Quiz Cat
Evidence tier: live bench. Quiz Cat 3.1.1 was installed, activated and measured on the published WP Quiz Showcase subsite
https://wpqp.loca.zone/quizcat/. The coverage, runtime and signature observations below come from dated attempts on that site.
Identity and official links
- WordPress.org slug:
quiz-cat— Quiz Cat – WordPress Quiz Plugin - Author site: https://www.fatcatapps.com/quiz-cat/
- Class: Dedicated quiz plugin. Free tier is single-answer multiple choice only; Premium adds personality quizzes, weighted answers, email capture and analytics/reporting.
WordPress.org metrics (captured 2026-08-03)
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Version | 3.1.1 |
| Active installs | 4,000 |
| Rating | 94 / 100 (35 ratings) |
| Last updated | 2026-04-24 |
| Tested to | WordPress 7.0.2 |
| Requires WP | 4.0 |
| Requires PHP | (not stated) |
| Support threads | 1 / 1 resolved |
Source: WordPress.org Plugins API snapshot in showcase/evidence/wporg-snapshot.json.
Pricing and source
- Free tier: available from wordpress.org; covers basic multiple-choice knowledge quizzes.
- Premium: personality quizzes, weighted answers, email capture and analytics/reporting are Premium-gated. The free install deliberately did not enable paid code.
- Price note: The free core is
$0; Premium pricing was not captured because no licence was purchased. Vendor site is the authoritative source for current Premium pricing.
Standard Ten coverage (Q1–Q10)
Live coverage from showcase/evidence/coverage/quizcat.json:
| Question | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 | MCQ | ok |
| Q2 | MCQ | ok |
| Q3 | MCQ | ok |
| Q4 | MCQ | ok |
| Q5 | MCQ | ok |
| Q6 | MCQ | ok |
| Q7 | multiple-correct | unsupported |
| Q8 | true-false | unsupported |
| Q9 | fill-in | unsupported |
| Q10 | ordering | unsupported |
Quiz Cat Free natively authors single-answer multiple-choice questions only. The Core Six were created verbatim in the native editor and published with the shortcode [quiz-cat id="5"]. Q7–Q10 have no free-tier question editor, so they were not faked into the quiz and are recorded as unsupported.
Live benchmark result
- Benchmark URL: https://wpqp.loca.zone/quizcat/benchmark/
- Core-Six-only measurement URL: https://wpqp.loca.zone/quizcat/benchmark-core/
- Completion pass: yes. A full six-question attempt in Chromium rendered the canonical Q4 text (
What is the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere by volume?) and ended with the native resultYou got 3 out of 6and the result labelGrumpy Cat.
Runtime measurements
Captured on https://wpqp.loca.zone/quizcat/benchmark-core/ with cache disabled, logged out, networkidle2.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Total requests | 8 |
| JS files | 6 |
| JS transfer | 60,501 bytes |
| CSS files | 1 |
| CSS transfer | 2,686 bytes |
| Total transfer | 117,087 bytes |
| jQuery loaded | no |
| DOM nodes | 177 |
These numbers come from showcase/evidence/runtime-weight.json. Quiz Cat is lighter than the heaviest roster plugins but heavier than Forminator, HD Quiz, Chained Quiz and Watu on the same benchmark.
Signature feature walkthrough
- Signature URL: https://wpqp.loca.zone/quizcat/signature/
- Attempted signature: minimal personality quiz.
- Observed result: opening the native Personality Type editor (
quiz_type=pt) exposed the Premium upgrade path (Upgrade to Premium/Build Awesome Quizzes With Quiz Cat Premium). Personality quizzes, weighted answers, email capture and analytics/reporting are Premium-gated on the free install; no paid code or workaround was used.
Catches and caveats
- Very narrow free question model: only single-answer multiple choice is available without Premium. This makes it unsuitable for assessments that need multi-select, true/false, free-text or ordering questions.
- Personality and lead capture are paywalled: the signature marketing features are not present on the free tier.
- Small install base: 4,000 active installs and 35 ratings, the smallest of the live roster.
- No jQuery dependency: the front end is lightweight and modern; this is a strength for page-weight budgets.
Audit score
Weighted rubric total: 61.92 / 100 (showcase/evidence/audit-scores.json).
| Category | Score |
|---|---|
| Quiz depth | 5 / 10 |
| Author / learner UX | 8 / 10 |
| Logic, results and reporting | 5 / 10 |
| Integrations and data ownership | 4 / 10 |
| Value | 7 / 10 |
| Maintenance / trust (computed) | 8.28 / 10 |
Maintenance/trust breakdown: update recency 8, active-installs 4, rating 9.4, support resolution 10, tested compatibility 10.
Verdict
Quiz Cat is small and simple to drop into a page, but the free tier is intentionally thin. Use it for quick, single-answer multiple-choice engagement where low transfer weight matters more than question-type breadth, scoring depth or lead capture. For anything beyond basic MCQ—multi-select, fill-in, ordering, personality outcomes or analytics—expect to upgrade or choose a fuller roster plugin.