Do you want to give your BuddyPress members the ability to create polls inside your social networking website? Letting site members create polls in their community can substantially improve your site’s reach and engagement. Members can create polls inside activities and vote on them directly.
Here’s how to add a polls feature to your BuddyPress powered community website.
Importance Of Polls In A Community Website
Polls are one of the more productive tools for social media marketing and user engagement. Popular networks like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram all let users post and vote on polls, and that engagement adds up fast.
Here are a few benefits of adding a polls feature to your BuddyPress website:
1. Increased User Engagement
The biggest benefit of letting members add polls to activities is increased engagement. Polls are one of the most direct ways to find out what your members or customers actually think.
2. Higher Interaction
Polls are an interactive, fun way to draw more members into your community. Letting people post their views through a poll usually leads to higher interaction across the board.
3. Strengthening Your Brand
If you’re running a brand community, polls work in your favor here too. They encourage two-way communication between your customers and your brand, and the answers you collect help you understand your audience better.
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Integrating A Polls Feature Into Your BuddyPress Website
Now let’s set up polls on your BuddyPress website. First, install the BuddyPress Polls plugin, which lets you create polls inside BuddyPress activities and lets members respond to them.
To install the plugin, follow this step-by-step guide: How to install BuddyPress Polls.
Once the plugin is installed, configure its settings under Dashboard > WB Plugins > BuddyPress Polls. You’ll find a few general settings here:
- Multi-Select Polls: Allow users to cast more than one vote in each poll.
- Hide Results: When enabled, results stay hidden from users who haven’t voted yet. When disabled, everyone can see the current results regardless of whether they’ve voted.
- Poll Closing Date & Time: Set when a poll closes automatically.
Once everything is configured, save the settings and members can start creating polls from the front end. - Enable Image Attachment:
When enabled, this lets users attach an image to a poll.
Create Your First Poll
To create your first poll, visit the Activity page on the front end, where you’ll find a poll tab. Add your options and post the poll.
The plugin also offers a BuddyPress widget for displaying single or multiple poll results. Logged-out users can see polls but can’t vote or view results until they log in.
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