Title: Pick Giveaway Winner
Author: Makeworthy Media
Published: <strong>2 de enero de 2011</strong>
Last modified: 23 de julio de 2021

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Este plugin **no se ha probado con las últimas 3 versiones mayores de WordPress**.
Puede que ya no tenga soporte ni lo mantenga nadie, o puede que tenga problemas 
de compatibilidad cuando se usa con las versiones más recientes de WordPress.

![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/pick-giveaway-winner.svg)

# Pick Giveaway Winner

 Por [Makeworthy Media](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jennettefulda/)

[Descargar](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/pick-giveaway-winner.1.3.zip)

 * [Detalles](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/pick-giveaway-winner/#description)
 * [Valoraciones](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/pick-giveaway-winner/#reviews)
 *  [Instalación](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/pick-giveaway-winner/#installation)
 * [Desarrollo](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/pick-giveaway-winner/#developers)

 [Soporte](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pick-giveaway-winner/)

## Descripción

This plugin randomly selects a winner or winners from the comments of a giveaway
post. It only lists the 100 most recent posts to reduce strain on your server. You
can disqualify people who’ve entered more than once (determined by email), or reduce
their entries to only one. The plugin uses MySQL’s random function RAND() to randomly
select the winners directly from the database.

## Capturas

[⌊This is how the winner selection screen looks right after you've chosen a winner
or winners.⌉⌊This is how the winner selection screen looks right after you've chosen
a winner or winners.⌉[

This is how the winner selection screen looks right after you’ve chosen a winner
or winners.

## Instalación

 1. Upload the folder ‘pick-giveaway-winner’ to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
 3. Go to Tools -> Pick Giveaway Winner.
 4. Select the giveaway post from the drop-down menu.
 5. Select how many winners you want.
 6. Choose how to handle duplicate entries (determined by email).
 7. Press the «Pick Winner!» button to randomly draw your winners.

## FAQ

### How are the winners randomly selected?

The plugin uses MySQL’s RAND() function to pick the winners directly from the database.

### Why does it take so long to choose a winner?

The more comments your post has, the longer it will take to parse the data and determine
a winner. Also, if you choose to «Discard multiple entries, but allow the entrant
a single entry» the plugin has to do an additional database query to get your results,
which takes more time. Be patient and your results will be returned as soon as possible.

### This isn’t random! I ran the plugin twice in a row and got the same winner.

It may seem counterintuitive, but if you re-run the plugin on the same post and 
occasionally get the same winner, this proves that the plugin actually is random.
For example, if you roll a dice several times you will eventually get the same number
twice in a row. The same thing happens with the plugin. However, if you run the 
plugin several times in a row and keep getting the same winner, that could indicate
a problem.

### Why can I only run this plugin on the 100 most recent posts?

This is done to reduce strain on the server and avoid problems that occurred when
people had more than a thousand posts. Most giveaways should be done by the time
you’ve posted 100 more posts, so this shouldn’t cause problems for most people.

### This is awesome! Can I send you money?

Sure! Go to my plugin page at https://www.makeworthymedia.com/plugins/ to donate.

### Would you like to thank anyone?

Yes, I would! Thanks to Roni Noone at http://www.roninoone.com/ for beta testing
this plugin.

## Reseñas

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/dcc48e9c96c9ee54c358ad65a85e30e4c1777d8dd7111bcb16255962c2df165d?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Wow…! It works right out of the box!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wow-it-works-right-out-of-the-box/)󠁿

 [Jakours2](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jakours2/) 21 de mayo de 2022

Thanks a lot for this plugin. It's a must have to made a nice random draw. Easy 
to setup, it can't be easier to use. I agree with Makeworthy Media, this plugin 
deserves a lot more reviews. So, a trick that could be interesting to set up is 
to see the scrolling of names. This way, we could record a video of the draw to 
allow those who commented to see how the draw unfolded. But hey, that's just a suggestion!
Thanks again!

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Still runs with WP Version 5.7.2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-runs-with-wp-version-5-7-2/)󠁿

 [YogieAnamCara](https://profiles.wordpress.org/yogieanamcara/) 13 de junio de 2021
1 respuesta

I don't know why this plugin is not having more reviews. It does exactly what I 
was looking for. I need to draw users who commented on a specific blog post as a
winner. You can even say how many comments should be drawn as a winner, I thought
I need to run the draw three times, but I was more than happy to see that you can
even select multiple winners. Beyond that the plugin lets you decide how to treat
duplicate entries, from a ban of the user, to just ignore more than one entry up
to allow all entries done. Excellent – nothing more I wanted or need. However, I
fear that it will disappear from the repository as it received its last update three
years ago!? What a pity that would be. The 1 star rating is absolutely unfair and
should be deleted or ignored!!!

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Great plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-16871/)󠁿

 [Lynn Hill](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bakelady/) 16 de febrero de 2018 1 respuesta

I've used this plugin for years. Works every time.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cc365694c3cb015bbba95959730e69e329f89faea95ad8a8d1ba3b5e81012af4?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Works as described](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-as-described-156/)󠁿

 [Makeworthy Media](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jennettefulda/) 3 de septiembre
de 2016

Full disclosure: I am the plugin author. Someone just left a 1-star review because
they misunderstood what the plugin is supposed to do. I thought I'd help balance
out the average by leaving my own review. Just to be clear, this plugin randomly
selects a comment from a post. It only works if you're logged into Wordpress and
go to Tools -> Pick Giveaway Winner. It does not insert anything into a post/page.
It does not let you ask your visitors a question. I'm leaving a 5-star review because
the plugin does what it says it does.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8751e3f776a2d6098f0fbda29a9d3a31fbcd7f361243d1e65249eb682985d1a4?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Waste of time!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/waste-of-time-98/)󠁿

 [zawordpress](https://profiles.wordpress.org/zawordpress/) 3 de septiembre de 2016
1 respuesta

No details on how to insert it into a post/page and no way to change/customise the
question you want to ask.

 [ Leer todas las 6 reseñas ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pick-giveaway-winner/reviews/)

## Colaboradores y desarrolladores

«Pick Giveaway Winner» es un software de código abierto. Las siguientes personas
han colaborado con este plugin.

Colaboradores

 *   [ Makeworthy Media ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jennettefulda/)

[Traduce «Pick Giveaway Winner» a tu idioma.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/pick-giveaway-winner)

### ¿Interesado en el desarrollo?

[Revisa el código](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pick-giveaway-winner/),
echa un vistazo al [repositorio SVN](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/pick-giveaway-winner/)
o suscríbete al [registro de desarrollo](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/pick-giveaway-winner/)
por [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/pick-giveaway-winner/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Registro de cambios

#### 1.3

 * Changed the way the dropdown list of posts is generated and limited it to the
   most recent 100 posts to avoid trouble people were having if they had more than
   a thousand posts.

#### 1.1

 * Removed wpdb::prepare() errors you might see when running the plugin in WordPress
   3.5 and up.
 * Added label tags to radio button options so you can select an option by clicking
   on the text next to it and not just directly on the radio button.
 * Updated the FAQ to answer a frequent question about the randomness of the plugin.

#### 1.0

 * Original version of the plugin.

## Meta

 *  Versión **1.3**
 *  Última actualización **hace 5 años**
 *  Instalaciones activas **100+**
 *  Versión de WordPress ** 3.0 o superior **
 *  Probado hasta **5.8.18**
 *  Idioma
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pick-giveaway-winner/)
 * Etiquetas:
 * [contest](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/contest/)[give-away](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/give-away/)
   [giveaway](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/giveaway/)[winner](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/winner/)
   [winners](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/winners/)
 *  [Vista avanzada](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/pick-giveaway-winner/advanced/)

## Valoraciones

 4.3 de 5 estrellas.

 *  [  5 valoraciones de 5 estrellas     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pick-giveaway-winner/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 valoraciones de 4 estrellas     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pick-giveaway-winner/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  0 valoraciones de 3 estrellas     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pick-giveaway-winner/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  0 valoraciones de 2 estrellas     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pick-giveaway-winner/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  1 valoración de 1 estrellas     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pick-giveaway-winner/reviews/?filter=1)

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## Colaboradores

 *   [ Makeworthy Media ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jennettefulda/)

## Soporte

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