Giveaway Boost provides a simple way to run a giveaway from your WordPress powered website.
Author: | Giveaway Boost (profile at wordpress.org) |
WordPress version required: | 4.7 |
WordPress version tested: | 4.9.8 |
Plugin version: | 2.1.4 |
Added to WordPress repository: | 24-03-2017 |
Last updated: | 11-11-2018
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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Rating, %: | 0 |
Rated by: | 0 |
Plugin URI: | http://giveawayboost.com/ |
Total downloads: | 5 823 |
Active installs: | 100+ |
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Screenshots
The "Giveaways > Settings" page allows you to specify sitewide defaults, giveaway urls, and giveaway text
The "Giveaways" page shows all created Giveaways, with the number of entries and the date and time at which it ends
When creating a Giveaway, specify the number of winners, prize value, entries per referral, and when the giveaway ends
You can also choose whether or not Google reCAPTCHA verification is required as well as giveaway messaging given various conditions
Design your Giveaway page by selecting one of four pre-configured themes or customizing to your liking
View all entries to your giveaway at any time
When your contest is over, choose winners automatically
Your giveaway goes live as soon as you publish
After entry, your participants get a custom share interface with a unique referral link
FAQ
What version of PHP is required?
Giveaway Boost requires at least PHP 5.4 in order to successfuly run.
Why doesn’t the giveaway page change after users enter?
Your host is likely caching the Giveaway pages – ask them to add an exclusion for your Giveaway urls (by default /giveaway/*/
).
ChangeLog
2.1.4
2.1.3
- Added pagination for entries in blocks of 100
2.1.2
- Display referrer for each entry if applicable
- All override of headline when an entry has been received and when a giveaway has ended
- Better handling of default values for per giveaway settings
- Added the ability to extend the types of giveaways
- Allow a giveaway to be set as the home page
- Modified menu text shown in the backend in regards to promotions
- Change message fields to HTML / WYSIWYG from bare textfields
- Added new styled elements to the default template showing how many entries a user will receive by referring other entries
- Output social sharing metadata
- Better styling for rules / disclaimer messages
1.0.7
- After entry, redirect to the giveaway url with the entry token as a query argument (cache circumvention technique)
1.0.6
- Removed IP address reliance for finding an existing entry for a user – only use cookies by default, or the email address that a user enters
1.0.5
- Added export entries button to top of the entries table
- Added select winners button to top of the entries table
- After winners have been selected, they appear at the top of the entries table and entries export file
1.0.4
- Fixed URL path for normalize css file
1.0.3
- Fixed bug regarding reloading templates bypassing the transient cache
- Improved transient clear for storage data
- Removed erroneous redeclaration of
wp_head
and wp_footer
when not necessary
1.0.2
- Added green checkmark to indicate a successful photo upload
- Fixed default template to output ended message and images as appropriate
- Changed rendering to use default wp_head and wp_footer to allow to be hooked into
- Simplified scripting
- Added margin and padding definition for giveaway templates
1.0.1
- Fixed bug with rewrites not being appropriately set on activation
1.0.0