EMAIL PETITIONS

A Free WordPress Plugin

SpeakOut! is a powerful WordPress plugin that makes it easy to grow your email list and expand your network of supporters. Perfect for PACs, grassroots organizations, activists, think tanks, and campaign websites.

Complete the form below and a download link will be mailed to your email inbox. Get started…

A MUST-HAVE WORDPRESS PLUGIN

Petition functionality is a no-brainer for any organization looking to build a grassroots community

GROW YOUR EMAIL LIST
Email collection is an essential component of grassroots communications
EMHANCED DEMOGRAPHICS
Enhanced database fields can include age, gender, and political identification.
DATA EXPORT
Signatures are stored in the database and can be easily exported to CSV format.
ADVANCE YOUR CAUSE
Easily forward petitions to media contacts and key influencers

TRACK YOU GOALS
Set a goal for the number of signatures and watch as a progress bar tracks your efforts.
MOBILE COMPATIBILITY
A fully responsive design allows for maximum mobile compatibility
CONTEMPORARY DESIGN
A customizable minimalist design complements any website
SOCIAL SHARING
Expand your reach with Facebook and Twitter sharing

Start growing your list and building your grassroots network today. Download SpeakOut! and put the power of petitions to work.

FREE DOWNLOAD

TAKE IT FOR A TEST DRIVE

Try the demo petition below…

Take Action Now!

Why is America dependent on foreign oil? Because the politicians like it that way.

Senator Ted Cruz and Rep. Jim Bridenstine introduced the American Energy Renaissance Act to get the bureaucrats off our backs.

S. 2170 and H.R. 4286 will stop Obama and his cronies from putting their political agenda before our nation’s energy security.

Free energy markets will help hurting American families and pay down our national debt. It’s the right thing to do.

Send a message to Congress. Tell them to co-sponsor the American Energy Renaissance Act and put working Americans first. Click the “READ THE PETITION” link on the right to read the message to Congress.

Support Energy Freedom!

Dear Congressman,

Senator Ted Cruz and Rep. Jim Bridenstine are standing up for everyday Americans and our nation\'s future. They introduced S. 2170 and H.R. 4286 respectively, the American Energy Renaissance Act. Please support this important legislation.

For too long, bureaucrats and politicians have treated our energy security and our prosperity as bargaining chips for political gain. That\'s wrong, and un-American.

The American Energy Renaissance Act frees America from ridiculous and harmful regulations and frees our markets.

This legislation will make energy affordable for American families struggling in the Obama economy, help pay down our debt, and move us away from foreign oil.

I urge you to support this common sense legislation. Please co-sponsor it and advocate for its passage.

Sincerely,

Dear Congressman,

Senator Ted Cruz and Rep. Jim Bridenstine are standing up for everyday Americans and our nation's future. They introduced S. 2170 and H.R. 4286 respectively, the American Energy Renaissance Act. Please support this important legislation.

For too long, bureaucrats and politicians have treated our energy security and our prosperity as bargaining chips for political gain. That's wrong, and un-American.

The American Energy Renaissance Act frees America from ridiculous and harmful regulations and frees our markets.

This legislation will make energy affordable for American families struggling in the Obama economy, help pay down our debt, and move us away from foreign oil.

I urge you to support this common sense legislation. Please co-sponsor it and advocate for its passage.

Sincerely,

[signature]

YES! Keep me posted.

Sign Now

551 signatures

INSTALLATION and CONFIGURATION

Setup and configuration is easy! Be up and running in minutes.

INSTALLATION

Use the automatic installer. Or…

Download and unzip the the plugin zip file.
Upload the `speakout-email-petitions` folder to your `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
Activate SpeakOut! Email Petitions through the “Plugins” menu in the WordPress admin.

DESCRIPTION

SpeakOut! Email Petitions allows you to easily create petition forms on your site.

When visitors to your site submit the petition form, a copy of your message will be sent to the email address you specified e.g. your mayor. The petition message will be signed with the contact information provided by the form submitter. After signing the petition, visitors will have the option of sharing your petition page with their followers on Facebook or Twitter.

Signatures are stored in the database and can be easily exported to CSV format for further analysis. You may set a goal for the number of signatures you hope to collect and then watch as a progress bar tracks your petition’s advance toward it’s goal. Petitions may also be configured to stop accepting new signatures on a specified date.

This plugin is a fork of both the SpeakUp! plugin by Kreg Wallace and the SpeakOut! plugin by 123Host. Both are very solid plugins. The original plugin by Kreg Wallace served as an outstanding foundation but appears to have been abandoned. It hasn’t been updated in more than two years. The SpeakOut! plugin took things to the next level. It provided interface improvements, expansion of the feature set, and improvements to the code base. This version of the SpeakOut! plugin offers further improvements to the frontend interface and implements upgrades intended specifically for the activist community. Default activist fields now include checkboxes for important demographic data including age, gender, and political identification. While these fields are optional, they offer very valuable users insights when submitted. This standalone plugin webpage is intended to be used to further encourage PACs, grassroots organizations, activists, think tanks, and campaign websites to embrace the power of online petitions.

FAQs

How do I create a new petition

1. Select “Add New” from the “Email Petitions” menu.
2. Complete the “Add New Email Petition” form with the options you desire and save your petition by clicking the “Create Petition” button.
3. Enter the petition’s shortcode into any page or post where you want the petition form to appear. Example:

Support Energy Freedom!

Dear Congressman,

Senator Ted Cruz and Rep. Jim Bridenstine are standing up for everyday Americans and our nation\'s future. They introduced S. 2170 and H.R. 4286 respectively, the American Energy Renaissance Act. Please support this important legislation.

For too long, bureaucrats and politicians have treated our energy security and our prosperity as bargaining chips for political gain. That\'s wrong, and un-American.

The American Energy Renaissance Act frees America from ridiculous and harmful regulations and frees our markets.

This legislation will make energy affordable for American families struggling in the Obama economy, help pay down our debt, and move us away from foreign oil.

I urge you to support this common sense legislation. Please co-sponsor it and advocate for its passage.

Sincerely,

Dear Congressman,

Senator Ted Cruz and Rep. Jim Bridenstine are standing up for everyday Americans and our nation's future. They introduced S. 2170 and H.R. 4286 respectively, the American Energy Renaissance Act. Please support this important legislation.

For too long, bureaucrats and politicians have treated our energy security and our prosperity as bargaining chips for political gain. That's wrong, and un-American.

The American Energy Renaissance Act frees America from ridiculous and harmful regulations and frees our markets.

This legislation will make energy affordable for American families struggling in the Obama economy, help pay down our debt, and move us away from foreign oil.

I urge you to support this common sense legislation. Please co-sponsor it and advocate for its passage.

Sincerely,

[signature]

YES! Keep me posted.

Sign Now

551 signatures

Click here for a complete list of shortcode attributes

Can I display the petition as a widget?

Yes. Once you’ve created a petition, go to the Widgets screen and drag the “SpeakOut! Email Petitions” widget into a sidebar. In the widget’s options, enter a Title and a Call to Action and then select the petition you wish to display.

Why are some people not receiving the confirmation emails?

Some email services (like AOL, Hotmail, and a few others) do not accept mail sent from the PHP mail() function. So, people who sign your petition with an email address from one of these providers may not be able to receive a confirmation email. To get around this problem, try installing the WP Mail SMTP plugin which will redirect calls to the PHP mail() function through your webserver’s SMTP configuration.

How can I create a custom style for the petition form?

First, select “None” as your theme on the Settings screen. Then add a `petition.css` file to your theme folder. You can use the styles included in the plugin’s CSS folder as a starting point for your custom theme — just copy the contents of `theme-standard.css` or `theme-basic.css` into your `petition.css` file and make any modifications you desire.

Custom styles can also be created for the widget and signaturelists by adding petition-widget.css or petition-signaturelist.css to your theme and changing the theme for these items to “None”.

The First Name, Last Name or Email fields in the petition form display the name and email of the site administrator. What’s going on?

These fields are filled automatically for logged-in users. You are seeing the name and email info associated with your user account. Other users will see their own information in these fields. Or, if the user is not logged-in, the fields will be empty.

Can the petition message be sent to multiple email addresses?

Yes. In the Target Email field, simply enter a comma-separated list of email addresses.

Is there a way to confirm a user’s email address when they sign a petition?

Yes. Simply select “Confirm signatures” when creating a petition and a confirmation email will be sent to the address used to sign the petition. By clicking the link in the confirmation email, the signer can confirm their email address. The petition message will not be sent until the signer’s email address is confirmed.

Can I run a petition without having it send email?

Yes. when you create a new petition, simply select the checkbox labelled “Do not send email (only collect signatures)” at the top of the Petition box and email will not be sent out when the petition is signed.

Is there a way to publicly display the names of people who have signed my petition?

Yes, simply place the signaturelist shortcode wherever you want the list to appear in your post (be sure to set the `id` value to match the id number of your petition). Example:

Latest Signatures
551	john S.	Sep 14, 2024
550	swsw s.	Jun 17, 2024
549	Haingo R.	May 24, 2024
548	test t.	Apr 11, 2024
547	sadam a.	Apr 11, 2024
546	Ehsan A.	Mar 28, 2024
545	Luis B.	Mar 25, 2024
544	d d.	Mar 19, 2024
543	Dan s.	Feb 24, 2024
542	Enrique M.	Feb 07, 2024
541	ab d.	Jan 17, 2024
540	صلاح �.	Nov 04, 2023
539	Sumit K.	Sep 05, 2023
538	Rajahht A.	Jul 09, 2023
537	Jamie H.	Jun 09, 2023
536	jajat w.	May 19, 2023
535	bill t.	May 10, 2023
534	ישראלי �.	Apr 23, 2023
533	sD D.	Apr 10, 2023
532	fag a.	Mar 13, 2023
531	reilly t.	Feb 27, 2023
530	MICHAEL F.	Feb 24, 2023
529	Test T.	Jan 30, 2023
528	roy k.	Jan 17, 2023
527	Rodolfo H.	Dec 19, 2022
526	lina s.	Dec 19, 2022
525	John J.	Nov 25, 2022
524	hello w.	Oct 29, 2022
523	gdfgdfg g.	Oct 09, 2022
522	JORDAN M.	Oct 03, 2022
521	1 1.	Sep 16, 2022
520	Matt B.	Aug 17, 2022
519	Jesse B.	Aug 13, 2022
518	Justin B.	Jul 28, 2022
517	test t.	Jun 24, 2022
516	James B.	Jun 11, 2022
515	sdf s.	Jun 04, 2022
514	John C.	May 30, 2022
513	Laura S.	May 12, 2022
512	Mousa Z.	May 04, 2022
511	Sebastian C.	May 03, 2022
510	fgds s.	Apr 15, 2022
509	Миша �.	Apr 11, 2022
508	David F.	Feb 09, 2022
507	Tornike S.	Feb 08, 2022
506	Dirk H.	Jan 23, 2022
505	Timothy M.	Jan 16, 2022
504	qqds q.	Nov 05, 2021
503	dasd a.	Oct 12, 2021
502	trart t.	Oct 01, 2021
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Can I download a list of my petition’s signatures?

Yes. To download the signatures in CSV format, click the “Download as CSV” button at the top of the Signatures screen. If you do not see a “Download as CSV” button on this screen, you will first need to select your petition from the drop-down list.

I downloaded the CSV file, but when I open it in a spreadsheet application, the values aren’t in the correct columns. Can I fix this?

If the CSV file looks scrambled, try changing its filename extension from .csv to .txt and then re-opening it in your spreadsheet app. The columns should be arranged correctly. (If you wish to keep the .csv extension, once you’ve opened the .txt file, re-save it as a CSV from your spreadsheet app, which will structure the contents of the file in a version of the CSV format that it understands.)

Does this plugin come with a warranty or a “moneyback guarantee?

No. There are absolutely no warranties, expressed or implied, through the use of this plugin. Please test with your system. If it works and serves your purposes, great. If not, there are a variety of alternative methods and custom programming options you could deploy to meet your needs.