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I’m planning to create a website where people can upload their pictures and participate in contests. I want to allow people to create their own contests, with the highest-voted entry winning. I also want to display contests filtered by categories and have filters for new and popular entries. I’m also thinking of good user management at the backend and, contest analytics.
I’m wondering if anyone has suggestions for WordPress plugins that could help me achieve these features.
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Sounds like a fun project!
A couple things to consider:
1. Moderation – As the website owner, you’re ultimately responsible for what is up on your website. Do you have a plan in place for if/when someone uploads innapropriate or illegal content?
2. Site Security – Do you have a plan for if/when someone uploads malicious content that has hidden or unsee content (malware, etc…)
3. Cost – The best gallery plugin out there (in my opinion) is NextGen Gallery. I personally use it, but it is a paid service. Though it allows voting and a great deal of customization.
A different approach could be that you could avoid allowing users to upload directly to the website, but rather send their images to you and your team via a form plugin (CF7, Gravity, Ninja, WPForms, etc…). This way, it eliminates most of the issues (because you have the final say about what is posted on the website).