Title: [Plugin: WP-Polls] Compatibility with 2.9.*
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: WP-Polls] Compatibility with 2.9.*

 *  [greps](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greps/)
 * (@greps)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-polls-compatibility-with-29/)
 * Hello,
 * According to the plugin page, it works or 15 people and doesn’t work for 11. 
   Is there any official word on the plugin’s compatibility with WordPress 2.9.*?
 * I plan to install this plugin on a very busy site and don’t want to take any 
   chances 🙂
 * Thanks in advance.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-polls/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-polls/)

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 *  Anonymous User 803480
 * (@anonymized-803480)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-polls-compatibility-with-29/#post-1366686)
 * Why dont give it a try, it’s just to remove it if you encounter any problems?!
 * It works fine for me, however it did not work together with the Google Map plugin.
 * Thomas
 *  [ozai](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozai/)
 * (@ozai)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-polls-compatibility-with-29/#post-1366915)
 * **incompatible** Greps
    I regret the fact of upgrading to 2.9.1 really.. the 
   cons are that the plugin builder will not offer any more upgrades to the plugin..
   which is real sad..
 * I’ve installed it two days ago.. and I’ve been trying to make it work in 2.9.1
   ever since. the loading cursor keeps spinning with no results..
    some people 
   suggested fixing some code line in footer.php which I did, but didn’t help much.
 *  [Lester Chan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gamerz/)
 * (@gamerz)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-polls-compatibility-with-29/#post-1366920)
 * Check your permissions.
 * Ensure ALL files in /wp-content/ are CHMOD to 644 and ALL folders to 755.
 * And try to see if it works on the default theme.
 *  [webposer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webposer/)
 * (@webposer)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-polls-compatibility-with-29/#post-1366924)
 * I’m using 2.9.2 and with a custom theme, the plugin does not work. I’ve switched
   to the default theme and the plugin works. I’m curious if anyone knows what is
   different? I’ve taken pieces like the default footer.php and replaced my custom
   themed footer.php – that isn’t it.
 * Any advice? I’d really like to use this plugin.
 *  [bananajota](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bananajota/)
 * (@bananajota)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-polls-compatibility-with-29/#post-1366927)
 * Hello GamerZ, i have your great plugin, and works good until WP last version.
   
   With 2.9.1 works fine (with header and footer codes) but with 2.9.2 is not working
   anymore.
 * It’s do nothing when you cast a vote.
    I tryed to change themes, put another 
   code, put same again, uninstalled from polls uninstall, and reinstalled, etc.
   and nothing happened. And my files are chmod 644 and my folders 755.
 * Any Clue?
    my site is [http://www.diegocosta.com.ar](http://www.diegocosta.com.ar)
 *  [Joco1114](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joco1114/)
 * (@joco1114)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-polls-compatibility-with-29/#post-1366929)
 * I got “Please choose a valid poll answer.” on WP2.9.2. Any idea? Please help!
 *  [aparentdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aparentdesign/)
 * (@aparentdesign)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-polls-compatibility-with-29/#post-1366935)
 * Upon voting, poll puts answer in another nested wp-poll wrapper in 2.9.2 and 
   most recent plugin. I went back to 2.31.
 *  [Lester Chan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gamerz/)
 * (@gamerz)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-polls-compatibility-with-29/#post-1366936)
 * In Poll Templates in WP-Admin, restore all templates to default
 *  [DaveClapp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daveclapp/)
 * (@daveclapp)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-polls-compatibility-with-29/#post-1366937)
 * I had this same problem with WordPress 2.9.2 on a custom theme. The custom theme
   was missing the wp_head() and wp_footer functions. Once I placed those functions
   into the theme’s header.php and footer.php the wp-polls work Perfectly.
 *  [burns777](https://wordpress.org/support/users/burns777/)
 * (@burns777)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-polls-compatibility-with-29/#post-1366938)
 * I can confirm that adding `<?php wp_footer(); ?>` to the footer.php and `<?php
   wp_header(); ?>` to the header.php made it work for me in 2.9.2! Thanks DaveClapp
 *  [Priyanka NM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/priyankanm/)
 * (@priyankanm)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-polls-compatibility-with-29/#post-1366940)
 * Although it is directly not related to the version 2.9.2 of wordpress but in 
   my case the plugin was not at all working previously (loading forever) still 
   after adding `<?php wp_footer(); ?>` `<?php wp_header(); ?>` and changing folders
   permission to 755 and files to 644 as suggested by some.
 * After testing the polls with the default theme, I found out that this must be
   some problem with my custom theme files only. By checking the **function.php**
   I saw that I had used a deregister styles code in my theme function similar to
   this below:
 *     ```
       add_action( 'wp_print_styles', 'my_deregister_styles', 100 );
       function my_deregister_styles() {
       	wp_deregister_style( 'wp-polls' );
       	wp_deregister_style( 'thickbox' );
       }
       ```
   
 * So now when I removed `wp_deregister_style( 'wp-polls' );` from that, the polls
   are working perfectly just as it was before. Hope this helps someone else.
 *  [Priyanka NM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/priyankanm/)
 * (@priyankanm)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-polls-compatibility-with-29/#post-1366941)
 * Oh sorry I had also removed the
    `if ( !is_admin() ) wp_deregister_script('jquery');`
   code from the same function.php which I forgot to mention in the previous comment.
 *  [alexlan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexlan/)
 * (@alexlan)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-polls-compatibility-with-29/#post-1366944)
 * WP version: 2.9.2
    WP-polls version: 2.50 Issue: impossible to click ‘Vote’ button
   under FireFox, clicking ‘Vote’ button causes JS error under IE7, IE8. Theme: 
   custom
 * Solution:
    I checked if it is working in the default WP theme – and it worked
   properly. Then I checked if I had `<?php wp_footer(); ?>` in the footer.php and`
   <?php wp_header(); ?>` in the header.php – I had them both in my custom theme.
   Then based on the suggestions from _priyankanm_ I started looking for all ‘junk’
   in my custom theme’s PHP files. After 2 hours of research I found, that if my
   custom Footer.php is replaced with the default Footer.php (from Default WP theme),
   the problem is solved and ‘Vote’ button worked.
 * As I hadn’t more time for this, I just replaced my custom footer.php with the
   default one, and the only thing I modified in it was adding a one <div> block
   with footer image in it.
 * Here is a list of things that I removed from the footer, maybe some of them caused
   the issue:
 *     ```
       <?php wp_get_archives('title_li=&type=postbypost&limit=5'); ?>
       ...
       <?php if (function_exists('mdv_recent_comments')) { mdv_recent_comments(5); } ?>
       ...
       <?php wp_cumulus_insert(); ?>
       ...
       ```
   
 * Thanks to everyone.
 *  [melstan1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/melstan1/)
 * (@melstan1)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-polls-compatibility-with-29/#post-1366954)
 * Great thread. Any tips for inserting a poll directly into a post? I only see 
   instructions for poll pages and sidebars in the wp-polls documentation.
 *  [quanin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/quanin/)
 * (@quanin)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-polls-compatibility-with-29/#post-1366961)
 * WordPress 2.9.2, latest WP-Polls version. I’m trying to imbed a poll within a
   post using: [poll id=”n”] where according to the list of polls, n is the ID of
   the one I’m looking for. Plugin comes back with “there are no valid polls”, even
   though the poll is open. What am I not doing correctly?

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 * Last reply from: [Lester Chan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gamerz/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-polls-compatibility-with-29/page/2/#post-1366983)
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