Title: Polstir
Author: platformthirteen
Published: <strong>March 9, 2014</strong>
Last modified: March 2, 2017

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Polstir

 By [platformthirteen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/platformthirteen/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/polstir.3.0.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/polstir/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/polstir/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/polstir/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/polstir/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/polstir/)

## Description

Embed polls created with Polstir using the shortcode [polstir].

#### Demo

[View a demo](http://demo.pol.st/) of an embedded poll. View the full poll [page](https://pol.st/polstirmedia/wordpress-embed)
for comparison.

#### Usage

Embed a poll using the shortcode `[polstir]` and the poll id. For example, to embed
a poll with the url `https://pol.st/howdesign/dL5nQw9Ts729oPqaj` use the shortcode`[
polstir id="dL5nQw9Ts729oPqaj"]`

To customize the appearance of the embedded poll, additional options can be set 
in the shortcode. The full list of shortcode defaults is as follows:

    ```
    [polstir id="wordpress-embed" image="1" question="1" comments="1" theme="light" style="normal"]
    ```

The following poll sections can be hidden by setting them to “0”:

 * image **1, 0** _(defaults to 1)_
 * question **1, 0** _(defaults to 1)_
 * comments **1, 0** _(defaults to 1)_

Theme and style options can also be set:

 * theme **light, dark** _(defaults to light)_
 * style **normal, compact** _(defaults to normal)_

## Screenshots

[⌊Publishing a post with a poll shortcode⌉⌊Publishing a post with a poll shortcode⌉[

Publishing a post with a poll shortcode

[⌊Sample embedded poll with comments⌉⌊Sample embedded poll with comments⌉[

Sample embedded poll with comments

## Installation

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

#### Using The WordPress Dashboard

 1. Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
 2. Search for ‘polstir’
 3. Click ‘Install Now’
 4. Activate the plugin on the Plugin dashboard

#### Uploading in WordPress Dashboard

 1. Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
 2. Navigate to the ‘Upload’ area
 3. Select `polstir.zip` from your computer
 4. Click ‘Install Now’
 5. Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard

#### Using FTP

 1. Download `polstir.zip`
 2. Extract the `polstir` directory to your computer
 3. Upload the `polstir` directory to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 4. Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Polstir” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this
plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ platformthirteen ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/platformthirteen/)
 *   [ polstir ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/polstir/)

[Translate “Polstir” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/polstir)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/polstir/), check out
the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/polstir/), or subscribe to
the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/polstir/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/polstir/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0

 * Enable shortcode embedding

#### 1.1

 * Updated embed script and documentation

#### 1.2

 * Updated screenshots and static assets

#### 1.5

 * Updated security and readme

#### 2.0

 * Added advanced embed features (theme, style, and display options)

#### 3.0

 * Switch to new pol.st domain

## Meta

 *  Version **3.0.0**
 *  Last updated **9 years ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.7.33**
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/polstir/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ platformthirteen ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/platformthirteen/)
 *   [ polstir ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/polstir/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/polstir/)