Description

Unstoppable Voting, Polls & Elections is a standalone, no-nonsense voting plugin built for the way organizations actually run elections and polls. Whether you’re a non-profit electing trustees, an HOA voting on board members, a school running student government elections, a church choosing deacons, a club picking captains, or a sports league selecting tournament participants — this plugin handles it cleanly. No upsells, no “Pro” lock-in, no third-party services.

Who this plugin is for

Non-profits, clubs, and associations running officer or board elections
HOAs and condo boards voting on rules, budgets, and trustees
Schools and student groups for student government, class polls, MVP voting
Churches and religious organizations electing deacons, council members, or leaders
Sports leagues for officer elections and tournament selections
Businesses and teams running internal polls or decisions
Anyone running a casual or formal vote on a WordPress site

Five Templates Included (all free)

Classic Bars — Familiar horizontal bar chart, works on any layout
Official Ballot — Formal numbered-option look for elections
Candidate Cards — Photo + name grid, ideal for headshots, team logos, or product images
Compact List — Sidebar-friendly minimal style
Tournament — Head-to-head matchups for bracket-style voting

Seven Sort Orders (all free)

Sort options however you need: manual drag-to-reorder, alphabetical (AZ or ZA), most votes first, least votes first, random, or by date added. Most competitors paywall these — here they’re standard.

Built-In Vote Integrity

Block duplicate voting by cookie, IP, both, or none — per poll
Registered users are always blocked from voting twice
Toggle guest voting on or off per poll
Single-choice or multiple-choice with configurable max selections
Schedule polls with optional start and end dates

Display Control

Show results: before voting, after voting, only when closed, or admin-only
Format results as percent, vote count, or both
Draft polls hidden from the public automatically

Easy to Use

Drop a poll anywhere with one shortcode: [uvpe_poll id="123"] — works in posts, pages, widgets, page builders (Elementor, Gutenberg, etc.), or anywhere WordPress accepts shortcodes.

Standalone & Self-Contained

No WooCommerce required. No external services. No license activation. No phone-home. Free, GPL, and self-contained.

Privacy

This plugin runs entirely on your own WordPress site. It makes no outbound HTTP requests and contacts no external services.

When a visitor casts a vote, the following data is stored in your WordPress database:

The chosen answer ID(s) and the poll ID.
The timestamp of the vote.
The WordPress user ID, if the visitor is logged in.
The visitor’s IP address, only if you have enabled the IP-based duplicate-vote prevention option on that specific poll. Polls that use cookie-only or “no checks” duplicate prevention do not store IPs.
A short-lived cookie on the visitor’s browser, only if you have enabled cookie-based duplicate-vote prevention on that poll.

No data ever leaves your site. Deleting the plugin from the Plugins screen removes all stored poll and vote data along with the plugin’s database tables and options.

Installation

Upload the plugin folder to /wp-content/plugins/ or install via the WordPress plugin directory.
Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress.
Go to Voting Add New to create your first poll.
Copy the shortcode from the poll edit screen and paste it into any page, post, or widget.

FAQ

Does this require WooCommerce or any other plugin?: No. Unstoppable Voting, Polls & Elections is fully standalone. It works on any WordPress site running 5.8 or newer with PHP 7.4 or newer.
Can I let people vote without logging in?: Yes. Each poll has an Allow guest voters toggle. When enabled, anyone can vote (subject to your duplicate-vote settings).
How do you prevent duplicate voting?: You can choose per poll: cookie-based blocking (basic, works for most sites), IP-based blocking (stricter), both combined, or no blocking at all. Logged-in users are always blocked from voting twice regardless of the setting.
Can I see who voted for what?: The plugin stores user IDs alongside votes (for logged-in voters) so you have a record. The admin Results page shows aggregate vote counts and rankings. Detailed per-vote audit views are planned for a future release.
Can I schedule polls to open and close automatically?: Yes. Each poll has optional start and end date fields. Outside that window the poll won’t accept new votes.
Is this suitable for binding elections?: The plugin gives you strong duplicate-vote prevention, scheduling, and audit-friendly result tracking — but whether a digital vote is binding depends on your organization’s bylaws and applicable law. We recommend treating online voting as a recommendation tool unless your governing documents explicitly authorize it.
What happens to my data if I delete the plugin?: Deactivating the plugin keeps all your polls and votes intact. Deleting the plugin from the Plugins screen removes all tables and options. There is no soft-delete — back up first if you want to keep your data.
Can I customize the template styles?: Yes. All CSS uses CSS custom properties for easy overriding from your theme. The main accent color can also be changed in Voting Settings.
Can voters change their vote after submitting?: Not yet. Once a vote is cast, it’s locked in. A future release may add a vote-revision window for organizations that need it.

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Contributors & Developers

“Unstoppable Voting, Polls & Elections” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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Changelog

2.0.7

Added a “Privacy” section to the readme describing exactly what data the plugin stores locally (vote records, optional IPs/cookies for duplicate-vote prevention) and confirming no data leaves the site.
No code changes.

2.0.6

Replaced the admin-menu colour styles with a proper wp_register_style() + wp_add_inline_style() enqueue (no more raw <style> block in the admin head).
Removed the welcome banner and review-request notice for the initial release to keep the admin dashboard fully uncluttered. Future versions may reintroduce a small, dismissible welcome notice restricted to the plugin’s own settings page.
No functional changes to polls, votes, or the shortcode.

2.0.5

Extended the schema drop-tables phpcs:ignore to also cover the WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.SchemaChange sub-rule (schema changes are intentional in the uninstall path).
No functional changes.

2.0.4

Second-pass Plugin Check remediation.
Refactored vote-submission AJAX to sanitize the array inline with the $_POST access.
Consolidated multi-line $wpdb->query() and $wpdb->get_var() calls onto single lines so the existing phpcs:ignore directives correctly cover the interpolated SQL on the same line.
Extended the schema drop-tables phpcs:ignore to include InterpolatedNotPrepared.
No functional changes.

2.0.3

Plugin Check remediation pass for WordPress.org submission.
Inlined output escaping in the answer-row editor for scanner compatibility.
Added explicit array sanitization on the vote-submission AJAX endpoint before integer casting.
Added wp_unslash() to admin GET reads for poll IDs.
Extended phpcs ignore directives on safe table-name interpolations (all values still bound via $wpdb->prepare()).
Suppressed false-positive prefix warnings on local view/template variables.
No functional changes.

2.0.2

Updated “Tested up to” header to WordPress 7.0 for compatibility with the current major release.
No functional changes.

2.0.1

Submission-readiness fixes for WordPress.org.
Corrected license header in readme to the exact GPL-2.0-or-later SPDX identifier.
Added wp_unslash() to one missed superglobal access in the admin delete handler.
Added direct-access guards to silence-index files in every subdirectory.
No functional changes — polls, votes, and settings are preserved.

2.0.0

First release on WordPress.org. Updates are now delivered through WordPress’s standard update mechanism.
Five frontend templates: Classic Bars, Official Ballot, Candidate Cards, Compact List, Tournament.
Seven option-sort orders: manual, alphabetical (asc/desc), most votes, least votes, random, by date added.
Single-choice or multiple-choice voting with configurable max selections.
Optional poll scheduling with start and end dates.
Duplicate-vote prevention by cookie, IP, both, or none — configurable per poll.
Guest voting toggle per poll.
Four result-display modes (before vote, after vote, when closed, admin-only).
Admin Results page with rankings and vote distribution bars.
Shortcode: [uvpe_poll id="N"].

Description

Who this plugin is for

Five Templates Included (all free)

Seven Sort Orders (all free)

Built-In Vote Integrity

Display Control

Easy to Use

Standalone & Self-Contained

Privacy

Installation

FAQ

Does this require WooCommerce or any other plugin?

Can I let people vote without logging in?

How do you prevent duplicate voting?

Can I see who voted for what?

Can I schedule polls to open and close automatically?

Is this suitable for binding elections?

What happens to my data if I delete the plugin?

Can I customize the template styles?

Can voters change their vote after submitting?