Kerry

<p>BNE Testimonials makes it easy to add Testimonials and Reviews to any Page using a shortcode or in a sidebar (widget area) using the provided widgets. Each testimonial includes a title, image, tagline, website URL, and message. You can also separate your testimonials into different groups (categories). BNE Testimonials will inherit the styling from your theme – just install and get to work adding your testimonials and reviews!</p>
<h4>Display your testimonials as a List:</h4>
<p>Shortcode: [bne_testimonials layout=”list”]<br />
Testimonials will be shown vertically as a traditional list.</p>
<h4>Display your testimonials as a Slider</h4>
<p>Shortcode: [bne_testimonials layout=”slider”]<br />
Testimonials will be shown in a rotating slider. To remove the styling of the slider, include theme=”simple” as a shortcode option.</p>
<h4>Pro Features Include</h4>
<p>We have a PRO version of BNE Testimonials on our <a href="http://www.bnecreative.com/products/testimonials-wordpress-pro/" title="BNE Testimonials PRO" rel="nofollow ugc">website</a>. Features include:</p>
<ul>
<li>API Access: Display testimonials on multiple WordPress websites from a single source.</li>
<li>Yelp, Google Places, and Facebook Reviews: Use their API to bring in reviews and display them on your website using any of the layouts</li>
<li>Aggregated Review Badges for Yelp, Google, Facebook, and Custom branding. Automatically calculates your rating and total testimonials published. </li>
<li>Additional Layouts: Masonry Grid and Thumbnail Slider</li>
<li>Additional Themes: Bubble and Cards</li>
<li>Shortcode Generator</li>
<li>Custom styling</li>
<li>5 Star Ratings</li>
<li>Truncated (shorten) text</li>
<li>Schema.org tags and meta for online search</li>
<li>Front-end submission form with email notification</li>
<li>Pagination for list and masonry layouts</li>
<li>Automatic updates to new versions</li>
<li>Numerous filters/hooks for developers</li>
<li>Priority support</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://demo.bnecreative.com/testimonial-pro/" title="BNE Testimonials PRO Demo" rel="nofollow ugc">View the PRO Demo</a></p>
<h4>Why Do I Need Testimonials on my Website?</h4>
<p>Testimonials are a great way to strengthen your brand and reliability with new customers.</p>
<ul>
<li>Testimonials help potential customers get to know that you are a trustworthy business.</li>
<li>Testimonials give you the opportunity to point out specific features or compelling reasons why a customer should buy from you.</li>
<li>Testimonials, when used effectively, are a great tool to increase conversions rates on your website!</li>
</ul>


BNE Testimonials

Display testimonials and reviews on any page or widget area as list or slider. Upgrade to PRO for additional layouts, themes, submission form, API, ra …

<p>I created this plugin to make it easy peasy for my clients to manage all the nice things that <em>their</em> customers and clients said about them. They’ve loved it so much, I’ve decided to make it available to the world.</p>
<p>When you install it, you will gain a new section in your wordpress admin where you can easily create and manage all your testimonials. It’s extremely similar to creating a new post or page. Just go to the testimonial section, click “Add new”, and follow the on-screen prompts. That’s it. When you’re done, you can get a random testimonial to display each time a page loads with the handy included widget, or the shortcode [testimonial]. Phew, easy peasy!</p>
<p>This plugin is perfect for you if:</p>
<ul>
<li>You want to establish credibility on every page, not just a single testimonials page.</li>
<li>You want to manage everything in one place, instead of having to update a separate testimonials page and various text widgets in your sidebars.</li>
<li>You want a testimonial page that is auto-formatted, so everything looks uniform and clean, without you having to futz around with copy-pasting code.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Creating Testimonials</h3>
<p>Create and customize your testimonials as you would a post or a page. Just click “Testimonials” in the left hand admin menu, and then click “Add New”.</p>
<p>Enter the testimonial into the larger text area. Then in the slot labeled Attribution place the name, initials, or other more anonymous identifier (such as “happy customer from Atlanta”). You can also leave the attribution blank, if you prefer.</p>
<p>Remember to save, and you’ve created your first testimonial!</p>
<h3>Categorizing Testimonials</h3>
<p>You can add your testimonials to categories of your choosing. While creating or editing a testimonial, find the box labelled “Testimonial Categories”. If this is your first time categorizing your testimonials, you’ll need to create some categories! Click the link “+Add New Category”, name your new category, and click the button “Add New Category”.</p>
<p>Put a check next to any categories you want this testimonial to be included in. Save your changes!</p>
<h3>Widgets</h3>
<p>If you are using a <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Widgetizing_Themes" rel="nofollow ugc">“widgetized”</a> theme – that is, one that allows you to drag widgets to a sidebar, footer, or other location – you can display any number of testimonials in the sidebar.</p>
<p>Just find the widget named “Random Testimonial,” and drag it to your widget area of choice. By default, this widget will show one testimonial. You may open its panel and select another number from the dropdown.</p>
<p>When using a widget, you may also enter a number of characters to limit how much of a testimonial to display. This will prevent extra-long testimonials from breaking your beautiful site design.</p>
<p>Want to give people a link to view the rest of a shortened testimonial, or just to see more of the nice things people have said about you? Just paste the URL to your testimonial page into the last slot on the widget, labeled “Add a read more link”. A “read more” link will automatically appear at the bottom of the widget.</p>
<p>Remember to save!</p>
<h3>Shortcode</h3>
<p>To add a testimonial anywhere at all, simply place this shortcode into a page or post: [testimonial]</p>
<p>When the page displays, that little tag will be transformed into a beautiful testimonial, randomly chosen from your collection!</p>
<p>By default, this tag will display a single random testimonial, but you can choose any number like this: [testimonial number=3] Just substitute your number for my 3 in this example.</p>
<p>If you want to only show testimonials from a particular category of testimonials, add the name of the category like this: [testimonial category=featured] Just substitute the name of your testimonial category for the word “featured” in this example.</p>
<p>You can even have your testimonials be picked out of more than one category! Use quotes around the list, and use commas to separate the names of all the categories you want to use. For example: [testimonial category=”Best of 2016, Best of 2015″]</p>
<p>To create a page where all of your testimonials display at once, simply use the above shortcode, with the number set to 0. This will cause all of your testimonials to display at once. Their order will be random.</p>
<h3>Styling</h3>
<p>This plugin deliberately employs extremely minimal default styling, to make it fit in with any theme.</p>
<p>If you are an advanced user and wish to apply your own CSS styles to the testimonials this plugin outputs, the plugin follows this structure:</p>
<pre><code><div class='pixelovely_testimonial'>
<p>Testimonial</p>
<span class='pixelovely_testimonial_attribution'>- Attribution</span>
</div>
<span class='pixelovely_readmore'><a href='http://www.yourlinkhere.com/'>Read more</a><span>
</code></pre>
<p>Apply your CSS to div.pixelovely_testimonial, span.pixelovely_testimonial_attribution and span.pixelovely_readmore</p>


Simple Testimonials

Easily manage testimonials and display them anywhere on your blog in seconds, via blocks, widgets or shortcodes.

BNE Testimonials vs Simple Testimonials