ability to evaluate suitability
- −User interface for setting up polls is confusing×2
- −Uninstall leaves residual database tables instead of fully removing data
- −Plugin adds unwanted query strings to every URL, creating massive non-indexed pages and harming SEO
- −Incompatible with sites that protect the wp-admin directory, requiring admin login to record votes
- −Voting process can hang indefinitely, making the poll unusable
- −Paid support sometimes unresponsive, with contact forms and emails not reaching the team
Review trustMostly organic
- 3.65★Verified rating — drops from 4.40★ once one-shot reviewers are removed
- 20%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 25% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-08-192025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 448 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2025-12-12★★★★★Charming PlugIn and perfect serviceradiobw
- 2025-12-09★★★★★Great snd simple… no bs!scalpmonkey
- 2025-03-14★★★★★Great plugin, simple and effectiveMatteo182
- 2025-01-17★★★★★Stable plugin and great supportmicb
- 2024-03-28★★★★★Did not recieve anything after payingroyalfth
- 2024-02-16★★★★★there must be an updatekargamel
- 2023-11-07★★★★★Too limited and does not remove all data on uninstallbistromatic
- 2023-07-23★★★★★Totally screwd SEO, be carefulmdnnnn
- 2023-05-25★★★★★Does not work with a protected wp-admin folderwordkul1-shot
- 2023-02-15★★★★★Nice Little Piece of Softwareironlion37
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
65
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
70
Prior 7-day baseline
161
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
2,460
Mean release-day peak (30d)
3,668
Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)
-7.1%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
25%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.11
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
67%
5★ share in analyzed sample
20%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
3.82 → 3.65★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered