Rating: 1 star

stay clear of this plugin, the developer sold it and no longer supports it.

Rating: 3 stars

It’s a good plugin, but I’d wish Paul would update it. There are some events (ie. adding avatar+updating profile information) that no longer works with the current version of WordPress and Buddypress.

It’s still working though. It’s just not fully functional.

Rating: 5 stars

it’s a nice plugin verry usefull thx man ??

Rating: 5 stars

All those people complaining and giving 1 star are just plain dumbs. No offence, but simply because you can’t figure it out in two seconds doesn’t mean this plugin sucks. It’s a gold mine, you just can’t see it.

For translation just download Poedit, translate the pot file, add the language sufix -de_DE or -fr_FR (ex. dpa-de_DE.pot) then put the files in wp-content/language/plugins. Change the one star review to five, you dumb morons. Because people like you developers quit updating plugins.

Paul, you should add to FAQ how easy is to translate the plugin, as i see most of complains are about translation plus few other frequently asked questions. I’m guessing this will avoid many one star reviews. And… add a banner? ??

Don’t give up on this awesome plugin!
Cheers!

Rating: 4 stars

Plugin is great, if you know a lot about PHP it can do everything you need, out of the box many features are missing. The author has commented that he would like to add them but there have not been any updates, nor is the support community very active

Rating: 4 stars

Translations are working very well, I think people just don’t know how to use it.
The plugin was working perfectly until now with WP 4.0, so I hope there will be an update. (see my post in support forum)
The best and free achievements plugin out there, just missing some option (example: creating giveaways) to spend karma points on ??

Rating: 5 stars

Works wonderfully for my gamification needs. It does exactly what it claims and is extremely flexible.

Rating: 5 stars

Nice little way to get members to participate.

Rating: 5 stars

Love this plugin. The author also replies in time to questions and helps with advices. For a free plugin not taken for granted.

Rating: 5 stars

great for every comunity

Rating: 5 stars

Really good plugin, very easy to use. Also has a support forum where the author is serious about answering every question, which is much appreciated. Definitely recommend it to everyone who wants to apply gamification techniques in their websites or blogs.

Also, if ideas or wishlist are accepted, I would like to propose a new feature for this plugin: Rankigs or user levels depending on karma points, maybe accompanied by a progress bar that shows how much remains to reach the next level, that would be fantastic. Something similar to the system used in google forums.

So thank you very much for this plugin.

MK

Rating: 3 stars

After playing around with this plugin since one of the earliest versions, i believe i can now write a balanced review. Let me start by saying that my 3 star rating is meant for what i consider the average wordpress user. Add one star if you have a firm grasp of wordpress/css. Add another if you are a veteran php coder.

Identity

WordPress achievements offers a lot (and i do mean a lot!) of functions to offer your users rewards for nearly anything they do on your site. Is this a good thing? In general…yes. The downside is that the plugin often feels like it’s struggling to decide on it’s target audience. Is it meant for e-learning? Is it a loyalty reward system? Well, it’s a little bit of both and master of neither.

Buddypress

The plugin was originaly designed around use with buddypress. After the 3.0 update/rebuild it will now also function without. One thing missing from the new versions is the ability to reward users based on activity in specific groups. From a loyalty reward perspective this is not a big deal, but it cripples it’s purpose for e-learning environments. It is also about the only thing missing, so if you don’t need it and use buddypress you will be happy with the plugin.

Without Buddypress

Without Buddypress a few functions will likely feel missing, foremost the lack of ability to view the achievements of other users (or even your own without the wordpress admin bar, although this is easily fixed with a minor code change). Users like to show of their earned rewards…and they can’t.

Support

Support is fast and good (if sometimes touchy) and the plugin is unlikely to be deserted. A lot of support issues actualy deal with customization (which is sometimes neccecary to implement funtions that should be present in the plugin to start with), and Paul is always willing to point users in the right direction. That direction often requires a hefty amount of coding knowledge on the side of the user.

Style

Out of the box the plugin looks ok (not great). It will require some styling to fit your site. This styling will need to be done in css, the plugin does not provide dashboard styling options.

Is it for you?

Well, that’s a tough one to asnwer. If you need something that works out of the box and is easy to style/customize…no, it’s not for you. If you need a robust framework that can do nearly anything(and you are willing to learn coding / hire someone else to do it)…yes, this plugin is for you (don’t look any further, you will find none better).

If you are coming from a customer/user reward perspective…maybe, it will suffice (but there are other specialist plugins to consider). If you are coming from an online learning perspective…another maybe (you will find a lot of needed functionality missing without complex customization, but there are no real alternatives for use with wordpress).

Final thoughts; personal experience

My personal experience with the plugin has been bitter-sweet and outright frustrating. It places my very ideal of a wordpress based learning environment at my fingertips…but due to the believe of the plugin’s author places in the technical emancipation of it’s users the realisation of my vision continues to linger just outside my reach.

Rating: 1 star

no hi ha traducció possible
no hi ha prou característiques

Rating: 1 star

Demasiado puede de funcionalidades, bugs, ninguna traducción posible.

Rating: 1 star

Can feature

Not listening, can very functionality.
No translation language

Rating: 1 star

pas de fonctionnalités ou très peux.
Pas de traduction possible

Rating: 1 star

no possible translation.
not work with Buddystream. No connection to Facebook.

Rating: 1 star

French translation impossible. Much less functions than before.

Rating: 4 stars

Paul has done some excellent work with this plugin. Lots of forethought and best practices make this plugin extremely versatile and easy to extend in your child theme!

Rating: 5 stars

After searching exhaustively for a decent achievement plugin, I landed on Achievements for WordPress. It is clean and easy to use. Within a few minutes I was customizing achievements for my site. I love it.

Rating: 5 stars

Best plugin for gamifying wordpress!

Rating: 5 stars

I use this plugin for status badges, shows on profiles, no problem.

This plugin works very well on my site, and is very easy to customize. I just wish I could integrate it with CubePoints since I am using BuddyPress. It would make the points awarded with achievements mean so much more. Otherwise, amazing plugin!!