Quiz Maker Pro, from AYS Pro, is one of WordPress’s most capable assessment engines — a system that handles everything from personality quizzes and trivia to serious online examinations. The plugin’s structure maps to its licensing tiers (Business, Developer, Agency versions), and the Pro edition carries the features that make it examination-grade: question banking across types, timer and attempt controls, certificates, result reporting with detailed statistics, user-page dashboards, and the manual grading workflow that turns it into a true testing platform. Related reading: our full LMS platform alternative overview covers the adjacent workflow.
The current 21.8.x line shows an assessment platform maturing: manual grading arrived mid-2026 with pending-review states, question-point editing in the detailed report, and finalization workflows that gate result emails, certificates, and integrations until a human grades the open answers. Version 21.8.7 added Ranking and Dropdown Fill-in-the-Blanks question types with drag-and-drop answer ordering, import/export support, and average-answer-position statistics. For training companies, certification programs, and educational sites that need testing infrastructure — not just marketing quizzes — this is the heavyweight option.
Competitive Features
Manual grading workflow (21.8.6+). Open-answer questions route through pending-review states with author notifications; results finalize only after human grading, and emails, certificates, and integrations fire after finalization — the gating that assessment integrity requires.
Ranking question type (21.8.7). Drag-and-drop answer ordering with average-answer-position statistics, import/export, and support across results, reports, shortcodes, and analytics.
Multiple professional question types. Radio, checkbox, dropdown, text, number, date, fill-in-the-blanks (including the new dropdown variant), ranking — with images, HTML answers, and per-question weights.
Certificates and PDF results. Certificates on passing with action buttons in the detailed report; PDF result emails as attachments, with guest-user and formatting fixes in the current line.
Detailed statistics. Per-question analytics, leaderboards with filtering, passed-users-count shortcodes with date-interval filtering, and In Review result columns.
Anti-cheat session controls. Multiple active quiz sessions per user prevented, resume handling per question type, and progression validation fixes in the current line.
Key Features
- Quiz navigation options — placement inside/outside the quiz, scrollable navigation bars, mobile layout improvements.
- Result delivery options — choose how results deliver: on-screen, email, or PDF attachment.
- Save and resume — with checkbox-type handling fixed in 21.8.5.
- Coupon support — coupons attachable to quizzes and deletable (21.8.4).
- Mailchimp integration — with existing-contact tagging improvements.
- XLSX/CSV import — with formula-calculation edge cases fixed.
- Compatibility — tested to WordPress 7.0.4 and PHP 8.5+.
Comparison with Competitors
Quiz Maker Pro vs Masteriyo Pro
An assessment engine versus a full LMS platform — they answer different questions.
| Quiz Maker Pro | Masteriyo Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Core job | Quizzes, exams, assessments | Complete course platform |
| Grading | Manual + automated workflows | Course completion logic |
| Certificates | Quiz-level | Course-level |
| Course structure | No | Full LMS |
| Best for | Testing and certification flows | Selling and running courses |
Certification programs that only need testing run Quiz Maker; full course businesses need the Masteriyo Pro platform around it.
Quiz Maker Pro vs LearnPress Razorpay Payment
Complementary layers for the education stack: assessment versus payment.
| Quiz Maker Pro | LearnPress Razorpay | |
|---|---|---|
| Role | Assessment engine | Payment gateway bridge |
| Delivers | Quizzes, exams, certificates | Paid course checkout |
| Together | Test who learned, then sell it | — |
Indian education businesses pair assessment tooling with the Razorpay payment layer on their LMS of choice.
Recommended Stack: quiz completions are high-intent lead events — an email automation layer such as FunnelKit Automations Pro can follow quiz results with segment-appropriate sequences (pass: next steps; fail: retake encouragement).
Official Changelog
Version 21.8.4
Release Date: February 12, 2026
- Added: result sending method option (how quiz results are delivered); quiz results as PDF email attachments; coupon deletion from quizzes
- Improved: certificate action buttons UI; reduced database usage for quiz reports; multiple active sessions per user prevented; Mailchimp existing-contact tagging
Frequently Asked Questions
What does the Pro edition add over the free Quiz Maker?
The Business/Developer/Agency tiers add manual grading, certificates, advanced question types (ranking, fill-in-the-blanks variants), result reporting depth, user-page dashboards, export/import tooling, and the integrations stack — the examination-grade layer. The free core covers basic quiz building.
Can I grade open answers manually?
Yes — the manual grading workflow (shipped through 21.8.6/21.8.7) routes results through pending-review states, notifies the quiz author, and lets graders edit question points in the detailed report before finalizing. Result emails, certificates, and integrations only fire after finalization.
Which question types are supported?
Radio, checkbox, dropdown, text, number, date, fill-in-the-blanks (classic and the new dropdown variant), and ranking with drag-and-drop ordering — with images and HTML answers supported across types, and ranking including average-answer-position statistics.
Can it prevent cheating on exams?
The anti-cheat tooling includes preventing multiple simultaneous sessions per user, controlled resume behavior, progression validation, and result-delivery options that keep answers off-screen until submission. For high-stakes exams, combine with timed attempts and question banking.
Does it generate certificates?
Yes — certificates issue on passing, with action buttons in the detailed report popup and PDF result emails as attachments. The 21.8.5 line fixed certificate generation for Norwegian characters and blank-PDF edge cases.
Is it compatible with current WordPress and PHP?
Yes — the 21.8.x line tests against WordPress 7.0.4 and PHP 8.5+, with XLSX import formula issues and session-validation edge cases fixed along the way.
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