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Riddle has the latest playful pop culture quizzes and tests online.

Author:	Riddle Technologies AG (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:	4.0
WordPress version tested:	6.2
Plugin version:	4.6.10
Added to WordPress repository:	12-06-2014
Last updated:	19-04-2023
Rating, %:	100
Rated by:	8
Plugin URI:	https://wordpress.org/plugins/riddle-quiz-mak...
Total downloads:	43 017
Active installs:	500+
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Riddle makes it super easy to quickly create and embed 15 types of quizzes, lists, surveys, and polls on your site.

Collect unlimited leads and quiz responses – and connect to your favorite email marketing tool like ActiveCampaign or MailChimp for automatic follow up messages.

You can easily add a leaderboard to your quizzes and run quiz competitions – no coding required.

Don’t just take our word for it:
– “We’re big fans. Easy to create and extensively customizable – our clients have seen a big lift in engagement and email collection.” (Jonathan McConnell – Sotic Digital Sports Agency)
– “Riddle helps our Children’s Interactive team to quickly create engaging content that provide compelling data insights about our audience.” (Derek Harvie – BBC)
– “Loads of flexibility, great CSS overrides, great integration with Zapier, and amazing customer service. Actually, one of the best customer service platforms I have ever had the pleasure to use. I could not recommend Riddle any higher.” (Tim Vaughan – FrogBox)

Create engaging quizzes, personality tests, surveys and more in just minutes.

Collect emails and user responses with our integrated lead generation form. Grow your email list and send out different emails based on their quiz results.

Easy to embed in any post or page using our shortcode – your Riddles will get your audience to click, stay on-site, and share with their friends.

Are you already using the new Gutenberg editor? You will love the new Gutenberg block for Riddle’s quiz maker. Find more on how to use Riddle with Gutenberg in our handy blog post.

Set up leaderboards for your quizzes learn more about leaderboards in our documentation.

Features

No learning curve required: Create and embed your own mobile-friendly quizzes in just minutes.
Engage your audience: Build 15 quiz/poll/survey types.
100% white-labelled: Add your logo and hide all Riddle branding.
Match your site: Customize everything from buttons and fonts to colors and CSS (over 75+ customization options in all!).
Branching logic: Show different questions to each quiz taker with our journey quiz type.
Collect emails and qualify potential customers: Drag/drop form builder with 18 types of fields, including drop-downs, buttons, and hidden text/URLs.
CRM integration: Automatically send signups to over 1,500 email and marketing software like ActiveCampaign, MailChimp, Constant Contact, and HubSpot.
Integrated image/video/GIF/audio options – Easily find and add pictures, video or audio clips, and more. Upload your own, try ours, or find pics across the web.
Built-in image editing: Forget Photoshop – use our easy editing tools to crop, add a filter, or text to make each picture ‘pop’.
Giphy: Animated GIFs are awesome for engagement. Search and use any Giphy GIF to your Riddles.
MP3 audio: Upload audio clips to any question or answer.
MP4 video: Add your own video clips – auto-play for increased engagement.
YouTube videos: Add any YouTube video to your Riddles. Set start/end points to show just the most important part.
Social sharing: Have your quiz go viral. Your users can quickly share your Riddles on Facebook and Twitter – attracting their friends back to your post.
No coding required: Simply create a quiz on Riddle.com, then use the plug-in to copy and paste a shortcode into a new post.
Gutenberg compatible: Riddle works great with the Gutenberg editor and pretty much every other WordPress editor out there.
Leaderboards: Add a leaderboard on any page or post for your Riddle quiz.

Our pricing is as intuitive as our quiz maker.

Create as many Riddles and gather unlimited leads – for as little as $29 a month. Seriously – all our plans are completely unlimited.

There is a 14 day free trial (no credit card needed).

(Here’s a breakdown about our pricing: https://www.riddle.com/pricing – we’re big fans of transparency. Everything is month to month – with a 14 day free trial and a 30 day money back guarantee.)

More Information

For more information, please email us at hello@riddle.com – we’d love to hear from you!

Check out a sample of our quiz types – with these live examples:
– Quiz with timer (NFL’s Oakland Raiders): https://www.raiders.com/news/9-questions-to-test-your-raiders-super-bowl-knowledge
– Personality test (Choice Hotels): https://www.choicehotels.com/explore/travel-tips/where-to-go-on-vacation-quiz
– Tap and Find (BBC Children’s): https://www.riddle.com/showcase/160644/spot
– Order It (Wimbledon): https://www.lta.org.uk/about-us/tennis-news/news-and-opinion/general-news/2020/june/nature-valley-open-quiz-when-did-these-champions-lift-the-title/
– Poll (NFL’s San Francisco 49ers): https://www.49ers.com/fans/chant (bottom of page)
– Reaction Poll (Creative Boom): http://www.creativeboom.com/resources/20-free-or-affordable-tools-to-help-money-saving-freelancers-run-a-lean-business/ (bottom of page)
– Ranked list (BBC): https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/714edd57-09f5-4884-a2aa-6b3a4c145719

Installation ==

How to get started?

Here’s our quick set-up guide to install and use our Riddle plugin:

Download the zip file.
Extract the zip file on your local machine.
Take a deep, calming breath – you’re just a minute away from Riddle awesomeness. ????
Copy the extracted folder riddle to your wp plugin (/wp-content/plugins/) directory via your ftp program of choice.
Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
Find the Riddle menu item on your admin menu in the WordPress dashboard.
Already have a Riddle account? Grab your personal plug-in token from the Plug-in menu on Riddle.com
If you’re new to Riddle, you can create an account on Riddle.com and then generate your token.
Riddle is free to use for 14 days – we give you full access to all features with no credit card needed to try us out. Anything you create during the trial will always be available to use on your site – even if you do not subscribe. Love Riddle? Our paid plans start at $29 per month – you can see our pricing here https://www.riddle.com/pricing.
Visit our blog at https://www.riddle.com/blog for more help and best practices and also check out our documentation at https://www.riddle.com/docs.
Any questions not covered here? Drop us a line at hello@riddle.com – we’d love to hear from you!Riddle is free to use for 14 days – we give you full access to all our features, and anything you create within the trial period is forever yours to keep. If you choose not to subscribe to our paid plans, your content will stay live for your audience to enjoy. You will just lose the ability to edit your content or download any customer emails or data, and premium features such as custom logo or custom CSS are removed.

You can check out more info about our features and pricing can be found at http://www.riddle.com/pricing – plans start at $29 per month. All plans are unlimited – unlimited quizzes, quiz completions, and leads collected. Neat, right?

Have a question about Riddle or online quizzes? We’d love to hear from you – you can reach us at hello@riddle.com. We try to respond in under ten minutes when we’re online in Europe (generally weekdays from 7am to 9pm GMT / 2am to 4pm EST). ????

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FAQ

Is it easy to create with Riddle?

Yes! Riddle is super intuitive – you can quickly make and embed your first quiz, personality test, or poll in as little as 60 seconds. Want to boost your mailing list? You can even add a simple lead capture form.

How does your pricing work?

We like things nice and simple – our plans start as little as $29 a month, and you can create and use Riddle as much as you like.

Want to stop using Riddle? No problem – we’re not fans of annoying contracts, so you can cancel at any time. Your existing quizzes and other Riddles will always stay live for your customers to enjoy (even the ones created during a free trial) – you just won’t be able to edit them or capture leads through them until you resubscribe.

Can I gather email addresses using Riddle?

Absolutely – we designed Riddle to be a powerful tool for bloggers and online businesses. Engage your audience with a quiz, personality test, or poll – then collect their emails and quiz responses for follow up marketing.
Easily connect Riddle to any marketing email software such as ActiveCampaign, ConvertKit, or MailChimp. Automatically segment and instantly respond to potential customers – with different messages based on how they answered.

Where can I get more info?

Check out our blog at <a href=”https://www.riddle.com/blog“>https://www.riddle.com/blog. Learn more about creating the perfect personality test and also how to customize Riddle, work with custom result pages and connect to loads of other tools like MailChimp, AWeber, ConvertKit, Salesforce.com and more.

What if I want to build a custom solution around Riddle?

We’ve got you covered. You can do everything from sending your quiz data through webhooks to customizing your quiz result landing pages and triggering events to interact with your page with the embedded Riddle (for things like refreshing ads after each question).

If you are a seasoned coder, you will love how much you can build around Riddle. Check out our blog, our GitHub Repository and our growing list of coding examples at href=”http://www.riddle.com/docs/category/code-examples/ for more info or just write to us at hello@riddle.com.

Will this plugin slow down my website?

No, we’re bloggers ourselves – and hate anything that makes sites lag.

What do I need to use this plugin?

We require at least WordPress version 3.0.1 and a connection to our servers at riddle.com to keep your system always up to date with the newest tests.

Which PHP version is required?

Currently we require at least 7.4. If you are using older versions please contact us at hello@riddle.com and we’d be happy to help you out.

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ChangeLog

= 4.6.10
* Fix: When deactivating the plugin the Riddle access token will be revoked and removed. When reactivating the plugin you need to reconnect.
* Smaller text changes: e.g. removing “new” label from 2.0 Riddles list

4.6.9

Updated Riddle branding

4.6.8

Tested plugin up to WordPress 6.2.

4.6.7

Renamed teams API endpoint to projects – same functionality as before.

4.6.5

Super-Admins, Admins & Editors can now access the Riddle plugin in the WordPress Admin

4.6.4

Deprecated old Creator 1.0 API Access Tokens – now you need to reauthenticate to get Riddle shortcodes & embed new Riddles. (Existing embeds on WordPress pages will not be affected and still work with both API versions.)
Tested this plugin with WordPress 6.1.1

4.6.3

Fixed a bug which prevented new users from accessing 1.0 leaderboards
Tested this plugin with WordPress 6.1

4.6.2

Tested this plugin with WordPress 6.0.3
Extended access token functionality; now you can see & remove all the tokens + their usages/origins in the creator
Made sure that disconnecting the current access token always works (e.g. if another user revokes access inside Riddle.com)

4.6.1

Fixed a small bug which prevented the auth dialogue from succeeding

4.6.0

Overhauled the plugin and it now works with Riddles from Creator 1.2 and 2.0 simultaneously

4.5.7

Tested this plugin up to WordPress 5.9

4.5.6

Fixed a leaderboard bug which allowed users to send “wrong” data

4.5.5

Fixed a leaderboard display bug when working with Dropdowns

4.5.4

Tested the plugin with WordPress 5.7

4.5.2

Fixed a bug which occured when entering wrong credentials on connect page

4.5.1

Fixed a bug that prevented some users from using our plug-in

4.5

Redesign of our plugin – with our new design it’s much easier to use and navigate through our plugin

4.4

Made it even easier to create leaderboards: Leads Management + overall improved UX in the leaderboard creator

4.3.7

Bugfix: Added new PHP class that enables you to store leads in the DB

4.3.6

Warning: if you want to retain your existing leader board entries follow the following guide for upgrading. Do not use the automatic update: https://www.riddle.com/docs/creators/upgrading-the-riddle-wordpress-plugin-manually

4.3.5

All leaderboard leads get saved in the database now
This version enables all customers to migrate old leads automatically to the WordPress Database (if installed via File Manager / FTP)

4.3.4

Replaced old screenshots of the old Riddle Creator v1.0 with screenshots of the new Riddle Creator v1.2

4.3

We love it – our leaderboard feature has been super popular with the Riddle community.
Either display some (or all) leaderboard entries (ex. You can choose to display the top 10 entries)
Multiple entries: your audience can take your quiz multiple times. If they enter the same email address, you can total up all their scores – then rank the leaderboard by score totals.
Leaderboard columns are more flexible now and you can customise the column header text.
Option to add or remove a quiz leaderboard header image.
New sort options for the leaderboard:
- Sort by score %, then time (recommended)
- Sort by score, then time
- Sort by score % only
- Sort by score only

4.2.5

Vital bugfixes for our leaderboard creation extension & gutenberg block.
* enqueue riddle gutenberg block & styles to avoid warnings
* leaderboard: user can’t be inserted twice by reloading the page
* Smaller code fixes & changes to improve the plugin overall

4.2.0

Added leaderboard integration: Create & customize your own leaderboard inside WordPress and display it on any site with a shortcode

4.1.3

Removed special PHP structures (return types: type-hinting) which prevented some users from using our plugin

4.1.2

Our plugin plays much more nicely with other plugins than before. You should find that it’s compatible with your other plugins now.
We’re speed & efficiency geeks – and have put extra effort into enhancing our already fast plugin. Your quizzes will load even faster on your site – hurrah!

4.1.1

Fixed a bug that prohibited the plugin to work with certain exotic themes

4.1

Upgraded our plugin to the new Riddle API Version 2.0. You will need to use our new API tokens to connect the plugin to Riddle. These changes enhance the plugin’s security and will also make future enhancements easier.
Updated the help documentation inside the plugin

4.0.1

Fixed a nasty bug that affected our plugin if the Yoast SEO plugin was installed. Since we love Yoast so much, we fixed this really fast.

4.0

Added the ability to add Riddles as Gutenberg Block
Improved Authentication
Removed the ability to create quizzes inside the WordPress Admin area as this was causing issues with a lot of WordPress Installations. Please go to www.riddle.com to create content.
Added the ability to change teams in the My Riddle view. Previously selecting a team was not possible inside the plugin.

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