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Actively maintained Tested up to 7.0.6 #4 in activism

CBX Petition

A plugin to create, manage petition and collect signatures for petition inside WordPress environment.

Active installs70+10+ tier
Downloads · 30d138▼ -7.4% vs prev. 30d
Rating—0 reviews
Health score59/100Fair
All-time downloads5.2KSince Sep 2019
Support resolved—No recent threads
RequiresWP 5.9PHP any
Downloads · 7d37▲ +48% week over week
Our verdict

Use with caution

CBX Petition works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. It runs on 70+ sites and was last updated 2 months ago, and scores 59/100 on our health check.

  • Small user base (70+ active installs)
  • Very few reviews so far

How does it stack up?

Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support

Daily downloads

173552Jul 1Aug 14Sep 28
Yesterday4
Daily average (1y)5
Peak day74Nov 13, 2025
Last 12 months1.8K

Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.

Rankings

Where CBX Petition stands today

WordPress.org search rankings

Live position in the plugin search, top 100
KeywordPositionCompeting pluginsCategory
activism #4 9 Best activism plugins →
campaign >100 2,778 Best campaign plugins →
change >100 10,000 Best change plugins →
petition #4 32 Best petition plugins →
signature >100 1,879 Best signature plugins →

Version adoption

Share of active sites per release.

  • 2.082.9%
  • 1.017.1%

About CBX Petition

From the official readme · v2.0.15

Description

CBX Petition for WordPress makes it easy to create, manage, and showcase online petitions—right from your WordPress dashboard. Whether you’re driving change locally or globally, this plugin gives you the tools to build momentum, collect signatures, and inspire action.

CBX Petition by Codeboxr

🤴 Demo | 📋 Documentation | 🌟 Upgrade to PRO | 👨‍💻 Free Support | 📱 Free Support | 🤴 Pro Support

Note: Full source code available at Github Repo

If you think any necessary feature is missing contact with us, we will add in new release. Best way to check the feature is install the free core version in any dev site and explore

Core Plugin Features

Petition Backend/Petition Properties

  • Create Petition from admin panel
  • Custom category adn tag taxonomy with petition
  • Petition Title and Description using wordpress core
  • Petition Meta fields
    — Signature Target (Required)
    — Expire Date
    — Petition Photos (Drag and drop photo upload to custom uploads dir, no wordpress media manager used)
    — Petition Banner (Drag and drop photo/banner upload to custom uploads dir, no wordpress media manager used)
    — Youtube Video url, title, mini description
    — Petition Letter/Letter Text Field
    — Petition Recipients (Name, Designation, Email)

Petition Frontend

  • Petition Title, Description Using WordPress Theme Core feature
  • Extra information using Hooks(Configurable from Settings):
    — Petition Video, Video Title, Video Text
    — Petition Photos
    — Petition Banner
    — Letter Text
    — Letter Recipients
    — Petition Sign Form
    — Petition Listing
    — Petition Statistics(Total Target, Sign Collected, Ratio/Bars)
    — Most of these features are available via shortcodes

Petition Display Shortcodes

  1. Petition banner [cbxpetition_banner]
  2. Petition statistics [cbxpetition_stat]
  3. Petition video [cbxpetition_video]
  4. Petition photos [cbxpetition_photos]
  5. Petition letter [cbxpetition_letter]
  6. Petition signature form [cbxpetition_signform]
  7. Petition signature listing [cbxpetition_signatures]
  8. Petition Details [cbxpetition] (New in V1.0.1) to display full petition inside any page or post
  9. Petition Summary [cbxpetition_summary] (New in V1.0.1) to display petition summary inside any page or post
  10. Full Petition Display [cbxpetition] (New in V1.0.1) to display full petition inside any page or post
  11. Any shortcode should have but missing? let us know

Classic Widgets

  1. Petition Summary Classic Widget [New in V1.0.2]
  2. Petition Sign Form Classic Widget [New in V1.0.2]
  3. Latest Petitions Classic Widget [New in V1.0.2]

Elementor Widgets(Pro)

  1. Petition banner widget compatible with shortcode [cbxpetition_banner]
  2. Petition statistics widget compatible with shortcode [cbxpetition_stat]
  3. Petition photos widget compatible with shortcode [cbxpetition_photos]
  4. Petition video widget compatible with shortcode [cbxpetition_video]
  5. Petition letter widget compatible with shortcode [cbxpetition_letter]
  6. Petition signature form widget compatible with shortcode [cbxpetition_signform]
    7.Petition signature listing widget compatible with shortcode [cbxpetition_signatures]
  7. Petition Details widget compatible with shortcode [cbxpetition]
  8. Petition Summary widget compatible with shortcode [cbxpetition_summary]
  9. Petition Latest Listing widget compatible with shortcode [cbxpetition_latest]
  10. Any elementor widget missing? let us know

Block Widgets(Pro)

  1. Petition banner widget compatible with shortcode [cbxpetition_banner]
  2. Petition statistics widget compatible with shortcode [cbxpetition_stat]
  3. Petition photos widget compatible with shortcode [cbxpetition_photos]
  4. Petition video widget compatible with shortcode [cbxpetition_video]
  5. Petition letter widget compatible with shortcode [cbxpetition_letter]
  6. Petition signature form widget compatible with shortcode [cbxpetition_signform]
  7. Petition signature listing widget compatible with shortcode [cbxpetition_signatures]
  8. Petition Details widget compatible with shortcode [cbxpetition]
  9. Petition Summary widget compatible with shortcode [cbxpetition_summary]
  10. Petition Latest Listing widget compatible with shortcode [cbxpetition_latest]
  11. Any block widget missing? let us know

Petition Backend Settings

  • Basic Setting
  • Enable Auto Integration
  • Auto Integration Before Content
  • Auto Integration After Content
  • Default Sign Status(Unverified, Pending, Approved, Unapproved), possible to extend
  • Guest Email Activation(Guest signature approval can be verified via email)
  • Frontend Signature listing limit
  • Petition Photo(s) Configuration:
    — Petition Photo Limit
    — Petition Photo Max File Size(MB)
    — Petition Photo Extensions
    — Petition Photo Thumbnail max width
    — Petition Photo Thumbnail max height
    — Petition Photo(s) max width
    — Petition Photo(s) max height
  • Petition Banner Configuration:
    — Petition Banner Max File Size(MB)
    — Petition Banner Extensions
    — Petition Banner max width
    — Petition Banner max height
  • Global Email Template
  • Header Image
  • Footer Text
  • Base colors and other email template colors
  • Admin Email Alert
  • New Sign Admin Email Alert
  • Email enable/disable
  • Email Subject, Template Heading, Template, Template Syntax for dynamic parsing
  • User Email Alert
  • New Sign User Email Alert
  • Sign Approve Email Alert
  • Email enable/disable
  • Email Subject, Template Heading, Template, Template Syntax for dynamic parsing
  • Tools
  • On Uninstall delete plugin data

Petition Signature

  • Backend Signature listing
  • Edit Signature, approve/unapprove signature
  • Delete Signature
  • Search Signature
  • User or guest both can sign
  • Guest signature needs First Name, Last Name and Email
  • Signature submit needs privacy confirmation in frontend

Our Core plugin is free and will always be free. To extends the petition features we have Pro addon called CBX Petition Pro Addon
Using the pro addon we have added some cool features like frontend petition submit and user dashboard with some more controls everywhere.

CBX Petition Pro Addon Features

Pro Addon Backend Setting

  • Who Can Create Petition – Role Selection(s)
  • Who Can Publish Petition – Role Selection(s)
  • Who Can Delete Own petition – Role Selection(s)
  • Maximum Petition Limit
  • Petition Per Page
  • User Front Dashboard Page – Page select dropdown
  • Admin Email Alert for Petition Approval
  • Enable/Disable and Email Template
  • User Email Alert for Petition Approval
  • Enable/Disable and Email Template
  • Send signature to petition recipients

Pro Addon Frontend and Other Features

  • Frontend Dashboard shorcode [cbxpetition_dashboard]
  • Frontend Petition listing
  • Frontend Petition Create with same backend features(Title, Description, Photos, Banner, Video, Letter, Recipients)
  • Frontend Petition Delete
  • Frontend Petition Edit
  • Frontend Per Petition Signature Listing
  • Role based control and access
  • Template/Theme override features like core for pro addon

Pro Addon Custom Integration

  • Gamipress
  • Uncanny Automator

Get the pro addon

Installation

  1. [WordPress has clear documentation about how to install a plugin].(https://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins)
  2. After install activate the plugin “CBX Petition” through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. You’ll now see a menu called “CBX Petition” in left menu, start from there, check the setting and documentation
  4. Use shortcode or widget or other custom features as you need.
  5. Try our pro and free addons for more extra features

Changelog

2.0.15

  • [new] New email template system
  • [new] Two new email templates
  • [new] On submit signature shows a message
  • [updated] Core plugin 2.0.15 released
  • [updated] Plugin check V2.0.0 coding standard compatible
  • [updated] WordPress 7.0 Compatible
  • [misc] Lots of ui/ux related improvement
  • [misc] Petition archive template improved

2.0.14

  • [updated] Misc changes
  • [updated] Pro Addon V2.0.9 released

2.0.13

  • [fixed] Plugin setting’s left menu hides in some cases(fixed)

2.0.12

  • [updated] WordPress Core 6.9 compatible
  • [updated] Plugin Check 1.8.0 compatible
  • [updated] Pro Addon 2.0.8 released
  • [improvement] Misc improvement

2.0.11

  • [improvement] Misc improvement
  • [updated] Pro Addon 2.0.7 released

2.0.10

  • [updated] Better pro addon compatibility checker
  • [updated] Misc changes

Full changelog on WordPress.org →

Screenshots

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FAQ

CBX Petition: quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 29, 2026

Is CBX Petition free?

Yes. CBX Petition is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Is CBX Petition safe to use in 2026?

CBX Petition works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. It runs on 70+ sites and was last updated 2 months ago, and scores 59/100 on our health check.

How many websites use CBX Petition?

CBX Petition is active on 70+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 5,161 times since it launched in September 2019. It was downloaded 138 times in the last 30 days.

Does CBX Petition work with WordPress 7.1?

CBX Petition is officially tested up to WordPress 7.0.6, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.

When was CBX Petition last updated?

The latest version, 2.0.15, was released on July 30, 2026 (2 months ago).

Who makes CBX Petition?

CBX Petition is developed and maintained by Sabuj Kundu.

What are the best alternatives to CBX Petition?

The most popular alternatives to CBX Petition are SpeakOut! Email Petitions (2K+ installs), Civist (900+ installs) and Petitioner (200+ installs).

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