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Just Search Competition Manager WordPress Plugin

The Just Search Competition Manager is a plugin for WordPress that allows you to add a competition to the sidebar of your site very easily. You can also add a picture and a little description for each competition. What you decide to offer as a prize is up to you!

Features

  • Easily create competitions.
  • Widget ready.
  • Can be displayed on a blog post instead of a widget.
  • Upload of image to the competition.
  • Cookie and email filtering on voting.
  • Mailing list.
  • Administration panel with more options.
  • Simple captcha to stop automated submission.

Installation

To install the Competition Manager follow these steps:

  • Download the Competition Manager from the WordPress plugin centre.
  • Unzip and upload this to your plugin folder (/wp-content/plugins/).
  • Go into the Plugins section of the administration menu in WordPress and activate the plugin.
  • Navigate to Manage->Competition and create a new competition.
  • You can display a competition using the widget provided (go to design->widget and press ‘add’ on the Competition widget) or by placing the code [competition_id] (where ‘id’ is the id of the competition) in the text of your post.

Download

You can download the Competition Manager from the WordPress plugins directory.

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