Dope Studio

Show unlimited Google reviews on your site for free. Dope Studio Business Reviews Slider Lite fetches and displays your Google reviews in a polished, responsive slider (JSON-LD schema ready) — with no limits on how many reviews you can show.
Fresh reviews every day (recommended setup): 
1. Run your first fetch with Max reviews left empty to import your full review history. 
2. Set Max reviews to a small value (for example 1-5). 
3. Enable daily cron.
After that, your stored reviews are preserved, and each cron run appends only newly discovered unique reviews. This preserves tokens/quota.
The plugin uses <a href="https://apify.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Apify</a> to fetch your reviews. Apify offers a generous free tier that covers most small and medium businesses with no credit card required. You’re in control of your own account and your own data.
Free and unlimited. Fetch as many reviews as you like, display as many as you want, and pay nothing — as long as you stay within Apify’s free usage limits, which are more than enough for the vast majority of sites.
Pro version available — also free: adds support for additional review platforms and more advanced controls. <a href="https://products.dopestudio.co.uk/brs/" rel="nofollow ugc">Check pro features</a>
<h3>Why Dope Studio Business Reviews Slider?</h3>
Getting Google reviews onto your site has always meant either paying for an expensive SaaS widget subscription or wrestling with the restrictive (and increasingly costly) Google Places API. This plugin takes a different approach:
<ul>
<li>Unlimited reviews, zero cost — Apify’s free tier is genuinely generous. Most sites will never need to pay a penny.</li>
<li>No Google API key required — reviews are fetched via Apify, so you don’t need to set up Google Cloud billing just to show your reviews.</li>
<li>You own your data — reviews are cached directly in your WordPress database. No third-party dashboard, no lock-in.</li>
<li>One shortcode, done — drop <code>[dsbrsl_google_reviews_slider]</code> anywhere and your reviews appear.</li>
</ul>
<h3>What’s included in Lite</h3>
Review fetching 
– Fetch unlimited Google reviews via Apify (free tier) 
– Manual fetch from wp-admin whenever you need fresh reviews 
– Automatic scheduled fetching via WordPress cron — set it and forget it 
– Reviews cached in WordPress options for fast, server-efficient rendering
Beautiful slider 
– Dark and light themes 
– Autoplay with custom interval 
– Optional infinite loop 
– Progress bar pagination 
– Mobile and tablet swipe support 
– Configurable cards per view across mobile, tablet, and desktop 
– Optional summary header block showing overall rating and review count
Full display control 
– Filter out reviews below a minimum star rating 
– Hide reviews with no written comment 
– Set a frontend display limit independently from your fetch limit 
– Configure how many reviews are included in JSON-LD schema markup 
– Show reviews newest-first 
– Optionally show or hide “Read on Google” links
Optional Google Places enrichment 
– Pull your live overall rating and total review count from the Google Places API to display in the header — useful if you want the header to reflect your full review total rather than just fetched reviews 
– Entirely optional — the plugin works great without a Google API key
<h3>External services</h3>
This plugin connects to third-party services to fetch review data and optional rating summary data.
1. Apify (review fetching) 
– Purpose: fetches Google reviews on your behalf. 
– When data is sent: only when you manually trigger a fetch from wp-admin, or when the scheduled cron runs. 
– Data sent: your Apify API token, Google Place ID and/or Google Maps URL, selected language, and max review limit. 
– Apify free tier: https://apify.com/pricing 
– Terms: https://docs.apify.com/legal/general-terms-and-conditions 
– Privacy policy: https://docs.apify.com/legal/privacy-policy
2. Google Places API (optional — for summary header only) 
– Purpose: retrieves your place’s overall rating and total review count for display in the slider header. 
– When data is sent: only during fetch operations, and only if you have enabled Places summary mode and added a Places API key. 
– Data sent: your Google Places API key and Google Place ID. 
– Terms: https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/terms 
– Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
3. Dope Studio feedback endpoint (deactivation feedback popup only) 
– Purpose: records optional deactivation reasons to improve the plugin. 
– When data is sent: only when a user submits the deactivation feedback popup in wp-admin. 
– Data sent: generated install ID, hashed site URL (SHA-256), site host, plugin version, WordPress/PHP version, locale, and optional feedback reason/comment/email. 
– Endpoint: https://products.dopestudio.co.uk/brs/telemetry/collect.php
<h3>Requirements</h3>
<ul>
<li>WordPress 6.0+</li>
<li>PHP 7.4+</li>
<li>Outbound HTTP access from your server</li>
<li>Free Apify account + API token (https://apify.com)</li>
</ul>
Optional: 
– Google Places API key (only needed if you want the Places-powered summary header)
<h3>Quick start</h3>
Getting up and running takes about two minutes:
<ol>
<li>Sign up for a free Apify account at https://apify.com and copy your API token.</li>
<li>Activate the plugin and open Business Reviews Lite in wp-admin.</li>
<li>Paste your Apify token.</li>
<li>Add your Google source — either a Place ID or a Google Maps URL (or both).</li>
<li>Click Fetch Google reviews now.</li>
<li>Drop the shortcode onto any page or post: <code>[dsbrsl_google_reviews_slider]</code></li>
</ol>
That’s it. Your reviews are live.
<h3>Admin settings overview</h3>
Data source 
– Enable Google reviews toggle 
– Apify API token 
– Google Place ID 
– Google Maps URL 
– Max reviews to fetch 
– Review language
Automatic fetching 
– Enable cron auto-fetch 
– Fetch frequency 
– Fetch start time
Optional Places summary 
– Google Places API key 
– Use Places summary toggle
Slider defaults 
– Theme (dark / light) 
– Autoplay + interval 
– Infinite loop 
– Dot navigation 
– Swipe 
– Slides per view (mobile / tablet / desktop) 
– Slider title 
– Display limit 
– Show summary block toggle 
– Show “Read on Google” link toggle
Rating and review counters 
– Rating mode (Auto / Manual) 
– Manual rating value 
– Review count mode (Fetched / Custom) 
– Custom review count value
Filters 
– Minimum star rating 
– Hide textless reviews
<h3>Usage</h3>
Basic shortcode: 
 [dsbrsl_google_reviews_slider]
All settings from the admin page are used as defaults. You can override any of them per shortcode:
<pre><code>[dsbrsl_google_reviews_slider theme="light" limit="10" autoplay="1" desktop="3"]
</code></pre>
If you add attributes in a shortcode, those values override the admin settings for that shortcode instance only. This lets you use different widget variations on different pages.
All available attributes: 
– <code>theme="dark|light"</code> 
– <code>limit="0"</code> — number of reviews to display (0 = all) 
– <code>autoplay="0|1"</code> 
– <code>interval="1500-20000"</code> — autoplay speed in milliseconds 
– <code>loop="0|1"</code> 
– <code>show_dots="0|1"</code> 
– <code>swipe="0|1"</code> 
– <code>mobile="1-6"</code> — cards per view on mobile 
– <code>tablet="1-6"</code> — cards per view on tablet 
– <code>desktop="1-6"</code> — cards per view on desktop 
– <code>show_summary="0|1"</code> 
– <code>show_read_on_google="0|1"</code> 
– <code>rating_mode="auto|manual"</code> 
– <code>manual_rating="0-5"</code> 
– <code>min_rating="0|2|3|4|5"</code> 
– <code>show_no_comment="0|1"</code>
<pre><code>show_no_comment="1" hides ratings-only reviews without text comments.
</code></pre>
<h3>Storage</h3>
Reviews and settings are stored entirely within your own WordPress database — nothing is sent to external servers except during a fetch operation.
<ul>
<li><code>dsbrsl_settings</code> — plugin configuration</li>
<li><code>dsbrsl_reviews_cache</code> — fetched review data</li>
</ul>
<h3>Troubleshooting</h3>
Fetch times out 
– Lower your max reviews count and try again 
– Check whether your hosting provider restricts outbound HTTP requests or has short timeout limits 
– Wait a moment and retry — Apify may occasionally be under load
No reviews showing on the frontend 
– Confirm the shortcode is exactly <code>[dsbrsl_google_reviews_slider]</code> 
– Make sure Google reviews are enabled in plugin settings 
– Run a manual fetch and check the cache count shown in the admin panel 
– Double-check your Place ID or Google Maps URL is correct
Header rating or count looks wrong 
– If Places summary is enabled, the header pulls from the Google Places API — this reflects your total review count across all time 
– Disable Places summary to use values derived from your fetched reviews only

Dope Studio Business Reviews Slider Lite (Display unlimited Google reviews for free, fetch every day)

Display unlimited Google reviews in a beautiful slider — completely free. No API billing surprises, no review caps. Now with a friendly step-by-step s …

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Display Yelp and Google business reviews on your site, either in the same single feed or in multiple different ones. Provide social proof through real customer testimonials that will turn site visitors into paying customers.
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If a Google business listing has a physical location, you can display your latest reviews for it in an attractive feed. You can also enter the website address of any Yelp business and instantly create a feed of your Yelp reviews as well. Business ratings are an important part of social proof to increase customer confidence in your online business. Website visitors will instantly increase their trust in your business if they can see real customer reviews from real customers.
Showing Google rating and Yelp reviews on your website is one of the best ways to convince site visitors to do business with you and boost your conversions. Customer testimonials are crucial to building positive brand trust for online businesses.
Our plugin makes it easy to set up an automatically updating feed of Yelp and Google reviews. After installing the plugin, create a feed by visiting the Reviews Feed menu item that appears in your dashboard. Configure a source of reviews for your feed, customize the look and feel, then use a shortcode to display your reviews feed anywhere on your site. It takes less than a minute to get started.
In our free version, an API key is required only if you would like ongoing updates to your reviews feed. If you don’t have an API key, you can still display up to 10 of the latest reviews for a single business without needing an API key. Simply verify your email address to unlock this feature!
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Super simple to set up</li>
<li>Display reviews from multiple Google and Yelp accounts in the same feed or in separate feeds</li>
<li>Completely responsive and mobile ready – layout looks great on any screen size and in any container width</li>
<li>Completely customizable – Customize the width, height, number of reviews, number of columns, text size, background color, review spacing and more!</li>
<li>Display multiple reviews feeds on the same page or on different pages throughout your site</li>
<li>Customize the length of the review text with the ability to show the entire text with a click</li>
<li>Choose to show your Google reviews translated in many supported languages or show them without translation</li>
<li>Display the reviewer’s name, date and start rating of each Google review or Yelp review</li>
<li>Show the overall star rating of your Google or Yelp listing in a customizable header at the top of the feed</li>
<li>Prompt site visitors to leave a review on Google or Yelp with a button in the header</li>
<li>Display your Yelp and Google reviews in chronological order or reverse chronological order.</li>
<li>Automatically show new reviews, collected daily when you enter you own API keys (free and easy to get)</li>
<li>New! Display up to 10 of the latest free Google reviews or free Yelp reviews for a single business without needing an API key. Simply verify your email address to unlock this feature!</li>
<li>Handy block for easily adding your reviews feed to posts and pages using the block editor</li>
</ul>
<h4>Benefits</h4>
<ul>
<li>Build Brand Trust – Customer reviews are essential to building trust with customers</li>
<li>Social Proof – Real customer reviews, proven to increase sales.</li>
<li>Display Your Reviews Your Way – Customize your Google review and Yelp review feeds to look exactly the way you want, so that they blend seamlessly into your site or pop out at your visitors!</li>
<li>Keep Your Site Looking Fresh – Show your latest Yelp and Google reviews and Yelp reviews updated automatically every day.</li>
<li>Super Simple to Set Up – Once installed, you can be displaying your Yelp and Google reviews within a minute! No confusing steps or special account needed.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Pro Version</h4>
In order to maintain the free version of the plugin on an ongoing basis, and to provide quick and effective support for free, we offer a Pro version of the plugin. The Pro version allows you to: 
* Include Trustpilot, TripAdvisor, WordPress.org and Facebook reviews in your feed 
* Filter reviews by star rating 
* Create and add reviews manually to feeds 
* Create custom collections of specific reviews to display anywhere 
* Show reviews in a carousel slider 
* Show images from Yelp reviews that open in a large popup lightbox 
* Show avatar images for all reviewers 
* Filter customer reviews by keyword or phrase 
* Moderate your review feeds with a visual moderation mode, select specific reviews to display in the feed 
* Choose from several attractive preconfigured templates 
* Highlight a specific Google review or Yelp review 
* Even more advanced customization options than the free version 
* Block reviews by specific users 
* Integrate with WPML (WordPress Multilingual) to show translated Google reviews in the chosen site language 
* Unlock more reviews and automatic updates without API keys! The Pro version allows you to display up to 50 initial reviews from Google and Yelp and receive weekly automatic updates from multiple sources – all without needing to add an API key. 
* Collect and display user-submitted reviews! Seamlessly integrate with WPForms and Formidable Forms to collect customer reviews directly through your forms and display them in your review feeds. 
* NEW! Display WooCommerce product reviews! Showcase reviews from your WooCommerce store by selecting individual products, categories, or tags.
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<h4>Feedback or Support</h4>
We’re dedicated to providing the most customizable, robust and well supported Yelp and Google reviews feed plugin in the world, so if you have an issue or have any feedback on how to improve the plugin, then please open a ticket in the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/reviews-feed" title="Reviews Feed Support Forum" rel="ugc">Support forum</a>.
For advanced review moderation by star rating or curated list, to display Yelp review images, display reviews in a carousel slider + more, check out the <a href="https://smashballoon.com/reviews-feed/?utm_source=reviews-free&utm_medium=readmefile&utm_campaign=readme-pro-features&utm_content=MoreAdvanced" rel="nofollow ugc">Pro version</a>. 
Build positive brand trust in your Google business or Yelp listing with real Yelp and Google reviews on your website. Super simple to set up and tons of customization options to seamlessly match the look and feel of your site.
<h4>Why do I need this?</h4>
Boost Social Proof 
Showing real customer reviews on your checkout page, pricing page, and in other places on your website has been shown to increase conversions and boost sales of your Google business or Yelp store.
Save Time 
Don’t have time to update the reviews on your site? Save time and increase efficiency by setting up a feed once and having the latest reviews show up automatically on your website.
Display Your Reviews Your Way 
Customize your review feeds to look exactly the way you want, so that they blend seamlessly into your site or pop out at your visitors!
No Coding Required 
Choose from tons of built-in Reviews Feed customization options to create a truly unique feed of your Yelp and Google reviews.
Super simple to set up 
Once installed, you can be displaying your Yelp and Google reviews in under a minute! No confusing steps or registration needed.
Mind-blowing Customer Support 
We understand that sometimes you need help, have issues or just have questions. We love our users and strive to provide the best support experience in the business. We’re experts in the Yelp and Google reviews API and can provide unparalleled service and expertise. If you need support then just let us know and we’ll get back to you right away.
<h4>What can it do?</h4>
<ul>
<li>Display reviews from any physical Google business or Yelp business listing.</li>
<li>Completely responsive and mobile ready –your reviews feed layout looks great on any screen size and in any container width</li>
<li>Display multiple reviews feeds on the same page or on different pages throughout your site by creating multiple feeds in our customizer</li>
<li>Choose a language for your Google reviews content to display in or leave reviews untranslated.</li>
<li>Collect and permanently store new Yelp and Google reviews over time. Use our feature to load more reviews on the page.</li>
<li>Encourage visitors to leave their own reviews with a link to Google or Yelp to rate your business.</li>
</ul>

Reviews Feed – Add Testimonials and Customer Reviews From Google Reviews, Yelp, TripAdvisor, and More

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One of the best, if not the best, reviews plugins!


Excellen Plugin both pro and free

No API key required. Display Yelp and Google reviews for any business in a clean, customizable feed on your site.

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