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Survey Maker by AYS

Create free online surveys and get your visitors' feedbacks directly on your WordPress website with WordPress Survey Plugin

Active installs5K+5K+ tier
Downloads · 30d8.5K▲ +4.9% vs prev. 30d
Rating4.8/579 reviews
Health score81/100Excellent
All-time downloads691.4KSince Dec 2020
Support resolved1 / 425% in last 2 months
RequiresWP 4.0PHP 7.0+
Downloads · 7d2.8K▲ +12.2% week over week
Our verdict

Safe pick

Yes — Survey Maker by AYS is a safe, well-maintained plugin to use in 2026. It runs on 5K+ sites, is rated 4.8/5 and was last updated 5 days ago, and scores 81/100 on our health check.

  • Loved by users — 4.8/5 from 79 reviews
  • Actively developed — last update 5 days ago
  • Tested with the latest WordPress (7.1)

How does it stack up?

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

Daily downloads

3657311.1KJun 29Aug 12Sep 26
Yesterday97
Daily average (1y)342
Peak day1,809Mar 11, 2026
Last 12 months124.5K

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

Rankings

Where Survey Maker by AYS stands today

WordPress.org search rankings

Live position in the plugin search, top 100
KeywordPositionCompeting pluginsCategory
feedback #49 6,217 Best feedback plugins →
form >100 10,000 Best form plugins →
form builder >100 4,503 Best form builder plugins →
questionnaire #2 118 Best questionnaire plugins →
survey #4 874 Best survey plugins →

Version adoption

Share of active sites per release.

  • 5.289.2%
  • 5.19.0%
  • Other1.8%

Rating breakdown

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 from 79 reviews

  • 5★93.7%
  • 4★0.00%
  • 3★1.3%
  • 2★1.3%
  • 1★3.8%

About Survey Maker by AYS

From the official readme · v5.2.4.0

Description

WordPress Survey plugin

Survey Maker by AYS is a WordPress plug-in for creating surveys, questionnaires, and survey forms on your website. The plugin enables you to create your survey through the built-in survey builder with various question types and publishing through a shortcode.
It includes features like multi-page forms, conditional logic, survey analytics, and popup surveys, so you can collect feedback, gather insights, and analyze results without external survey tools.

Create a survey in 3 simple steps:

Create a survey within minutes with the help of our survey builder.
There is no need to know anything about coding; you can simply integrate the survey on your website with just a few clicks.

  1. Add questions / sections
  2. Customize settings / design
  3. Add shortcode to any post or page

Survey shortcode

[ays_survey id=’your survey id’]

Survey Builder Features

You can create surveys of any size with unlimited questions, sections, and surveys.
This means that you will be able to split your survey into multiple pages by simply dragging and dropping questions to different pages. So you can easily arrange questions and sections without any technical knowledge. You will be able to make the questions required, redirect visitors after form submission, and restrict survey submissions based on IP addresses, user roles, and the number of submissions.

Free Features

Survey Creation & Design

  • Unlimited Surveys
  • Unlimited Sections
  • Unlimited Questions
  • 14 question types
  • Question Image
  • Responsive design
  • Survey style options (20+)
  • Sections with different count of questions

Survey Behavior & Control

  • Randomize questions
  • Randomize answers
  • Result message
  • Redirect after submit
  • Popup Survey
  • Restriction by IP and User id
  • Only for logged in users

Responses & Results

  • Individual submission
  • Submissions summary

Pro Features

Advanced Surveys & Logic

  • All advanced question types (NPS, Matrix, Ranking, Slider, etc.)
  • Logic jump
  • Conditional Results
  • Conditional Mailing
  • URL parameters
  • Calculation
  • Conversational surveys
  • Multilingual Forms
  • Text To Speech
  • ChatGPT Integration

Integrations & Automation

  • Email notifications & configuration
  • Mailchimp, Slack, Zapier, Google Sheets, etc.
  • WooCommerce integration
  • Payment integrations (Stripe, PayPal)

Analytics, Control & Export

  • Results with charts
  • Export (CSV, PDF, etc.)
  • Submission exports
  • Schedule survey
  • Limit attempts
  • User roles & permissions
  • Password protection
  • User history

Didn’t find the feature you’re looking for in the Survey Maker plugin? You’re welcome to suggest a new feature.

Survey Demos (Free)

Survey Demos (Pro)

Design & Customization

There are more than 30 options for customizing the look of your survey to fit the theme of your website. The plugin has a number of built-in templates, and you have options to modify the colors, fonts, buttons, and other layout choices to ensure that the survey fits in with your website theme.
You can also control how questions and answers are displayed, which helps improve readability and makes the survey easier to complete.

20+ TYPES OF SURVEY QUESTIONS

The Survey Maker offers the most famous question types for creating successful questionnaires:

  • Radio
  • Checkbox
  • Dropdown
  • Paragraph
  • Short Text
  • Number
  • Yes or No
  • Date (Pro)
  • Time (Pro)
  • Date and Time (Pro)
  • Star Rating (Pro)
  • Ranking (Pro)
  • Linear Scale (Pro)
  • Matrix Scale (Pro)
  • Matrix Scale Checkbox (Pro)
  • Slider (Pro)
  • File Upload (Pro)
  • Star List (Pro)
  • Slider List (Pro)
  • Hidden (Pro)
  • HTML (Pro)
  • Phone (Pro)
  • Net Promoter Score (Pro)
  • Name field
  • Email field
    and many more are coming!

Survey with different question types – Demo

Survey Results & Analytics

You can view all survey submissions directly from your WordPress dashboard. The survey plugin gives you survey results along with their stats and charts so that you don’t have to analyze the surveys by looking at each and every response.
All data is stored in one place (in your database). The Pro version of the WordPress Survey plugin allows exporting of results so that you can utilize the data outside your website as well.

Conditional Logic (Pro)

You can have your surveys become much more flexible when using the features of Logic Jump and Conditional Results.

Logic Jump allows you to dictate the following question based on the respondents’ answers; this way, you can avoid unnecessary questions from popping up in your survey.

Conditional Results enable you to specify different results pages, email recipients, and redirects based on AND/OR conditions, giving you the ability to customize the results for each respondent.
The plugin also includes a Calculation feature, which allows you to create formulas based on user answers and display calculated results such as scores or estimated values.

Examples:

  • Price / quote calculator
  • Score-based surveys
  • Result calculation forms
  • Simple cost estimation
  • Service pricing survey

PRO | DEMO | DOCUMENTATION

Popup Survey

You can display your survey as a popup survey to increase visibility and collect more responses. The popup can be triggered on page load, on click, or on exit intent, determining when the user will get to see the popup.
You will have the ability to show the popup only once upon its response, as well as go for full-screen mode.

Anonymous Survey

Create an anonymous survey and allow users to submit responses without sharing personal information. This ensures that more accurate feedback especially for customer feedback, employee feedback, and internal surveys.

NPS Surveys (Pro)

Use Net Promoter Score (NPS) surveys for evaluating customer satisfaction and loyalty. These kinds of surveys are used to see how likely your product or service will be recommended by your clients.
Based on the responses, users are grouped into promoters, passives, and detractors, giving you a clear overview of your customer satisfaction.

Email Notifications & Integrations (Pro)

Set up email notifications to send survey responses to both the user and the admin. The email content can be customized, and you can include response data in a table format. Also, the administrator can create email summaries with results of surveys sent after predefined time intervals.
In addition, Survey Maker integrates with popular tools such as Mailchimp, Zapier, Google Sheets, Stripe, and PayPal, making it easier to manage data and connect your survey with other services.

Easy-To-Use | User-Friendly |

Not a tech person? No problem. The plugin is 100% beginner-friendly and no coding skills are required. You can easily create engaging and at the same time advanced forms that will fulfill all your needs. Also, this WordPress survey plugin is mobile-friendly, so your responders can take the quiz with all types of screens such as mobile devices or tablets. And, most importantly, our support care specialists are easily accessible and always happy to help you and answer any questions you might have!

For more detailed information please check the Documentation.

Don’t forget, in case of any problems or upcoming questions feel free to contact us via the following FREE SUPPORT FORUM.

Installation

There are two ways to install Survey maker: the easy way, when you install Survey maker from your WordPress dashboard, and the not so easy way, when you install it from WordPress.org.

  • 1.1 The easiest way to enjoy Survey Maker:
  • 1.1.1 Login to your WordPress dashboard
  • 1.1.2 Go to Plugins
  • 1.1.3 Add New
  • 1.1.4 Search for Survey maker
  • 1.1.5 Click to install
  • 1.2 The second way:
  • 1.2.1Download the zip file from https://wordpress.org/plugins/survey-maker/
  • 1.2.2 Go to Plugins
  • 1.2.3 Add New
  • 1.2.4 Upload plugin
  • 1.2.5 Choose file survey_maker.zip
  • 1.2.6 Click to install

  • 1.3 In order to install the Survey maker from WordPress.org you must unzip the archive and copy the survey-maker folder into your plugins folder (\wp-content\plugins).
    After one ofthis steps you can activate the plugin from the Plugins menu.
    Once activated configure any options as desired and you can enjoy our Survey maker.

Frequently asked questions

1. How to insert a survey into a post or page?

There are two ways of inserting the form – via shortcode or via block. In the first case, you should copy the shortcode of your own wp survey, go to the All Posts/All Pages section, click Add New(or go to existing post), and paste the shortcode there. Afterward, you should publish it and go to the generated link. The link will lead you directly to your test, and you will be able to view and take it. In the second case, you should click on the Add Block(+) button and type in a survey in the block search field. Then, click on the Survey Maker block, select your preferred test from the dropdown…

2. How many types of questions are there?

7 different types of questions are available in the free version. Those include Radio type with requires to choose only one correct answer, Checkbox allows to have more than one right answer choice, Dropdown, Paragraph, Short text, Number, Yes or No, plus E-Mail and Name fields. The Pro version provides extra 4 types such as Date, Star Rating, Linear Scale, Matrix Scale. You can create one-page or multi-page advanced questionnaires, gain data and measure customer satisfaction by adding the various types of questions offered by our plugin. Different types allow creating any kind of tests that…

3. How many surveys can I create?

You can make unlimited surveys and include as many questions as you want! Both Free and Premium users have the opportunity to create unlimited surveys with unlimited questions! Isn’t it amazing? Furthermore, no limitation exists on the number of participants of the questionnaires. Don’t lose your chance to try! Generate an unlimited number of forms for your website and analyze the information from your users with the help of pie charts and bar graphs. Did you know that you can also add photos both to the main questions and answer choices? With Survey Maker, you can make your questions…

4. Can I create a multi-step survey with the Free version?

You can! With the help of the plugin, you can create unlimited online tests with multi sections. Quick, easy, and reliable for creating surveys interesting and engaging to take. A drastic increase in conversion rate is guaranteed.

5. How do I make one question per page in Survey Maker?

To achieve that, you need to divide your survey into separate sections and write one question per section. If you want to drive more traffic and use it as a lead generator, then the plugin is perfect for your needs. It doesn’t require any coding to build your surveys, yet it is easy to customize.

6. How to create a survey form in WordPress?

This question is already an easy answerable one, thanks to the user guide. This WordPress free form plugin is a cheaper alternative to survey monkey. I am happy to inform you that you can easily create surveys forms and analyze the data with interactive reports. The best survey forms are waiting for you! So do not miss your chance to use the best free survey maker plugin!

7. Will I lose the data after upgrading to the Pro version?

Nope, you will not! All the data(surveys, settings, and submissions) of the plugin will remain unchanged even after switching to the Pro version. You don’t need to redo what you have already created with the free version. For further detailed instructions, please check out the upgrade guide of the plugin.

8. Where can I find survey statistics?

Survey statistics are available on the Submissions page. It consists of 4 different sections; Summary, Individual, Submissions, and Analytics. In the Summary section, you can observe finalized answers. Meanwhile, you can interpret results with graphs and charts. The Submissions section demonstrates all the submissions. In the Analytics section, you can see a graph displaying the submissions count per page and a chart illustrating the passed users by user role. Furthermore, you can export submissions. Survey Maker is a flexible WordPress plugin for questionnaire surveys. This free online…

9. Where can I find the summary report of my submissions?

To do that, please go to the Submissions page of the plugin. There you will find plenty of analysis tools. Want to analyze data from a test? The plugin is just what you needed. Collect user feedback and interpret them via reports, charts, and statistics.

10. How to transfer all surveys from one site to another?

Looking for an amazing and flexible plugin? You are in a right place! We have done our best to make the time of our customers more manageable. You can import and export your already created surveys from one website to another via JSON format. Great plugin, right?

11. Is there any documentation or user guide?

Sure, there is. You can find a quick user guide document on the official website. It includes a detailed user guide and an explanation about how to create a survey. You can find necessary information about the features offered by Survey Maker; question types, style options, logic jump, popup surveys, and so on. Survey Maker Free Demo and Pro Demo are available! You can test the samples to make sure of high quality and flexible design. Below the demo versions of surveys, you can find all the features listed for both the Pro and Free versions. By the way, subscribe to our YouTube channel if you…

12. Can I get support for the Survey Maker Free version?

We happily support our community. Our Support Care specialists are always ready to help you to use the product more efficiently. Though the plugin is easy to set up and use and has a simple interface, please feel free to reach out to us anytime when you have any concerns. The team may respond to your questions within 24 hours. For questions concerning the Free plugin please post it on the WordPress Support Forum, otherwise(pre-sale question/pro support), please contact us via this form. Excellent service is guaranteed!

13. How to add unlimited number of questions?

You must know that our plugin has no limits Survey Maker offers unlimited number of sections, questions and answers. However, if you came across to such problem, it is connected with your server. To solve that problem you must access to your cPanel, find your PHP values and enhance the number, and in case you are unable to do that yourself then contact your Hosting provider, so that they do the mentioned for you. max_input_vars 10000 max_execution_time 600 max_input_time 600 post_max_size 256M

Changelog

5.2.4.0 ( Sep 22, 2026 )

  • Added: Current Survey Page Title message variable on the general settings
  • Improved: Made some changes to the front-end
  • Tested: Compatible up to WordPress 7.1.1

5.2.3.9 ( Sep 15, 2026 )

  • Added: Survey Category Title message variable on the general settings
  • Improved: Made some changes to the admin dashboard

5.2.3.8 ( Sep 3, 2026 )

  • Added: Popup animation option for popup surveys
  • Improved: Made some changes to the admin dashboard
  • Updated: POT file

5.2.3.7 ( Aug 25, 2026 )

  • Added: Percentage option for popup survey height
  • Updated: POT file
  • Tested: Compatible up to WordPress 7.1

5.2.3.6 ( Aug 19, 2026 )

  • Added: Percentage option for popup survey width

5.2.3.5 ( Aug 06, 2026 )

  • Added: Menu badge style option in the General Settings page

Full changelog on WordPress.org →

Screenshots

WordPress Survey Plugin - front end test preview in action
WordPress Survey Plugin - front end test preview in action
WordPress Survey Plugin - dashboard survey settings preview in action
WordPress Survey Plugin - dashboard survey settings preview in action
WordPress Survey Plugin - questionnaire example with different question types
WordPress Survey Plugin - questionnaire example with different question types
WordPress Survey Plugin - questionnaire example with image
WordPress Survey Plugin - questionnaire example with image
WordPress Survey Plugin - survey dashboard
WordPress Survey Plugin - survey dashboard
WordPress Survey Plugin - survey style options
WordPress Survey Plugin - survey style options
WordPress Survey Plugin - form submissions summary with charts
WordPress Survey Plugin - form submissions summary with charts

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FAQ

Survey Maker by AYS: quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 27, 2026

Is Survey Maker by AYS free?

Yes. Survey Maker by AYS is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory. The developer also sells premium add-ons or a Pro version with extra features.

Is Survey Maker by AYS safe to use in 2026?

Yes — Survey Maker by AYS is a safe, well-maintained plugin to use in 2026. It runs on 5K+ sites, is rated 4.8/5 and was last updated 5 days ago, and scores 81/100 on our health check.

How many websites use Survey Maker by AYS?

Survey Maker by AYS is active on 5K+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 691,420 times since it launched in December 2020. It was downloaded 8,461 times in the last 30 days.

Does Survey Maker by AYS work with WordPress 7.1?

Yes. The developer has tested Survey Maker by AYS up to WordPress 7.1.2, the latest release. It requires WordPress 4.0 or newer.

What PHP version does Survey Maker by AYS need?

Survey Maker by AYS requires PHP 7.0 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.

When was Survey Maker by AYS last updated?

The latest version, 5.2.4.0, was released on September 22, 2026 (5 days ago).

Who makes Survey Maker by AYS?

Survey Maker by AYS is developed and maintained by Ays Pro.

What are the best alternatives to Survey Maker by AYS?

The most popular alternatives to Survey Maker by AYS are UserFeedback (200K+ installs), kk Star Ratings (70K+ installs) and SureFeedback Client Site (5K+ installs).

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