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polls

Polls matters only if the evidence supports a paid workflow around protecting form submissions and lead routing, not a list of isolated fixes. The current commercial thesis is: Businesses lose leads when forms, spam controls, email delivery, or CRM handoffs fail. The entry wedge is to verify lead capture end to end and show where submissions, notifications, or integrations break.

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Opportunity Summary

Full report

Build a lead capture reliability plugin for marketing teams, agencies, and lead-generation site owners: Businesses lose leads when forms, spam controls, email delivery, or CRM handoffs fail. The first wedge is to verify lead capture end to end and show where submissions, notifications, or integrations break.

The unmet need is not the individual complaint. It is the recurring business workflow: Businesses lose leads when forms, spam controls, email delivery, or CRM handoffs fail. Current stage: commercial plugin opportunity.

Competitors

12 shown
WP-Polls 40.0K installs · 4.2
weak incumbent
-96.6%momentum 72.3weakness 24/26pain/praise

Pain still appears around bugs, missing feature despite praise for quality, easy.

source 1 source 2
Democracy Poll 7.0K installs · 4.6
praise owner
-99.0%momentum 52.7weakness 27/23pain/praise

Pain still appears around bugs, missing feature despite praise for quality, easy.

source 1 source 2
Crowdsignal Forms 200.0K installs · 5.0
praise owner
-95.4%momentum 39.7weakness 5/4pain/praise

Pain still appears around support, bugs despite praise for reliable, pricing.

source 1 source 2
Polls CP 400 installs · 2.6
praise owner
-96.1%momentum 49.6weakness 5/5pain/praise

Pain still appears around missing feature, pricing despite praise for support, quality.

source 1 source 2
Feedback 10 installs · 3.5
praise owner
-96.8%momentum 50.6weakness 4/2pain/praise

Pain still appears around missing feature, compatibility despite praise for easy, quality.

source 1 source 2
WP-Polls (with CubePoints) 10 installs · 0.0
watchlist
-97.2%momentum 44.9weakness 3/0pain/praise

Open gap: users report bugs, missing feature without a matching collected praise theme.

source 1
MicroPoll 10 installs · 0.0
watchlist
-96.2%momentum 37.7weakness 1/0pain/praise

Open gap: users report missing feature, support without a matching collected praise theme.

source 1

Evidence

Open evidence explorer
mixed Was good

Was good: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP-Polls · My entire site went down, thankfully the host was able to remove the plugin and restore the site. complaint Vulnerable?

Vulnerable?: users show security, bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Democracy Poll · Hi, I keep getting the warning that there is an issue with this plugin: Broken Access Control vulnerability. complaint Classic Editor and Crowdsignal

Classic Editor and Crowdsignal: users show security, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Crowdsignal Dashboard – Polls, Surveys & more · The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] Our authors reported that they no longer can create new polls using the classic editor. complaint [Plugin: WP-Polls (with CubePoints)] Broken with WP 3?

[Plugin: WP-Polls (with CubePoints)] Broken with WP 3?: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP-Polls (with CubePoints) · [Plugin: WP-Polls (with CubePoints)] Broken with WP 3? complaint Server Error

Server Error: users show security, bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Crowdsignal Dashboard – Polls, Surveys & more · Server Error My poll has been running for a couple of weeks but all of a sudden no one is able to vote on it and it shows the message ‘Server error please try again’. question Error v6.3.1 Classes/Admin/Tinymce_Button.php missing

Error v6.3.1 Classes/Admin/Tinymce_Button.php missing: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Democracy Poll · Error v6.3.1 Classes/Admin/Tinymce_Button.php missing An error of type E_ERROR was caused in line 15 of the file ROOT/wp-content/plugins/democracy-poll/autoload.php. mixed Latest update requires a fast update :)

Latest update requires a fast update :): users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Democracy Poll · Latest update requires a fast update :) Dear @tkama , I like your plugin a lot. mixed PHP Fatal Error: Uncaught ArgumentCountError

PHP Fatal Error: Uncaught ArgumentCountError: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

NgSurvey – Powerful, feature rich self-hosted surveys · PHP Fatal Error: Uncaught ArgumentCountError We are occasionally getting following fatal error (which doesn’t seem to affect everyday usage): PHP Fatal error: Uncaught ArgumentCountError: Too few arguments to function NgSurvey_Options::restore_revisions(), 1 passed in /var/www/html/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php on line 309 and exactly 2 expected in /var/www/ mixed [Plugin: Skysa Polls App] No Polls showing

[Plugin: Skysa Polls App] No Polls showing: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Skysa Polls App · [Plugin: Skysa Polls App] No Polls showing Hi David… All of your Plugin installed fine, but no polls are showing. mixed language options

language options: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Polls CP · language options Select a choice* Please enter the security code: Security Code (lowercase letters): are not translatable or have no label options When Testing poll using the correct captcha get captchafailed message https://wordpress.org/plugins/cp-polls/ Select a choice* Please enter the security code: Security Code (lowercase letters): are not translatabl mixed vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting

vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting: users show security, bugs, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Poll Maker by AYS – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls · https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/poll-maker/vulnerability/wordpress-poll-maker-plugin-6-0-1-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability The Poll Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 6.0.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. complaint Unresolved security issue and confusing UX

The reviewer rejected Democracy Poll because of an unresolved year-old vulnerability, no author response, and a confusing three-click voting flow.

Democracy Poll · Unresolved vulnerability – A critical security issue has been reported since 1 years and the author has not addressed it mixed good but…

good but…: users show bugs, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Democracy Poll · good but… Since the last update, my site crash 🙁 This topic was modified 2 years, 2 months ago by chris19752 . complaint Security Vulnerability

Security Vulnerability: users show security, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Democracy Poll · Security Vulnerability @tkama please investigate This plugin has been marked with a security vulnerability, details here: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/democracy-poll/democracy-poll-603-missing-authorization @tkama please investigate This plugin has been marked with a security vulnerability, details here: https://ww complaint Security Vulnerability

Security Vulnerability: users show security, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Democracy Poll · Security Vulnerability This plugin has been marked with a security vulnerability, details here: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/democracy-poll/democracy-poll-603-missing-authorization This plugin has been marked with a security vulnerability, details here: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpre complaint Simple fix for deprecated usage of curly braces

Simple fix for deprecated usage of curly braces: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Crowdsignal Dashboard – Polls, Surveys & more · Simple fix for deprecated usage of curly braces Hello there, On version 2.2.0, the file polldaddy-shortcode.php has, on line 451, the following deprecated code: if ( '' === $element || '<' === $element{0} ) The usage of curly braces in the above context has been obsolete for years and years (since 2008) and was finally deprecated in PHP 7.4, with PHP 8.0 thr complaint Incompatibility with PHP 8.2

Incompatibility with PHP 8.2: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Crowdsignal Dashboard – Polls, Surveys & more · Incompatibility with PHP 8.2 I’m encountering a fatal error with the poll plugin after upgrading to PHP 8.2. complaint Broken on WP 4.72?

Broken on WP 4.72?: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Showdown · Broken on WP 4.72? complaint Caution: This plugin has an unpatched vulnerability

Caution: This plugin has an unpatched vulnerability: users show security, bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Democracy Poll · Caution: This plugin has an unpatched vulnerability This plugin has a known vulnerability that has not been fixed for over 1 year now: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-33920 This plugin has a known vulnerability that has not been fixed for over 1 year now: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-33920 I confirm. complaint [Plugin: WP-Polls (with CubePoints)]: Broken

[Plugin: WP-Polls (with CubePoints)]: Broken: users show bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP-Polls (with CubePoints) · [Plugin: WP-Polls (with CubePoints)]: Broken I know this is probably well known, but the WP Polls with Cubepoints plugin is broken. complaint How to avoid WP-Poll calling to /wp-admin/ folder?

How to avoid WP-Poll calling to /wp-admin/ folder?: users show security, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP-Polls · WP-Polls makes a JS call to the /wp-admin/ folder and admin-ajax.php via the ‘script id=” wp-polls-js-extra “‘ line. complaint Worldfense with Democracy Poll

Worldfense with Democracy Poll: users show security, bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Democracy Poll · Worldfense with Democracy Poll Unfortunately, the Wordfence firewall is flagging this plugin for a critical security vulnerability . mixed Backdoor

Backdoor: users show security, bugs, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Showdown · Backdoor Our site was hacked, and our email server was passing third party spam. mixed JetPack Protect reports plugin version 6.1.1 is vulnerable

JetPack Protect reports plugin version 6.1.1 is vulnerable: users show security, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Democracy Poll · JetPack Protect reports plugin version 6.1.1 is vulnerable Greetings: I ran 4 malware scans using 4 different products, and only JetPack Protect reported the vulnerability noted above. complaint Tables won’t get created on multisites

Poll Maker failed to create required database tables for multisite subsites and new sites until the vendor fixed it in an update.

Poll Maker by AYS – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls · Activating the plugin on a subsite of the multisite will not create the database tables. complaint utilize recaptcha

utilize recaptcha: users show security pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP-Polls · utilize recaptcha Is there a way to incorporate recaptcha into a poll? complaint Broken

Broken: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP-Polls · Broken Unstable plugin. complaint Crashed my site

Crashed my site: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Crowdsignal Dashboard – Polls, Surveys & more · Crashed my site Crashed it as soon as I activated it. mixed Very, very broken

Very, very broken: users show bugs, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Better WordPress Polldaddy Polls · Very, very broken Every time I tried to input API key, it rejected changes. complaint IP adres beperking werkt niet goed

Poll Maker's IP and cookie restrictions failed to stop duplicate mobile votes, making the poll vulnerable to repeat voting.

Poll Maker by AYS – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls · er gewoon dubbel gestemd kon worden vanaf hetzelfde IP adres complaint My poll was hacked?

A Pro user reports hundreds of suspicious duplicate votes despite IP and cookie limits, then is redirected away from the public forum for paid support.

Poll Maker by AYS – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls · it had limits so people can vote only once, stopping them by IP and cookies to vote again praise great plugin but has some errors and issues

great plugin but has some errors and issues: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Democracy Poll · great plugin but has some errors and issues It’s a great little plugin that does exactly what I need and is worth supporting. complaint [BUG] Fatal Error on Theme Settings Page (PHP 7.4+ Compatibility Issue)

The Democracy Poll theme settings page returned a 500 error on PHP 8.2 because a typed property was accessed before initialization.

Democracy Poll · A “500 Internal Server Error” page is displayed mixed Code inserted from CP POLLS after voting

Code inserted from CP POLLS after voting: users show security pain that may indicate a product gap.

Polls CP · Although we have limited and blocked the votes at 1 per IP, some malicious user vote more than 500 times in a couple of hours. complaint Awfully inconsistent

Awfully inconsistent: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Polls CP · Hi, Have you tried to contact our support service? complaint wp_options autoload causing memory exhaustion

wp_options autoload causing memory exhaustion: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Crowdsignal Dashboard – Polls, Surveys & more · wp_options autoload causing memory exhaustion One of the sites we maintain is using this plugin, site owner insisted. complaint New error!

New error!: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Democracy Poll · New error! complaint Can’t add poll in multisite wodpress

Can’t add poll in multisite wodpress: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP-Polls · Can’t add poll in multisite wodpress Hi, I’ve installed the plugin in a multisite installation, overal no weird things during the install and admin pages are looking right. complaint 6.0.1 error

6.0.1 error: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Democracy Poll · 6.0.1 error WordPress versão 6.4.3 Tema atual: Sahifa (versão 5.8.2) Plugin atual: Democracy Poll (versão 6.0.1) PHP versão 8.1.27 Detalhes do erro ================ Um erro do tipo E_ERROR foi causado na linha 17 do arquivo /home/u310304965/domains/ diretonoticias.com.br/public_html/wp-content/plugins/democracy-poll/autoload.php . complaint error!

error!: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Democracy Poll · error!