Lottery Results
The widget automatically gets updated results every 6 hours, then they are stored in your website for very fast load times.
Consider an alternative
Lottery Results shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 80+ sites and was last updated 12 years ago, and scores 25/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (80+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 12 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.0 (latest is 7.1)
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Lottery Results stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| lottery | #31 |
| lottery results | #19 |
| lottery winners | #7 |
| lotto | #8 |
| powerball | #2 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
About Lottery Results
From the official readme · v1.0Description
The official Lottery Results page is the place for support & additional information
Show lottery results on your website.
View results from all 43 states with lotteries
- Choose which games you want to display
- Choose from different lotto results layouts
- Embed results in your content using the
[lottery]shortcode.
The widget automatically gets updated results every 6 hours, then they are stored in your website for very fast load times.
Get results the most popular lottery games:
- Powerball
- Mega Millions
- Megabucks
- Hot Lotto
- Wild Card
- Win for Life
- Pick 3 / Pick 4
- 2By2
- Win 4
- Sweet Millions
- Cash 5
Installation
- Upload plugin files to your plugins folder, or install using WordPress’ built-in Add New Plugin installer
- Activate the plugin
- Go to the widgets page (Appearance > Widgets)
- Drag the Lottery Results widget to a sidebar.
- Choose a state from the dropdown, save the widget
- Check boxes next to each game you would like to appear in the widget
- Choose the style of the lotto results
- Save the widget again
- If you want the form to be embedded in content, instead of shown in the sidebar, check the checkbox for “Do not display widget in sidebar”, then follow the instructions for inserting the shortcode into your content where you would like the form to be displayed.
Using the lottery shortcode
[lottery state="CO" games="1,2,3" style="numbers" title="Colorado Lottery" link=true]
state– The two letter state abbreviationgames– If you don’t enter this, all games in the state will be displayed. If you configure the widget, you’ll see “ID = #” next to each game. These numbers should be used. You can enter one game (games="1") or multiple, separated by a comma (as shown above).style– Three options exist:balls(yellow, red and green lottery balls with text numbers),numbers(circles with a gray border and images of numbers), orplain(simple text numbers; able to be styled using your own CSS). Default:ballslink– Show a link to plugin page. To turn off, addlink="false"orlink="0"to thelotteryshortcode. Default: true
Screenshots
For developers
Is this your plugin? Show off the numbers.
Add a live badge to your site, docs or GitHub README. It updates on its own — no account needed.
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FAQ
Lottery Results: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 3, 2026
Is Lottery Results free?
Yes. Lottery Results is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Lottery Results safe to use in 2026?
Lottery Results shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 80+ sites and was last updated 12 years ago, and scores 25/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Lottery Results?
Lottery Results is active on 80+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 6,973 times since it launched in November 2010. It was downloaded 78 times in the last 30 days.
Does Lottery Results work with WordPress 7.1?
Lottery Results is officially tested up to WordPress 4.0.38, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Lottery Results last updated?
The latest version, 1.0, was released on September 5, 2014 (12 years ago).
Who makes Lottery Results?
Lottery Results is developed and maintained by Zack Katz.
What are the best alternatives to Lottery Results?
The most popular alternatives to Lottery Results are Raffle Play Woocommerce (700+ installs), Raffle for WooCommerce (100+ installs) and Sonic KQXS (40+ installs).
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