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Crowdsignal Dashboard – Polls, Surveys & more

By Automattic

Marketing & Advertising / Survey & Poll Tools

Crowdsignal Dashboard – Polls, Surveys & more Review - In-Depth Analysis

The Crowdsignal Dashboard plugin lets you create and manage polls, surveys, quizzes, and ratings directly from your WordPress admin. Easily analyze responses in real time.

Performance Overview

WPS Score

6.8/10

User Rating

2.7/5 (based on 34+ reviews)

Active Installations

100,000+

Update Frequency

Average It is calculated using the weighted average of same category plugins.

Security Score

5 / 10 (Medium Risk) It is calculated using the weighted average of all versions.

What It Does

The Crowdsignal Dashboard plugin allows you to create and manage polls, surveys, quizzes, and ratings from within your WordPress admin. See all your projects in one place, be they surveys, quizzes, and polls made on Crowdsignal.com or any of our poll and survey blocks using our Crowdsignal Forms plugin. With just one click view all results for your responses as they come in to analyze responses in real time and export your results everywhere!

Are you using the new block editor for WordPress? Our other plugin, Crowdsignal Forms, provides a number of blocks for your post editor that allow you to gather actionable feedback from your audience. Create polls and get your audience’s opinion. Create surveys in minutes with 14 question types and embed them into your page. A floating and always visible button allows your audience to share feedback anytime. Collect feedback and track customer satisfaction over time. Allow your audience to rate your work or express their opinion. Let your audience cheer with a big round of applause.

Learn more about the Crowdsignal Forms plugin here, and on crowdsignal.com. Want to help translate the plugin or keep an existing translation up-to-date? Head on over to the translation site. Some strings are not translated when polls and surveys are embedded. You will have to translate them using a language pack on Crowdsignal.com. Development of the plugin takes place in this GitHub repository. Contributions are welcome!

If you are a long time user of this plugin and you still use the classic post editor, the best way to create polls is through your Crowdsignal account where you have a number of different ways to share polls and surveys. However, up to version 2.2.6, this plugin had an 'Add Poll' button above the post editor that opened a very basic poll editor. That 'Add Poll' button has since been removed but if you would still like to use it, open up the wp-admin dashboard on your WordPress site. Add 'admin.php?page=polls&action=create-poll' to the end of the URL, after 'wp-admin/' so it looks like https://example.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=polls&action=create-poll and you will see the old poll editor. Bookmark that URL if you still want to use that poll editor. We do not recommend using version 2.2.6 of the plugin as you will miss out on many bug fixes and new features added since then.

Comparing to Alternatives

Crowdsignal Dashboard offers a straightforward polling solution integrated with WordPress, but it faces stiff competition from other plugins with varied features and user experiences.

Top alternatives

Poll Maker – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls
TS Poll – Survey, Versus Poll, Image Poll, Video Poll
YOP Poll
Social Polls by OpinionStage

Strengths

User-friendly interface praised by users
Integration with WordPress dashboard
Supports multiple poll types

Weaknesses

Requires user registration to access features
Limited support and updates reported
Compatibility issues with latest WordPress versions
Lacks advanced customization options

User Sentiment Analysis

User feedback highlights both the ease of use and significant drawbacks related to support and functionality.

Positive highlights

Great polls solution with a very nice UI! (Renatho)
Easy to set up and use (Dan Roundhill)
Provides basic polling features effectively (KosTeams)

Common complaints

Must register an account to use the plugin (Rubidze)
Poor and unhelpful tech support (wimonews)
Does not work properly with the latest WordPress version (patrykos3601)
Requires personal data for registration raising privacy concerns (KosTeams)

Weaknesses

Support team accused of being unhelpful and dismissive
Plugin features reduced over time
Compatibility issues with new WordPress releases

Who Should Use This?

Best for

Users seeking a simple and straightforward polling plugin integrated within WordPress who do not mind registering an account.

Not ideal for

Those who prefer plugins without mandatory registration, require robust support, or need full compatibility with the latest WordPress versions.

Pricing & Value

Free version includes

The free version offers basic polling and survey features accessible after user registration, suitable for simple use cases.

Final Verdict

Crowdsignal Dashboard provides an easy-to-use polling solution with a clean interface, making it suitable for users needing basic poll functionality within WordPress.

However, mandatory registration, reported poor support, and compatibility issues with recent WordPress versions limit its appeal compared to alternatives. Users should consider these factors before choosing this plugin.

Other Notable Features

Here are a few other notable features of this free Crowdsignal Dashboard – Polls, Surveys & more plugin.

Crowdsignal

Poll

Polldaddy

Polls

Wppolls

Screenshots

FAQ

You can find your dashboard under the Feedback top level menu. You will find Crowdsignal and Ratings menu items there. The Crowdsignal menu item leads to the dashboard. If you have ratings enabled you will see a Ratings menu item that links to a summary of your ratings.