WordPress Simple Survey

Post by on Aug 03, 2010 | 964 Comments

WordPress Simple Survey is a plugin that allows for the creation of a survey, quiz, poll, or questionnaire and the tracking of user submissions. The plugin is jQuery based which allows users to seamlessly and in a graphically appealing manner, take the quiz without reloading the page. Each answer is given a weight (or score/points). Once a quiz is submitted, the user is taken to a predefined URL based on their score range; this page can be any URL including pages setup in WordPress that can contain information relevant to the particular scoring range, including the user’s score and answer set. The plugin can also keep a record of all submissions and email results to a predefined email address, including auto-responding the quiz taker. If you need support, go here: WordPress Simple Survey Support.

Demo

Marketing - Advertising Survey

Progress:

What is your current approach to digital advertising?

What kind of "On the Street" marketing presence do you use in your current marketing strategy?

I prefer using cutting edge technologies in digital advertising that serve as both an attention getter and to target specific demographics?

Click submit and be taken to information about the marketing style that is right for you.

Custom fields can be created and required in order to submit the quiz.

Example:

  • Name
  • Email
  • Special Code

Quiz results can be stored and viewed in the backend. Submissions can be exported to CSV including “All Results”, or just custom field information

Also see the WordPress Plugin directory listing.

For additional features, check out WPSS-Extended version!

Uses

Diagram: WP Simple Survey Plugin Structure

Results can be stored in the WordPress database and displayed on the backend. Results can also be emailed to the user along with their results.

Screenshots

  • Screenshot: WP Simple Survey Example Question
  • Screenshot: WP Simple Survey Progress Bar
  • Screenshot: WP Simple Survey Completed Test with Freeform Answer
  • Screenshot: WP Simple Survey Test Results Submission Email
  • Screenshot: WP Simple Survey User Results in WordPress Dashboard
  • Screenshot: WP Simple Survey Individual User Result Example

Notes

User’s Score = ∑( AnswerWeightn )

Be careful about pasting the survey tag into the WYSIWYG editor, there is a difference between “wp-simple-survey-1″ and “wp-simple-survey-1″, and it will cause cross-browser compatibility issues. Type the tag in manually or check the HTML and remove any paragraph, strong, span or other formatting HTML tags surrounding the survey string.

The most common problem is multiple jQuery’s being loaded – check your page source and look for multiple jquery.js being loaded. Web apps like WordPress have functions to ensure that only one version of a particular Javascript library is loaded. Unfortunately, plugin and theme developers can’t seem to understand this! See http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_enqueue_script for more detailed information.

Also, please post your positive comments here or on the WordPress Plugin directory listing, and post any questions or issues here.

For additional features, check out WPSS-Extended version!

Download Free Version

Download the Latest
WordPress Simple Survey
Version: 2.2

LICENSE:
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Common Issues

  1. Multiple jQuery’s being loaded – check your page source and look for multiple jquery.js being loaded. Web apps like WordPress have functions to ensure that only one version of a particular Javascript library is loaded. Unfortunately, plugin and theme developers can’t seem to understand this! See http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_enqueue_script for more detailed information.
  2. Add Filter Priority Conflicts – Many plugins use the WordPress add_filter API. Sometimes two plugins conflict when running a filter at the same time. If your progress bar isn’t displaying correctly and the form submits on clicking Next, check your HTML source and see if WordPress is wrapping the WordPress Simple Survey JavaScript and division tags in HTML paragraph tags. If so, toggle the priority of the add_filter in the admin backend global options tab. The default is 10 which is probably when other plugins are running their filters, therefore decrease WordPress Simple Survey to 100.

WordPress Simple Survey support has moved here: WordPress Simple Survey Support Forum!

To better serve our customers and plugin users, plugin support has moved to a forum based method. Feel free to go ahead and start using the forum and suggesting new topics.

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