GetSiteControl vs WP-Polls
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| Feature | GetSiteControl v3.0.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.1/5 Visit Details | WP-Polls v3.0.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.2/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 1,000+ | 40,000+ |
| Last updated | December 19, 2025 | September 1, 2026 |
| Editions | Getsitecontrol popups | WP-Polls |
| Pros | Connects the site to the vendor dashboard with a sign-in flow; Adds the vendor's popup and form script without editing theme files; Small plugin with few settings in WordPress | AJAX voting without page reloads; Shortcode, block and widget placement; Several answers and automatic closing dates |
| Cons | Popup content and subscriber data live on the vendor's cloud service; Needs an account on the external dashboard to be useful; Front-end behaviour depends on the vendor's remote script | Needs WordPress 6.8 and PHP 8.2 or later; A custom look needs template or CSS overrides; Extra statistics come through the WP-Stats plugin |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Loads the vendor popup and form script on the front end, Sign in or sign up to the vendor dashboard from wp-admin, Choose which dashboard site this WordPress site is linked to, Disconnect the site by clearing the stored API key | AJAX voting for logged-in and visitor users, poll and page_polls shortcodes, Poll and page polls blocks, Sidebar poll widget, Polls close automatically by schedule, REST API routes for polls, Manage, add and settings admin screens |
| Integrations | ||
| Marketing | Getsitecontrol dashboard | — |
| Plugins | — | WP-Stats |
| Requires WordPress | 3.0.1 | 6.8 |
| Requires PHP | — | 8.2 |
| Tested up to | 6.8 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | dash.getsitecontrol.com | — |
| Blocks | — | 2 |
| Shortcodes | — | 2 |