Mike Potter

Testimonials Manager provides a comprehensive solution for managing and displaying client testimonials and reviews on your WordPress site with proper SEO-compliant structured data.
<h4>Free Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Custom Post Type – Dedicated testimonial post type with full WordPress integration</li>
<li>Structured Data – Google-compliant JSON-LD schema markup for reviews</li>
<li>Flexible Shortcodes – Display testimonials anywhere with customizable filters</li>
<li>Admin Interface – Intuitive management with custom columns and filters</li>
<li>CSV Import/Export – Bulk import/export testimonials for easy migration</li>
<li>Settings Page – Configure business details and display options</li>
<li>Two Layouts – List and Grid layouts included</li>
<li>SEO Compliant – Follows Google’s review markup guidelines</li>
<li>Performance – Built-in caching with WordPress transients</li>
<li>Accessibility – WCAG 2.1 AA compliant with proper ARIA labels</li>
<li>Categories & Tags – Organize testimonials by practice area or topic</li>
<li>Rating System – 1-5 star ratings with visual display</li>
<li>Source Attribution – Link back to original reviews (Google, Yelp, etc.)</li>
<li>Owner Responses – Add responses to reviews</li>
</ul>
<h4>Pro Features (Upgrade)</h4>
Upgrade to Testimonials Manager Pro for advanced features:
<ul>
<li>⭐ Auto-Insert Reviews by Category – Automatically insert category-matched reviews into posts (e.g., show “Workers Compensation” reviews on workers comp posts)</li>
<li>⭐ Google Reviews Import – Automatically import reviews from Google Business Profile with API integration</li>
<li>⭐ 5 Premium Layouts – Cards (Trustindex style), Modern Grid (Yelp style), Slider/Carousel, Compact, Masonry</li>
<li>⭐ Featured Review Shortcode – Highlight your best reviews with <code>[bztm_featured_review]</code></li>
<li>⭐ Review Stats Badge – Display overall rating and count with <code>[bztm_review_stats]</code></li>
<li>⭐ Scheduled Updates – Automatic review updates from Google (daily/weekly/monthly)</li>
<li>⭐ Smart Positioning – Insert reviews after intro, before conclusion, or custom positions</li>
<li>⭐ Priority Support – Get help when you need it</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://bizetools.com/testimonials-manager-pro" rel="nofollow ugc">Upgrade to Pro →</a>
<h4>Shortcodes</h4>
Display Multiple Reviews (List): 
 [bztm_reviews count=”8″ min_rating=”4″]
Display as Grid: 
 [bztm_reviews count=”8″ min_rating=”4″ layout=”grid”]
Display Single Review: 
 [bztm_testimonial id=”123″]
Filter by Category: 
 [bztm_reviews cat=”workers-compensation” count=”6″]
Pro Shortcodes (Requires Upgrade): 
 [bztm_featured_review id=”123″] – Highlight a single review 
 [bztm_review_stats] – Display overall rating badge 
 [bztm_reviews layout=”slider”] – Carousel layout 
 [bztm_reviews layout=”cards”] – Horizontal scrolling cards
<h4>Available Attributes</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>count</code> – Number of reviews to display (default: 8)</li>
<li><code>min_rating</code> – Minimum rating to show (1-5, default: 1)</li>
<li><code>layout</code> – Display layout: “list” or “grid” (default: list) – Pro: “slider”, “cards”, “modern-grid”, “compact”, “masonry”</li>
<li><code>cat</code> – Filter by category slug</li>
<li><code>tag</code> – Filter by tag slug</li>
<li><code>source</code> – Filter by source (e.g., “Google Reviews”)</li>
<li><code>orderby</code> – Sort by: “date”, “rating”, or “title” (default: date)</li>
<li><code>order</code> – Sort order: “DESC” or “ASC” (default: DESC)</li>
<li><code>show_owner_response</code> – Show owner responses: “true” or “false” (default: false)</li>
<li><code>aggregate</code> – Show aggregate rating: “true” or “false” (default: true)</li>
</ul>
<h4>SEO & Compliance</h4>
This plugin follows Google’s structured data guidelines:
<ul>
<li>Self-Serving Review Policy – Reviews about your own business on your own domain will not show star snippets in search results (Google policy)</li>
<li>Truthful Attribution – Always displays source and links to original reviews</li>
<li>Parity Rule – Structured data matches exactly what’s visible on the page</li>
<li>Proper Schema – Uses LocalBusiness, Organization, or LegalService schema types</li>
</ul>
<h4>Developer Friendly</h4>
Includes filters and actions for customization:
<ul>
<li><code>bztm_reviews_query_args</code> – Modify WP_Query arguments</li>
<li><code>bztm_reviews_business_schema</code> – Alter business JSON-LD</li>
<li><code>bztm_reviews_review_schema</code> – Alter per-review JSON-LD</li>
<li><code>bztm_reviews_html_card</code> – Override HTML card output</li>
<li><code>bztm_reviews_can_emit_schema</code> – Gate output of JSON-LD</li>
</ul>
<h3>Developer Notes</h3>
<h4>File Structure</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>testimonials-manager.php</code> – Main plugin file</li>
<li><code>inc/class-cpt.php</code> – Custom post type registration</li>
<li><code>inc/class-meta.php</code> – Meta fields handling</li>
<li><code>inc/class-admin-columns.php</code> – Admin list table customization</li>
<li><code>inc/class-settings.php</code> – Settings page</li>
<li><code>inc/class-schema.php</code> – JSON-LD schema builders</li>
<li><code>inc/class-shortcode.php</code> – Shortcode handlers</li>
<li><code>inc/class-import.php</code> – CSV import functionality</li>
<li><code>inc/helpers.php</code> – Helper functions</li>
<li><code>assets/testimonials.css</code> – Frontend styles</li>
</ul>
<h4>Coding Standards</h4>
This plugin follows WordPress Coding Standards (WPCS) and includes:
<ul>
<li>Proper sanitization and escaping</li>
<li>Nonce verification for forms</li>
<li>Prepared statements for database queries</li>
<li>Translation-ready strings</li>
<li>Accessibility features</li>
<li>Performance optimization</li>
</ul>
<h4>Support</h4>
For support and customization inquiries, contact Mike Potter at Bizetools. 
Website: https://bizetools.com

Bizetools Testimonials Manager

Professional testimonials and reviews manager with Google-compliant structured data, beautiful layouts, and easy-to-use shortcodes.

Steve Grunwell

Structured data allows developers and publishers to mark up content in a way that it’s easy for machines to understand. Proper use of structured data <a href="https://developers.google.com/search/docs/guides/intro-structured-data" rel="nofollow ugc">enables third-parties like Google to parse reviews, event data, and contact information in meaningful ways</a>, ensuring you’re getting the most “bang” out of your publishing buck.
Fortunately, the major players in the Search game, including Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, and Yandex) came together in the early 2010s to form <a href="http://schema.org/docs/about.html" rel="nofollow ugc">Schema.org</a>, a collaborative, community-driven standard for structured data.
With the major search engines and communities behind it, we’re all marking up everything with appropriate structured data now, right?
Unfortunately, the process of implementing Schema.org in a site — especially one driven by dynamic content — is less than straightforward. <a href="https://wordpress.org" rel="ugc">WordPress</a>, for instance, <a href="https://ma.tt/2015/11/seventy-five-to-go/" rel="nofollow ugc">powers roughly a quarter of the web</a>, but implementing structured data across hundreds of thousands of themes would be a nightmare.
Or, at least it would be, if it weren’t for Schemify.
<h4>What does Schemify do?</h4>
There are two approaches to adding structured data to a website: via the markup or <a href="http://json-ld.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">JSON for Linking Data (JSON-LD)</a>.
Consider the following author information, which might appear at the bottom of a blog post:
<pre><code> 
 
 <a href="https://stevegrunwell.com" rel="author nofollow ugc">Steve Grunwell</a>
 Steve is the Director of Technology at Growella. When he's not working, you can find him speaking at conferences, roasting coffee, or spending time with his wife and daughter
 
</code></pre>
If I wanted this information to use Schema.org markup, it would look something like this:
<pre><code> 
 
 <a href="https://stevegrunwell.com" rel="author nofollow ugc">Steve Grunwell</a>
 Steve is the Director of Technology at Growella. When he's not working, you can find him speaking at conferences, roasting coffee, or spending time with his wife and daughter
 
</code></pre>
While that may not seem like a lot of work, that’s still a lot of extra markup being added. Even worse, a lot of that markup might normally be generated by WordPress helper functions like <a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_avatar/" rel="nofollow ugc"><code>get_avatar()</code></a>, which means extra work to get the necessary <code>itemprop</code> attribute in place.
Fortunately, the other approach for adding structured data is much more straight-forward in a theme, as it’s simply a JSON-LD object:
<pre><code> 
 {
 "@context": "http://schema.org",
 "@type": "Person",
 "name": "Steve Grunwell",
 "url": "https://stevegrunwell.com",
 "image": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/88ea4e10ed968136228545d7112d82cb?s=200",
 "description": "Steve is the Director of Technology at Growella. When he's not working, you can find him speaking at conferences, roasting coffee, or spending time with his wife and daughter"
 }
 
</code></pre>
We simply generate this JSON-LD object and append it to our document’s <code><body></code>. When Google or anyone else who supports JSON-LD structured data parses our page, they can immediately understand that Steve Grunwell is a person and determine his website, avatar, and biography.
The best part? There’s no need to change the markup within our theme!
Schemify aims to automate the generation of JSON-LD objects for content within WordPress. Its flexible structure and reasonable defaults enables drop-in support for structured data, regardless of the WordPress theme.

Schemify

Adding schema to a site no longer has to be an afterthought. This plugin took our structured data game to the next level and I look forward to seeing how it helps improve our search ranking!

As advertised

Automatically generate Schema.org JSON-LD markup for WordPress content.

Bizetools Testimonials Manager vs Schemify