HEXAM vs WpCues Basic Quiz

HEXAM is a fast, secure and modern quiz and exam plugin for WordPress. Build engaging quizzes, graded exams, knowledge checks, surveys and online assessments in minutes — then drop them into any page or post with a block or shortcode. Whether you run an e-learning site, a membership community, a school or a corporate training portal, HEXAM gives you a professional quiz experience with zero configuration headaches. Version 2.0 is a complete, ground-up rewrite: a beautiful mobile-friendly frontend, a drag-and-drop question builder, real question types, scheduling, enrolment control, live scoring and per-quiz statistics — all following current WordPress security and coding best practices. Why choose HEXAM? Question bank — a central, reusable question library (with draft/pending/private/publish statuses and tags) that feeds any quiz. Add from bank & forking — drop bank questions into a quiz as read-only linked copies that stay in sync with the bank, or fork them into local, editable questions with one click. AI question generation (WordPress 7.0+) — describe the questions you need and let the WordPress AI Client draft them: straight into the quiz editor, or into the question bank as drafts for review. Works with any provider configured under Settings → Connectors. Modern quiz UI/UX — clean, responsive, accessible quizzes that look great on any device and adapt to light or dark mode. Drag-and-drop quiz builder — reorder questions by dragging, add or remove answers instantly, no page reloads. Real question types — single choice (radio), multiple choice (checkboxes) and open text answers. Two display modes — show every question in one list, or present them one-by-one as slides with a progress bar. Scheduling — set a start date (with a friendly “not started yet” notice) and a deadline for each quiz. Enrolment control — make a quiz public, restrict it to specific user roles, or limit it to named individual users. Automatic scoring — instant grading with an optional passing percentage, pass/fail messaging and a score meter. Negative marking (penalty for wrong answers) — optionally deduct a configurable percentage of a question’s points for each wrong answer (default 25%), just like real certification and competitive exams. Unanswered questions are never penalised, so guessing carries a genuine risk. Statistics dashboard — attempts, average score, best score, pass counts and every individual submission per quiz. Images in questions & answers — insert pictures straight from the WordPress media library into any question or answer option, with a live preview while you build. Gutenberg block + shortcode — insert any quiz with the “Hexam Quiz” block or the classic [hexam id=1] shortcode. CSV import with column mapping — bulk-create quizzes from a spreadsheet and map your own column names. Fully translatable (i18n) — every string is translation-ready, and every on-screen message is customisable per quiz. Secure by design — nonces, capability checks, prepared statements, and full input sanitisation / output escaping throughout. Safe upgrades — existing 1.x installs are automatically migrated to the new database structure on activation. Perfect for Online courses and e-learning (LMS-style knowledge checks) Schools, teachers and students Employee training and onboarding assessments Membership sites and communities Lead-generation quizzes and marketing Certification and practice exams Coming soon We are actively building the next generation of HEXAM. On the roadmap: Payment paywalls — sell access to premium quizzes and certification exams, with per-quiz pricing and coupons. Certificates — auto-issue downloadable PDF certificates when a learner passes. Randomised question subsets — draw a random subset of bank questions per attempt. Timed exams — countdown timers with auto-submit. Detailed analytics & CSV export — per-question breakdowns and exportable reports.

The plugin tries to approach creating quiz, grading it and issuing certificate,badges and assign levels in the best possible and efficient manner. Features Create quiz with multimedia rich content. Add mathematical formulas and symbols easily. You can use latex or mathml. The math symbols will be displayed with the help of mathjax. Categorize your quizzes and questions in custom categories. Randomize Questions and answers Multiple type of Questions such as single /multiple choice, sorting, fill the gaps, true false, open ended, Matching column Award partial marking in question having multiple correct answer Assign Grades on the basis of point scored or percentage of correct answers replied. Issue different html / pdf certificate on the basis of grade. Configure final result screen with multiple template variables. Easily add Social share button or show report on the final result screen. Add Google Recaptcha to your quiz Create great leaderboards of different types and show them using shortcode. Create bar, line and pie chart and include anywhere using shortcode. Award Mozilla open badges and assign different levels to your users. Detailed statistics related to your quizzes Sell your quizzes using Stripe. Email notification to user / admin / editor (quiz creator) when someone takes quiz /attains new level /get issued new badge. PDF Certificates To show pdf certificates, you need mpdf library . You can download it from official mpdf repository. Place it inside ‘lib’ subfolder inside public folder and you are ready to publish stylish pdf certificate to your users. The reason that I have not included that library by default is because of it’s size (53 MB) as it can cause some unforseen problem while plugin activation hampering basic usage. Online Demo Feel free to check the live demo here. userid : demo password : wpcuestrial123!