Title: Pinnion Plugin Author: michaelyerkovich Published: September 27, 2011 Last modified: June 19, 2013 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/pinnion/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=728559) 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. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/pinnion_91ae8c.svg) # Pinnion Plugin By [michaelyerkovich](https://profiles.wordpress.org/michaelyerkovich-1/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/pinnion.zip) * [Details](https://ido.wordpress.org/plugins/pinnion/#description) * [Reviews](https://ido.wordpress.org/plugins/pinnion/#reviews) * [Installation](https://ido.wordpress.org/plugins/pinnion/#installation) * [Development](https://ido.wordpress.org/plugins/pinnion/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pinnion/) ## Description #### Pinnions are easy to make and fun to take. Pinnion Plugin for WordPress is the ultimate plugin for including a survey, quiz, poll, or trivia anywhere in your blog or web site. Increase audience response and customer satisfaction by asking visitors to share their opinion using the Pinnion Plugin. Each Pinnion can also be embedded on non-WordPress websites, sent by email, posted to Twitter or Facebook, and distributed to the free Pinnion apps for [iPhone](http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pinnion/id429091480) and [Android](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.pinnion.survey). The results from all of these interfaces are viewable directly from within your WordPress account. #### Surveys Are you wondering how to write a survey for your blog? Pinnion makes it easy with our fill-in-the-blank survey templates. The Pinnion Plugin contains a survey widget that you can place into any sidebar on your site. You can also embed Pinnions directly into the body of any page or post. Choose different Pinnions for each location, one Pinnion for your entire blog, or mix them up. It.s easy to pick the Pinnion that you want to display for the [best customer experience. Learn more about how Pinnion is [redefining surveys . #### Polls Pinnion is free online software that you can use to create any type of poll, such as a small business poll or restaurant questionnaire. You’ll hear the voice of the customer by using [structured communication, which is the process of creating answer choices for each question. Customer responses to each question provide you with usable data that’s easy to view and analyze, so that you can make quick decisions based on clarity. #### Quizzes and Trivia for Fun or Education Add games to your blog or web site with the Pinnion Plugin. It’s a fun way to provide a better customer experience or increase your mobile audience response. Quiz and trivia questions are as simple to create as survey questions. Just indicate which answer choices are correct so that Pinnion can automatically calculate and display each person’s final score. Educators can use this feature to create quizzes for their students, and easily measure their understanding on a given topic. Question and answer orders can be randomized to prevent cheating. #### Pinnion Channels Channels make it easy to post your Pinnion web surveys and quizzes with a simple, one-time setup. Create a Channel in the Pinnion interface, and embed the Channel link in your site. You can create multiple channels to embed in different locations. When you want to publish a Pinnion simply select the Channel you want it to appear in. Use the release and closure settings to schedule a serise of Pinnions to appear on your site. [Learn more about Channels](http://www.pinnion.com/wordpress-plugin-help/) #### About Pinnion Pinnion is a proud supporter of the Seattle WordPress Meetup Group (WPSEA, sponsor Nov 2011 to Feb 2012). Please see [pinnion.com](http://www.pinnion.com/wordpress-plugin-help/) for more information about using the Pinnion Plugin for WordPress. Or, [contact us, [follow us, and [friend us to ask questions and keep up with the latest developments. ## Screenshots * [[ * Preview the content of your Pinnion as you create it with our survey preview module on the Send screen in the authoring flow. * [[ * Select a Pinnion to be inserted directly into your WordPress blog post or web page * [[ * Pinnion widgets are fully customizable in each of your sidebars. Choose which Pinnion or Channel to show and adjust the sizing to fit your site. * [[ * Results are tabulated automatically and viewable from within the Pinnion editor in WordPress. ## Installation This section describes how to install the plugin and get started with your first Pinnion. 1. Upload `pinnion.zip` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory. 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress. 3. In your web browser, create an account at [secure.pinnion.com](https://secure.pinnion.com). 4. Return to WordPress and locate Pinnion in the administration menu (left-side menu) 5. Click “Settings” and enter the credentials that you created in step 3 6. Click “Editor” and login with the same credentials. This is where you will create and edit your Pinnions. 7. Under Appearance > Widgets find the ‘Pinnion’ widget and drag it to the desired sidebar(s). 8. Use the dropdown menu to select the Pinnion or Channel that you wish to display. Change the height and width of the widget, if desired. 9. When editing a Post or Page with the Visual Editor, use the Insert Pinnion button to embed a Pinnion directly into the body of the post or page. 10. The same Pinnion(s) or Channel(s) displayed on your site can also be distributed to mobile users, email recipients, and social media followers. ## FAQ WordPress, Web, and Mobile **Is this only for my blog?** No. Pinnion is designed to work on any device, through many different distribution methods. Each Pinnion that you create can be: * Posted to your WordPress sidebars via the Pinnion widget * Embedded into any WordPress post or page via the Insert Pinnion button * Embedded into non-WordPress web pages via the iFrame embed code * Distributed through email, Facebook, Twitter, etc. via the Direct Link * Viewed in a mobile web browser via the Direct Link * Viewed on all smartphones via the Pinnion apps for iOS and Android, or from any web link thanks to our device auto detection technology. The responses that you receive from all of these sources are combined into a single set of results that can be viewed from within the plugin. **Can I login to my Pinnion account from outside of WordPress?** Yes, at [https://secure.pinnion.com](https://secure.pinnion.com). We recommend visiting this site first to create your account. Afterwards, you can choose to access your account via the WordPress plugin or directly via https://secure. pinnion.com. You will have the same experience and functionality either way. Creating Pinnions **I want to have an “other” option. How do I handle this?** This is possible to do by using the question branching (aka skip logic) capabilities of Pinnion: 1. Create an answer option for “Other” 2. Add Another Question and click “Advanced View” 3. Set “Prerequisite Responses” to “any” 4. Choose the prior question from the list and then check “Other” Anyone who answers the previous question with “Other” will be able to type in his/ her answer on this screen. Anyone who selected a different option will skip this screen and go on to the next question. **What question/answer types are available?** Pinnion has six basic layouts available: * Checkbox/Radio, ideal for answer options with lots of text. Single select questions automatically have Radio Buttons, while Multi-select questions show Checkboxes. * Buttons, both full width and in a narrower coulmn format. * Picker, Shown as a picker-wheel when a touch enabled device is detected, and as a drop-down when viewed on a computer with a mouse or trac-pad interface. * Sliding Scale, ideal for ratings, set as many points as you wish. * Open response, for situations when a typed response is necessary we support full- open, numeric only, URL entry, and Email entry types. * Image Select, simply click on, or touch an image to select. All answer types can be set as Required or Not Required. Checkboxes and Buttons can be set as Single Select or Multi-Select (with options for min and max answer selections). Images can be included for each Channel, Pinnion, Question, and Answer option. Channels **What is a Channel?** Channels are the main distribution and discovery method for Pinnions. You can create as many channels as you like and distribute each Pinnion to one or multiple channels. If you set-up the Pinnion Plugin to use a Channel instead of an individual Pinnion, then the plugin will always display the most-current Pinnion that has been assigned to that Channel. For instance, you might have one channel for your blog sidebar and another for the pages of your site. You could create some Pinnions that are only distributed to one channel or the other and some Pinnions that are distributed to both channels. * Users will need to have the name of your channel in order to take your Pinnions using the iOS or Android apps. Once they are subscribed to your Channel, they will be notified whenever a new Pinnion is available. * Each Channel also has its own webpage at * secure.pinnion.com/(channelname). **How do I distribute my Pinnion to a Channel?** Start by creating the Channels that you wish to have. You simply give your channel a name and decide whether or not a password should be required to join the Channel. Then, create a new Pinnion and author the questions and answers. Proceed to the Include tab, where you can select one or more Channels for the Pinnion. Finally, you’ll use the distribution tab to select the day and time for your Pinnion to be distributed, along with an expiration. The Pinnion will be distributed to the appropriate channels at the time that you indicate. View the [Pinnion resources](http://www.pinnion.com/help-and-resources/) page for more information. **When should I show the results to respondents?** The following options are available for displaying results to your respondents: * Do not display results * Display results only at the end (after the respondent has submitted his or her Pinnion) You may wish to suppress the results if your Pinnion deals with sensitive information or if you are simply trying to build suspense (say, at an event where you wish to announce all of the results at a later session). Showing results at the end of a Pinnion may be useful in “before-and-after” or pre-test/post-test scenarios. **How can I download results?** Results download is not available for free accounts. Contact us to learn more about how we can enable this feature for you. We offer many easy to use exports including CSV for use in Excel, and custom reports designed to suit your exact needs. Etc. **I’ve lost my password.** Visit our [reset password](https://secure.pinnion.com/pepl/resetPassword.php) page and enter your email address. A reset link will be emailed to you. Note: the password reset process will take place in your web browser, but outside of WordPress. **What is structured communication?** In a nutshell, it’s the process of creating a set of potential answers in order to ensure that the answers you receive are relevant and usable. If you blog about cats, structured communication will prevent your Pinnion results from containing requests to blog about Dalmatians. If your blog has 17,000 readers, structured communication will provide you with compiled answers that are easy to process, so you can quickly understand what your large and diverse audience is telling you. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Pinnion Plugin” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ michaelyerkovich ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/michaelyerkovich-1/) * [ Jordan Beaver (gehidore) ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gehidore/) * [ garygause ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/garygause/) * [ barryfuchs ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/barryfuchs/) [Translate “Pinnion Plugin” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/pinnion) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pinnion/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/pinnion/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/pinnion/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/pinnion/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 2.1.1 * Pinnion “P” logo now appears in the administration menu and visual editor * Updated confirmation messages in the settings menu #### 2.1 * **Completely redesigned and improved.** * Create and edit Pinnions from within WordPress. * Adjust height and width of Pinnion widget to fit your sidebar. * Embed Channels and Pinnions directly into posts. * Select individual Pinnions by name. * Select Channels by name (a channel key is no longer used or needed). #### 1.2 * new features. * bug fixes. #### 1.1 * bug fixes. #### 1.0 * Initial release. ## Meta * Version **2.1.1** * Last updated **13 years ago** * Active installations **20+** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pinnion/) * Tags * [poll](https://ido.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/poll/)[post survey](https://ido.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post-survey/) [quiz](https://ido.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/quiz/)[survey](https://ido.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/survey/) * [Advanced View](https://ido.wordpress.org/plugins/pinnion/advanced/) ## Ratings 2.2 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pinnion/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pinnion/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 1 3-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pinnion/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 1 2-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pinnion/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 3 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pinnion/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pinnion/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pinnion/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ michaelyerkovich ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/michaelyerkovich-1/) * [ Jordan Beaver (gehidore) ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gehidore/) * [ garygause ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/garygause/) * [ barryfuchs ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/barryfuchs/) ## Support Got something to say? 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