and-the-winner-is

And The Winner Is…

Manage your product giveaways by marking posts as "contests" and selecting a random comment from a contest post as the winner.

48.4 opportunity score Open evidence Open API Open on WordPress.org

50active installs

12.9Kdownloads

0.0rating

0unresolved threads

17complaints analyzed

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complaint support · high severity · relevance 0.96

[Plugin: And The Winner Is…] Fatal Error

[Plugin: And The Winner Is…] Fatal Error: users show bugs, compatibility, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

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[Plugin: And The Winner Is…] Fatal Error I have read phenomenal reviews on the And The Winner Is plugin, so I tried to install/activate it on my blog for use with giveaways.

complaint support · high severity · relevance 0.9

[Plugin: And The Winner Is…] And the Winner Is Makes my site spin

[Plugin: And The Winner Is…] And the Winner Is Makes my site spin: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

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I love this plugin for the ease of choosing winners, but obviously, I can’t bring my site down every time I need to view/choose winners.

mixed support · high severity · relevance 0.88

[Plugin: And The Winner Is…] Using with WordPress 3.0.1

[Plugin: And The Winner Is…] Using with WordPress 3.0.1: users show bugs, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

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I haven’t heard of any issues with this plugin not working with 3.0.1.

complaint support · high severity · relevance 0.85

[Plugin: And The Winner Is…] Fatal Error

[Plugin: And The Winner Is…] Fatal Error: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

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[Plugin: And The Winner Is…] Fatal Error I was using the plugin with no problems and then about 2 weeks ago, I started getting this error: Fatal error: Uncaught exception ‘Exception’ with message ‘Invalid comment ID.’ in /home/moredigi/public_html/wp-content/plugins/and-the-winner-is/winner.php:21 Stack trace: #0 /home/moredigi/public_html/wp-content/plugins

complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.86

[Plugin: And The Winner Is…] "This Post is not a contest" error

[Plugin: And The Winner Is…] "This Post is not a contest" error: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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[Plugin: And The Winner Is…] "This Post is not a contest" error Just found this plugin and have a running contest over at – http://geekfore.com/bmore-screening-the-devil-inside-jan-5th/ – but when I go to close comments and then hit “and the winner is” it throws the box up of “this post is not a contest” When it specifically is since it is showing in the das

complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.86

[Plugin: And The Winner Is…] Conflict with Members Plugin

[Plugin: And The Winner Is…] Conflict with Members Plugin: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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[Plugin: And The Winner Is…] Conflict with Members Plugin Hi, I just found a conflict between the And the Winner Is … and Members plugins ( http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/members/ ).

complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.86

[Plugin: And The Winner Is…] Never Loads Winners

[Plugin: And The Winner Is…] Never Loads Winners: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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I also noticed I had to manually close comments because of this same issue.

complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.81

[Plugin: And The Winner Is…] How can I display the winner publicly

[Plugin: And The Winner Is…] How can I display the winner publicly: users show compatibility, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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I’m part of a fairly tight hobby community and would like to be able to reassure customers and followers that there’s no shenanigans.

complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.8

[Plugin: And The Winner Is…] Not counting all comments

[Plugin: And The Winner Is…] Not counting all comments: users show bugs, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Feel free to email me at kcain at littletechgirl.com.

complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.75

Comment Count Gone

Comment Count Gone: users show compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Because a lot of sponsors would like to see what it ended out without having to go through hundreds..

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WP Voting Contest Lite praise owner · intel 79.4 · weakness 74.7

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1 unresolved support thread(s) stale update history support bugs 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check gallery publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live

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Tribulant Gallery Voting praise owner · intel 72.3 · weakness 63.1

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stale update history 17 collected complaint signal(s) missing feature support 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check gallery publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live

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Pick Giveaway Winner praise owner · intel 72.2 · weakness 63.0

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Customer Referral Program | Refer a Friend Software praise owner · intel 70.5 · weakness 59.8

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stale update history 7 collected complaint signal(s) value bugs 2 source links Evidence only

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TotalPoll for Polls and Contests praise owner · intel 64.8 · weakness 47.9

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9 collected complaint signal(s) bugs compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity

Buyer: marketing teams, agencies, and lead-generation site owners · Wedge: monitor poll submissions, notification delivery, spam, and CRM handoffs

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Simple Giveaways – Grow your business, email lists and traffic with contests praise owner · intel 64.8 · weakness 47.9

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21 collected complaint signal(s) missing feature support 2 source links Investigate Pain Evidence linked to opportunity

Buyer: marketing teams, agencies, publishers, and ecommerce operators · Wedge: audit competition display rules, lead capture, trust signals, and campaign attribution

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Gleam: Run Competitions on Your WordPress Blog praise owner · intel 62.4 · weakness 48.2

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stale update history 4 collected complaint signal(s) pricing support 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity

Buyer: marketing teams, agencies, publishers, and ecommerce operators · Wedge: audit Facebook display rules, lead capture, trust signals, and campaign attribution

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Gratisfaction- Loyalty, Rewards , Referral, Birthday and Giveaway Program praise owner · intel 61.6 · weakness 41.8

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6 collected complaint signal(s) support missing feature 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity

Buyer: store owners and WooCommerce agencies · Wedge: monitor loyalty failures, handoffs, and revenue-impacting exceptions

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Collected Signals

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complaint Admin menu entry not shown support · 2013-07-02T09:30:04+00:00 · medium severity · random comment

Admin menu entry not shown: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: “In the WordPress admin area, you’ll find a menu option, “And The Winner Is..” Where exactly is supposed to be this menu ?

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neutral Not seeing a contest? support · 2013-02-23T22:27:36+00:00 · low severity · random comment

Not seeing a contest?: users show setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: I just installed your widget today, and wasn’t sure what to expect with it.

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neutral Displays "Invalid Comment ID." on winner selection support · 2013-01-04T07:18:42+00:00 · medium severity · random comment

Displays "Invalid Comment ID." on winner selection: neutral conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: Displays "Invalid Comment ID." on winner selection This module tests out OK with two of my posts with just a couple of test comments. However on the last contest after 120 comments when I close comments and select a winner I get a popup alert box with “Invalid Comment ID.” And no winner selected. Any ideas why this might be happening? http://wordpress.org/ex

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complaint [Plugin: And The Winner Is…] How can I display the winner publicly support · 2012-09-05T13:54:22+00:00 · medium severity · random comment

[Plugin: And The Winner Is…] How can I display the winner publicly: users show compatibility, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: I’m part of a fairly tight hobby community and would like to be able to reassure customers and followers that there’s no shenanigans.

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complaint [Plugin: And The Winner Is…] Can a post be re-opened for comments? support · 2012-08-09T02:42:41+00:00 · medium severity · random comment

[Plugin: And The Winner Is…] Can a post be re-opened for comments?: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Is it possible to re-open posts for comments after a contest has ended?

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mixed [Plugin: And The Winner Is…] Custom post types? support · 2012-06-14T11:02:51+00:00 · medium severity · random comment

[Plugin: And The Winner Is…] Custom post types?: users show compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: To make it work with your custom post types, do this: /wp-content/plugins/and-the-winner-is/atwi.php -> line 98 Change this: public function AddMetaBox() { add_meta_box(ATWI_DOMAIN, ATWI, array(&$this, 'ContestMetaBox'), 'post', 'side'); } For this: public function AddMetaBox() { add_meta_box(ATWI_DOMAIN, ATWI, array(&$this, 'ContestMetaBox'), 'post', 'side'

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complaint [Plugin: And The Winner Is…] "This Post is not a contest" error support · 2011-12-22T20:33:51+00:00 · medium severity · random comment

[Plugin: And The Winner Is…] "This Post is not a contest" error: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: [Plugin: And The Winner Is…] "This Post is not a contest" error Just found this plugin and have a running contest over at – http://geekfore.com/bmore-screening-the-devil-inside-jan-5th/ – but when I go to close comments and then hit “and the winner is” it throws the box up of “this post is not a contest” When it specifically is since it is showing in the das

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complaint [Plugin: And The Winner Is…] something has gone horribly wrong HELP support · 2011-12-16T22:00:59+00:00 · medium severity · random comment

[Plugin: And The Winner Is…] something has gone horribly wrong HELP: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: [Plugin: And The Winner Is…] something has gone horribly wrong HELP Suddenly all the contests have duplicated in the section for winners not once not twice but FIVE times..

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complaint [Plugin: And The Winner Is…] can this be added to "pages" instead of "post"? support · 2011-10-06T01:22:02+00:00 · medium severity · random comment

[Plugin: And The Winner Is…] can this be added to "pages" instead of "post"?: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: because i can only see the option available on a post …the sidebar with the option in not present when making pages..

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complaint [Plugin: And The Winner Is…] Conflict with Members Plugin support · 2011-07-10T22:57:58+00:00 · medium severity · random comment

[Plugin: And The Winner Is…] Conflict with Members Plugin: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: [Plugin: And The Winner Is…] Conflict with Members Plugin Hi, I just found a conflict between the And the Winner Is … and Members plugins ( http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/members/ ).

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complaint Comment Count Gone support · 2011-05-28T15:27:56+00:00 · medium severity · random comment

Comment Count Gone: users show compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Because a lot of sponsors would like to see what it ended out without having to go through hundreds..

compatibility missing feature email support triage and conversation operations Evidence only

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complaint [Plugin: And The Winner Is…] only showing three posts per page support · 2011-04-07T22:22:38+00:00 · medium severity · random comment

[Plugin: And The Winner Is…] only showing three posts per page: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: But recently I noticed it is only showing three posts per page which is rather annoying when I have 8-10 contests at a time I have to go through multiple pages just to ensure they are all there.

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complaint [Plugin: And The Winner Is…] Search Winners? support · 2011-02-16T23:40:35+00:00 · medium severity · random comment

[Plugin: And The Winner Is…] Search Winners?: users show missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Thank you for helping me in the past with this plugins.

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complaint [Plugin: And The Winner Is…] And the Winner Is Makes my site spin support · 2011-02-04T22:17:20+00:00 · high severity · random comment

[Plugin: And The Winner Is…] And the Winner Is Makes my site spin: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: I love this plugin for the ease of choosing winners, but obviously, I can’t bring my site down every time I need to view/choose winners.

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neutral [Plugin: And The Winner Is…] Facebook app? support · 2011-01-12T12:37:05+00:00 · medium severity · random comment

[Plugin: And The Winner Is…] Facebook app?: neutral conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: [Plugin: And The Winner Is…] Facebook app? Can you make the same app for facebook? http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/and-the-winner-is/ Can you make the same app for facebook? http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/and-the-winner-is/ I’m not sure. I’ve mucked with facebook apps before, but I don’t know fully what data I’d have access to. The wife also mention

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complaint [Plugin: And The Winner Is…] Plugin won't get all posts in multilingual site support · 2011-01-05T17:55:20+00:00 · medium severity · random comment

[Plugin: And The Winner Is…] Plugin won't get all posts in multilingual site: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: I really like the smooth and easy it interact with wordpress.

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complaint [Plugin: And The Winner Is…] Never Loads Winners support · 2010-12-16T11:55:27+00:00 · medium severity · random comment

[Plugin: And The Winner Is…] Never Loads Winners: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: I also noticed I had to manually close comments because of this same issue.

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complaint [Plugin: And The Winner Is…] Fatal Error support · 2010-11-23T16:07:01+00:00 · high severity · random comment

[Plugin: And The Winner Is…] Fatal Error: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: [Plugin: And The Winner Is…] Fatal Error I was using the plugin with no problems and then about 2 weeks ago, I started getting this error: Fatal error: Uncaught exception ‘Exception’ with message ‘Invalid comment ID.’ in /home/moredigi/public_html/wp-content/plugins/and-the-winner-is/winner.php:21 Stack trace: #0 /home/moredigi/public_html/wp-content/plugins

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complaint [Plugin: And The Winner Is…] Not counting all comments support · 2010-11-17T18:21:49+00:00 · medium severity · random comment

[Plugin: And The Winner Is…] Not counting all comments: users show bugs, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Feel free to email me at kcain at littletechgirl.com.

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mixed [Plugin: And The Winner Is…] Using with WordPress 3.0.1 support · 2010-09-28T07:08:44+00:00 · high severity · random comment

[Plugin: And The Winner Is…] Using with WordPress 3.0.1: users show bugs, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: I haven’t heard of any issues with this plugin not working with 3.0.1.

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