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YouPickBest – Ranking Polls for Posts

Add a ranking poll to any post: readers pick between two options at a time and see the community's top list. Paste a link, no setup.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version1.1.0
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 5.9 · PHP 7.4
Directory statusactive
Last directory update26 Sept 20261mo ago
Active installationsNewAdoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org ratingNo WordPress.org ratings yet
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records YouPickBest – Ranking Polls for Posts version 1.1.0 as active, updated 1mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

Give readers something to do when they reach the end of your post. A YouPickBest ranking shows two options at a time — two films, two games, two countries — and the reader picks one. After a few rounds they see which option your readers put first overall.

Paste a ranking link on its own line in the editor, and WordPress turns it into the poll. No account, no settings.

Rankings to try

best:

  • Film: https://youpick.best/ranking/the-20-best-animated-movies-of-all-time
  • Travel: https://youpick.best/ranking/what-is-the-best-country-to-visit-in-europe
  • Games: https://youpick.best/ranking/the-24-greatest-nintendo-switch-games-of-all-time

Can’t find your topic? best — its link embeds the same way.

What the plugin does

  • Shows the full widget: links inside it open normally, and each reader’s picks are remembered on their device.
  • Sizes the widget to its content, so there is no empty space or inner scrollbar.
  • After activation, shows a one-time notice with a “Create a test post” button: it opens a draft with a ranking already in place.

What it does not do

  • No tracking, no cookies, no data collection by the plugin — and the embedded widget itself sets no cookies either.
  • No settings screens.
  • The “Browse rankings” links in the notice and on the Plugins screen carry a campaign tag (utm), so we can count visits that start in the plugin. Nothing is sent unless you click.

External services

best), a ranking and voting platform. The connection is needed to render the ranking poll inside your posts.

What is sent and when:

  • When WordPress renders a post containing a YouPickBest ranking link, your web server requests the embed details from https://youpick.best/api/oembed and sends the ranking URL. No visitor data is included in this server-side request.
  • When a visitor views such a post, their browser loads the widget from youpick.best. Like any embedded content, this request carries standard technical data (IP address, browser user agent) and the address of the embedding page, which YouPickBest uses for per-site vote statistics.
  • When a visitor votes inside the widget, their picks and a random token generated by the widget (used to remember the vote on that device) are sent to youpick.best. The widget sets no cookies and sends no personal or account data.

best/privacy.

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • embed
  • poll
  • quiz
  • ranking
  • voting
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.9 · PHP 7.4
Update activity26 Sept 20261mo ago

“Tested up to” is directory metadata supplied by the plugin author. WP PlugIndex does not turn an older declaration into a claim that the plugin is incompatible.

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Recent tracked changes

Version1.0.01.1.0
WordPress compatibility7.17.1.2
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