Opinion Stage vs WP-Polls
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| Feature | Opinion Stage v19.12.8 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.4/5 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 | 6,000+ | 40,000+ |
| Last updated | September 11, 2026 | September 1, 2026 |
| Editions | Quiz Maker, Poll Maker & Survey Maker by Opinion Stage | WP-Polls |
| Pros | Polls, surveys, quizzes and personality tests from one plugin; Shortcode, block and editor button placement; Optional fly-out widget across the site | AJAX voting without page reloads; Shortcode, block and widget placement; Several answers and automatic closing dates |
| Cons | Needs an Opinion Stage account and external service; Content and lead data live on the vendor service; Front-end scripts load from the vendor server | 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 | 2 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | socialpoll shortcode to embed polls and quizzes, os-widget shortcode for surveys and widgets, Gutenberg blocks for poll, survey, trivia and personality, Site-wide fly-out widget (optional), Connect the site to an Opinion Stage account, Editor button that opens the content picker | 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 | ||
| Plugins | — | WP-Stats |
| Other | Opinion Stage service, Google Fonts | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.6 | 6.8 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | 8.2 |
| Tested up to | 7.0 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | www.opinionstage.com, fonts.googleapis.com | — |
| Blocks | 4 | 2 |
| Shortcodes | 2 | 2 |