{"id":36819,"date":"2018-04-04T18:21:13","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T23:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/?post_type=resource&p=36819"},"modified":"2025-05-13T16:06:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T21:06:12","slug":"best-wordpress-survey-plugins","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/resources\/best-wordpress-survey-plugins\/","title":{"rendered":"Best WordPress Survey Plugins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Getting the opinion of your website\u2019s users can be tough. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While many websites gather contextual data about their users via cookies, many websites would benefit from the ability to poll and survey their users for direct answers. While WordPress does have native survey functionality, plenty of plugins can easily do the trick. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article, we will examine the features, pros, and cons of some popular WordPress survey plugins. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

WordPress survey plugins<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

WordPress offers a variety of plugins to expand site functionality, and there are several plugins you can implement to allow your users to provide feedback. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The real question is, how do you want to consume that information? Do you want a poll, with predefined answers for users to select? Or maybe more of a contact form, with open-form answers? You may even have the need for a plugin that does both. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the following sections we will explore the features of the plugins and in which situations they should be used. <\/span>The plugins available range widely in capabilities, price, and support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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YOP Poll<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

YOP Poll<\/a>, made by yourownprogrammer, is a simple polling plugin that allows you to publish a poll, specify a poll end date, and easily view poll results in the backend. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While YOP Poll doesn\u2019t allow for a lot of customization in appearance, it does offer many survey templates to choose from. This plugin is ideal for a survey situation in which you want your users to select from predefined answers. It does not allow for open-form answers, except to include an \u201cOther\u201d option with a fillable field. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Embedding the poll can be done in the form of a shortcode, or via WordPress widget. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Price:<\/strong> Free<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pros:<\/strong> Ease of use, scheduling abilities, and variety of templates. Ideal for voting on predefined options<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cons:<\/strong> Only pre-designed templates available. Not ideal for open-ended answers<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Polls by OpinionStage<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Polls by Opini<\/a>onStage<\/a> is a robust quiz and poll plugin offering many types of surveys, polls, outcome polls, and more. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This plugin requires you to create a free account to connect to OpinionStage in the setup process. From there you are free to create customized quizzes (e.g. “How much do you know about the US Constitution?”), lists (e.g. “25 cats having a worse day than you”), polls (e.g. “Vote for the worst pizza topping ever”), outcome polls (e.g. “Find out which type of dog you are based on your dessert preferences”), and surveys (e.g. “Take this survey and tell us how we did”). <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polls by OpinionStage also allows you to customize font, width, color, and more. OpinionStage polls and quizzes can be embedded in an article, as a popup, or via sidebar widget, and can easily be shared on social media using simple share buttons. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Price:<\/strong> Free<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pros:<\/strong> Wide variety of polls and quizzes, customization options, and social sharing. Ideal for all types of surveys, including granular demographic reporting.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cons:<\/strong> Separate account required with OpinionStage. Scheduling open and close of polls is not clear cut.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gravity Forms<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Gravity Forms<\/a> is a widely used premium form plugin, ideal for form-style feedback and surveying. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While it comes with a price tag, it allows for easy integration to mail systems, conditional logic (only showing certain fields if specific others were selected), and the ability to upload attachments to customer feedback. Need to have user submissions automatically generate a new post? Gravity Forms can do that too. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the Elite-level add-ons you can create polls<\/a> and quizzes<\/a> with customized grading as well. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Price:<\/strong> $59 for basic, $259 for elite (includes polls and quizzes)<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pros:<\/strong> Wide range of integrations and capability, customization of appearance, easy embed via shortcode or widget, add polls and quizzes with automatic, customized grading on the Elite plan.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cons:<\/strong> Steep price tag to add polls and quizzes, but it also comes with many enterprise-grade integrations. No easy scheduling feature built-in.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WP Polls<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The WP Polls<\/a> plugin is a simple polling solution that works best to allow users simple voting options. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WP Polls boasts wide customization options, including custom stylesheets, and the ability for users to select more than one option if desired. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, users can set an expiry date to ensure the poll closes at a specific time. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Price:<\/strong> Free, donations optional<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pros:<\/strong> Fully customizable appearance, options to select more than one answer if applicable, and easy setup for poll expiration dates.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cons:<\/strong> Polls are the only survey option available. Some users report conflicts with caching and\/or testing of forms.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Google Forms<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Using Google Forms with WordPress<\/a> can also be rewarding. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Embedding Google Forms allows all the customization options of Google Forms, coupled with your WordPress website. Google Forms allows for open-ended questions, polls, and various appearance options like dropdowns, checkboxes, radio buttons, and more. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use your Google Form settings to alter specifics like who your form accepts responses from, when the survey closes, and whether or not to collect email addresses.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Price:<\/strong> Free<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pros:<\/strong> Many question format options, control of poll accessibility, ability to close polling easily, and ease of embedding in posts or pages.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cons:<\/strong> Controls for viewability and user access must be managed separately in Google Forms.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WPForms<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

WPForms Survey Addon<\/a> allows you to add interactive polls and survey forms to your WordPress site. It comes with best-in-class reporting to help you make data-driven decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notable features include a drag-and-drop survey builder, real-time results, and smart survey fields. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

WPForm survey reports also come without third-party logos, so everything looks and feels custom-branded by you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Price<\/strong>: Ranges from $49\/year (Basic plan)\u2013$299\/year (Elite plan).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pros<\/strong>: Easy to use, interactive survey forms and polls, best in class reporting, powerful survey logic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cons<\/strong>: Free version can be limiting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s the best WordPress survey plugin for you?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ultimately, which WordPress Survey plugin you choose to use will depend on your own unique website needs. For simple voting-style polling, many free options exist. For more complex needs, a paid solution may work best. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a wide variety of options and flexibility, Gravity Forms<\/a> and Polls by OpinionStage<\/a> take top honors. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gravity Forms, while a paid solution, offers powerful integrations, as well as the flexibility to offer quizzes and polls with their Elite plan. Polls by OpinionStage brings a wide variety of polling, social, and opinion-gathering methods with robust reporting and customization options. WPForms<\/a> also offers fast, reliable and unique capabilities. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget-friendly solutions like YOP Polls<\/a>, Google Forms<\/a>, and WP Polls<\/a><\/span> will also work for many site applications. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google Forms offers a variety of question and appearance options, as well as integration and management through Google. YOP Polls is a feature-rich option for a very specific need\u2014polling or voting\u2014and the scheduling features and ease of use make it a quick win for users needing a simple solution. <\/span>For a simple, limited, but functional polling option, WP-Polls should do the trick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use the guides above to help make your decision and give it a try. We recommend testing new plugins in a staging or development environment to ensure it works properly and does not conflict with your other plugins or theme. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Get feedback even faster with WP Engine<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hosting with WP Engine can help you take your WordPress experience to the next level. With managed updates for WordPress, top security, robust platform features, and lightning-fast performance, WP Engine makes it easy to create the digital experiences your end users crave, from first purchase to feedback.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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