Title: Ogou Poll Lite Author: OgouLabs Published: July 23, 2026 Last modified: July 23, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/ogou-poll/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3620131) # Ogou Poll Lite By [OgouLabs](https://profiles.wordpress.org/belony509/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/ogou-poll.3.48.2.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ogou-poll/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ogou-poll/#reviews) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ogou-poll/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ogou-poll/) ## Description Ogou Poll is a free, fully functional voting plugin for contests, talent shows, and reality-show style competitions. Create a contest, add candidates (photo or video), and let signed-in visitors vote. Each contest gives every user a set number of free votes that you choose. Features included and fully working in this free plugin: * Unlimited contests with start/end dates and a live countdown * Candidates with photo or video, bio, and drag-and-drop ordering * Free voting: give each signed-in user a fixed number of votes per contest * Live leaderboard with medal badges for the top three * Results and countdown shortcodes * A modern voter profile page (rank, voting history) * A clean, dark admin dashboard with vote and participation charts * Shortcodes: [ogou_poll], [ogou_leaderboard], [ogou_results], [ogou_countdown],[ ogou_candidate_card], [ogou_profile] ### External services This plugin does not connect to any external or third-party services. All voting, tallying, and data storage happen on your own WordPress site. ## Screenshots [[ [[ [[ [[ [[ [[ [[ [[ [[ [[ ## FAQ ### How do people vote? Add the [ogou_poll id=”1″] shortcode to any page. Signed-in users get the number of free votes you set for that contest and tap “Vote” on a candidate. ### How do I set the number of free votes? When you create or edit a contest, set “Free votes per user”. Each signed-in user gets that many votes in that contest. ### Is there a paid version? A separate premium plugin, Ogou Poll Pro (available from the developer’s own site, ogoulabs.com), adds paid coin voting, payment gateways, judges, rounds, VIP passes, winner payouts, promo codes, notifications, and a public API. Those features are not part of this free plugin. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Ogou Poll Lite” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ OgouLabs ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/belony509/) [Translate “Ogou Poll Lite” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/ogou-poll) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ogou-poll/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/ogou-poll/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/ogou-poll/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/ogou-poll/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 3.41.2 * Country badges now show the actual flag emoji next to the ISO code (e.g. 🇨🇩 CD). Flags are derived from the country code — no image assets required, so any country with a valid two-letter code works automatically. #### 3.41.1 * Critical fix: migrations 16 (candidate fields — category, country, tagline) and 17 (performance indexes) were being silently skipped by the migrator because they didn’t return their class name at the end of the file. Without those columns, saving a candidate failed at the database layer, the new fields never appeared, and the admin page appeared to redirect. All three symptoms trace to the same missing `return … ::class;` line. #### 3.41.0 * Performance: eliminated MySQL transactions and FOR UPDATE row locks from the coin deduction path. Replaced with a single atomic UPDATE WHERE coins_balance >= N — no lock is held during a vote, eliminating the main source of database queue build-up under concurrent voting. * Performance: write-behind vote buffer (VoteBuffer). Under load, vote_count updates accumulate in the WordPress Object Cache (Redis-backed if available) and are flushed to the database in batch every 30 seconds — reducing DB writes from one- per-click to one-per-candidate-per-30s. * Performance: rate-limit checks (per-user interval, hourly cap, per-IP cap) now served from Object Cache instead of COUNT(*) DB queries. The cache key expires at the end of the look-back window so the next vote always gets an accurate check. * Performance: after a successful vote, in-memory rate-limit counters are incremented immediately so a second rapid vote is blocked without a DB query. * Performance (migration 17): three new composite indexes on wp_ogou_votes — (ip_hash, contest_id, voted_at), (user_id, contest_id, voted_at) — and on wallet_ledger( user_id, created_at). Covers all hot-path COUNT(*) and range queries used during a live vote event. #### 3.41.0 * Performance for large live events: the live board and candidate grid are now served from a short cache instead of being rebuilt on every vote, so heavy voting no longer hammers the database. Tune the refresh interval under Settings Vote limits. * Fewer database queries per vote. #### 3.40.1 * Fix: the database upgrade for the new candidate fields (category, country, tagline) now runs on update, so those fields save and appear on the grid. * Fix: the Details and Vote buttons now work in the List and Podium layouts (not only in the card grid). #### 3.40.0 * New candidate fields: category (Model, Artist, Entrepreneur…), country with an ISO flag badge, and an optional tagline shown under the name. * Candidate grids can now use five layouts — Cards, List, Podium, Compact and Showcase— set a site default under Settings Design or per page with [ogou_poll layout=” list”]. * Seven new visual skins in addition to the originals: Aurora, Spotlight, Neon Arena, Editorial, Kente, Gala and Pop. * Optional stats bar above the grid (candidates, total votes, current leader, voting status) via [ogou_poll show_stats=”1″]. #### 3.39.0 * Full separation of the free and paid editions. Every paid feature’s code path is now physically excluded from the free build — not only the standalone features( daily rewards, referrals, VIP, judge scoring) but also all paid logic that was woven into shared files: multi-round elimination, paid coin purchase and reconciliation, payment gateways, payouts, promo codes, the public API, fraud signals, revenue/ VIP analytics, and their settings, migrations, REST routes, admin panels and emails. The free plugin ships only its free features. #### 3.38.0 * The free edition now ships only its free features. All paid feature code — daily rewards, referrals, VIP passes, judge scoring, promo codes, payouts, public API, fraud signals and their repositories, migrations, admin pages and shortcodes — is removed from the free build rather than shipped and locked. * Security: OTP request rate limiting is now keyed per recipient, so a site with IP capture turned off can no longer rate-limit every user at once. #### 3.37.4 * Compliance: cleared all WordPress.org Plugin Check errors (escaped exception + output strings, added translator comments) and silenced the expected custom- table database + verified-nonce warnings. Plugin Check now reports 0 errors. #### 3.37.3 * Frontend: the card Share button is now a clear labelled pill (icon + “Share”) instead of a tiny icon, so voters can see it is a button. #### 3.37.2 * Free edition: removed Pro-only fields and sections that don’t work in the free build — Judge weight & Currency (contest form) and Coin settings, CAPTCHA, Daily reward, Referral & Voter notifications (Settings). They appear only in Pro. #### 3.37.1 * Free edition: the Tools shortcode reference and page generator now list only the shortcodes that work in the free build (Pro shortcodes like [ogou_buy_coins] are hidden). #### 3.37.0 * Free edition: Pro feature code is now physically removed from the build (not disabled), so the free plugin contains no always-false/always-true gating. * Updated the bundled Chart.js library to 4.5.1. * Admin menu styling now loads via wp_enqueue_style instead of inline output. #### 3.36.7 * Exchange rates (multi-currency) is now correctly Pro-only; removed from the Lite edition. #### 3.36.6 * Redesigned light theme: airy white cards with soft shadows, no clunky header bar; the sidebar is now always dark (no light mode). #### 3.36.5 * Light theme: solid dark sidebar so the neon group labels and menu items are readable; logo now has a clear margin. #### 3.36.4 * Admin readability fixes: light-theme titles and buttons, dark-on-dark sidebar text, and an even 20px inset on all panels. #### 3.36.3 * Free per-contest voting: give each signed-in user a set number of votes. * Contests, candidates, live leaderboard, results, countdown and a modern voter profile. * Clean dark admin dashboard with a collapsible sidebar and weekly trend indicators. * All assets bundled locally; no third-party CDN requests. ## Meta * Version **3.48.2** * Last updated **16 hours ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.0.2** * PHP version ** 8.0 or higher ** * Tags * [candidates](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/candidates/)[contest](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/contest/) [leaderboard](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/leaderboard/)[poll](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/poll/) [voting](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/voting/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ogou-poll/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ogou-poll/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ogou-poll/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ OgouLabs ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/belony509/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ogou-poll/)