Feature Voting for WordPress: Let Users Vote on What to Build Next
Guessing what to build next is risky. You spend weeks on a feature, ship it, and hear nothing back. Feature voting takes the guessing away. Your users tell you what they want, with one click, and you build the things people actually asked for.
Here is how feature voting works, and how to add it to WordPress.
What feature voting is
It is simple. Every idea gets a vote button. The ideas with the most votes move to the top. A long, messy list turns into a clear order. When you sort by most votes, the next thing to build is right there in front of you.
Why it beats a suggestion box
A suggestion box collects ideas but tells you nothing about which one matters. Voting adds the missing piece. If one idea has 80 votes and another has 3, you know where to spend your time. People also trust you more, because they can see their vote counted and watch popular ideas move forward.
Add voting to WordPress
The free SimpleBoards plugin adds feature voting out of the box. Make a board, drop the shortcode on a page, and every idea gets a vote button and comments. People sort by most voted, filter by category, and see the top ideas in a sidebar.
Let guests vote too
You are not limited to logged-in members. Guests can vote as well, so you hear from everyone, not just the few who made an account. Each person can vote once per idea, checked at the database level, so the numbers stay honest and nobody can stuff the box.
From votes to shipped features
Voting works best when it leads somewhere. Move your most-voted ideas onto a public roadmap, and people watch their vote turn into real work. That loop, share an idea, vote, and see it built, is what keeps users coming back.
Last updated on: August 12, 2026