easysocialproof

Easy Social Proof Lite adds a beautiful, customizable social proof widget to your WordPress site using the Gutenberg block editor. Show overlapping avatar circles, gold star ratings, and a custom message to build trust and encourage sign-ups.
“Proven to increase conversions — based on scientific social proof principles.”
Features:
<ul>
<li>Overlapping circular avatar display</li>
<li>Gold star ratings (1-5 whole stars, customizable color)</li>
<li>Custom text message (e.g. “Join 1,000+ happy subscribers”)</li>
<li>Upload up to 10 avatars via the media library</li>
<li>Horizontal and vertical layouts</li>
<li>Fully responsive</li>
<li>No build step required — lightweight and fast</li>
</ul>
Upgrade to Pro:
<ul>
<li>Precise star ratings — use a slider to display any value like 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, not just whole numbers</li>
<li>Avatar picker — auto-pull Gravatars and API images</li>
<li>Auto user count — pull real user counts from your WordPress database</li>
<li>Social Proof Cards block — grid of testimonial-style cards</li>
<li>Trust badges — 30 Day Money Back, Trusted Seller, Free Shipping, Secure Payments and more</li>
<li>FOMO toast notifications with customizable timing and burst mode</li>
<li>WooCommerce integration — show real purchase notifications</li>
<li>No “Powered by” branding</li>
<li>Auto-updates</li>
<li><a href="https://easysocialproof.io" rel="nofollow ugc">Get Easy Social Proof Pro</a></li>
</ul>
Learn More:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://easysocialproof.io/social-proof-for-ecommerce-reducing-cart-abandonment-with-trust/" rel="nofollow ugc">Social Proof for eCommerce – Reducing Cart Abandonment With Trust Badges</a></li>
<li><a href="https://easysocialproof.io/best-social-proof-plugins-for-wordpress-2026-the-complete-guide/" rel="nofollow ugc">Best Social Proof Plugins for WordPress (2026) — The Complete Guide</a></li>
<li><a href="https://easysocialproof.io/social-proof-in-ecommerce-a-research-based-guide-to-increasing-sales/" rel="nofollow ugc">Social Proof in eCommerce – A Research-Based Guide to Increasing Sales</a></li>
<li><a href="https://easysocialproof.io/the-science-of-trust-badges-how-visual-security-cues-affect-purchasing-decisions/" rel="nofollow ugc">The Science of Trust Badges – How Visual Security Cues Affect Purchasing Decisions</a></li>
<li><a href="https://easysocialproof.io/easy-social-proof-pro-everything-in-the-upgrade/" rel="nofollow ugc">Easy Social Proof Pro – Everything in the Upgrade</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>How to Use</h3>
<ol>
<li>In the Gutenberg editor, click the + block inserter and search for Easy Social Proof</li>
<li>Add the block to your page or post</li>
<li>Select the block and open the settings panel on the right. The settings are organized into three sections:</li>
</ol>
Avatar Settings
<ul>
<li>Click “Add Avatar” to upload up to 10 images from your media library</li>
<li>Adjust avatar size, overlap amount, border width, and border color</li>
</ul>
Content
<ul>
<li>Edit the display text (e.g. “Join 1,000+ happy subscribers”)</li>
<li>Toggle star ratings on or off, set the star count (1-5), and pick a custom star color</li>
</ul>
Style
<ul>
<li>Switch between horizontal and vertical layouts</li>
<li>Set the alignment (left, center, or right)</li>
<li>Choose a text color and adjust the font size</li>
</ul>
<ol>
<li>The block renders on the frontend exactly as it appears in the editor</li>
</ol>
<h3>Reviews</h3>
Help us add more features to the plugin — <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/easysocialproof/reviews/#new-post" rel="ugc">leave a review</a>!

Easy Social Proof Lite

Display overlapping avatars, gold star ratings, and custom text as a Gutenberg block for social proof.

Milan Petrovic

GD Rating System is the successor to GD Star Rating plugin, but it has nothing in common with the old plugin. GD Rating System uses modular structure with most features split into addons and rating methods. For front end display plugin uses templates similar to WordPress theme templates and allows you to override existing templates or add new ones.
<h4>Overview of plugin features</h4>
With GD Rating System you can rate anything. The Plugin supports several basic rating entities, and for each one you can have more than one rating type. This includes posts with all default and custom post types, comments, users, terms for default or custom taxonomies.
Here is the list of most important plugin features:
<ul>
<li>Rating Method: Stars Rating</li>
<li>Rating Method: Like This (3.0)</li>
<li>Addon: Shortcodes Builder (3.1)</li>
<li>Addon: Rich Snippets Support</li>
<li>Addon: Posts Integration</li>
<li>Addon: Comments Integration</li>
<li>Addon: Dynamic Load</li>
<li>Addon: Feeds Support (v1.3)</li>
<li>Widget: Rating block</li>
<li>Widget: Rating list</li>
<li>Shortcodes: Rating block and list</li>
<li>Shortcodes: Rating values</li>
<li>Shortcodes: Rating conditions</li>
<li>Presentation: Default set of templates</li>
<li>Posts Addon: Sort by rating (v1.2)</li>
<li>Posts Addon: Auto sort by rating (v3.0)</li>
<li>Comments Addon: Sort by rating (v1.2)</li>
<li>Stars Rating: 20 icons in a font</li>
<li>Stars Rating: 6 image based sets</li>
<li>Like This Rating: 2 font icons sets in a font</li>
<li>Like This Rating: 1 image based set</li>
<li>Administration: Rating objects log</li>
<li>Administration: Votes log</li>
<li>Administration: Custom rating rules</li>
<li>List Shortcodes and Widgets: additional object filters (v3.0)</li>
<li>Data Transfer: Import from GD Star Rating</li>
<li>Data Transfer: Import from WP PostRatings</li>
<li>Data Transfer: Import from Yet Another Stars Rating</li>
<li>Data Transfer: Import from KK Star Ratings (v1.3)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Upgrade to GD Rating System Pro</h4>
The Pro version contains many more great features:
<ul>
<li>Rating Method: Slider Rating (v3.0)</li>
<li>Rating Method: Slider Review (v3.0)</li>
<li>Rating Method: Emote This (v1.4)</li>
<li>Rating Method: Stars Review</li>
<li>Rating Method: Thumbs Rating</li>
<li>Addon: Sync To Meta (v3.1)</li>
<li>Addon: Instant Notifications (v3.0)</li>
<li>Addon: BuddyPress Integration (v2.0)</li>
<li>Addon: BuddyPress Notifications (v3.5)</li>
<li>Addon: BuddyPress Activities (v3.5)</li>
<li>Addon: Tooltip (v2.0)</li>
<li>Addon: Client Detection (v1.3)</li>
<li>Addon: bbPress Integration (v1.1)</li>
<li>Addon: Bayesian Calculation (v1.1)</li>
<li>Addon: WP REST API Plugin Support</li>
<li>Addon: Dummy Ratings</li>
<li>Addon: Edit Rating Votes</li>
<li>Addon: GEO Location for Votes</li>
<li>Addon: Admin Enhancer</li>
<li>Published date can be used in queries (v3.0)</li>
<li>Date based period queries (v2.2)</li>
<li>Date based voting limiters (v4.0)</li>
<li>Aggregate ratings (v2.2)</li>
<li>Posts Addon: Auto sort by rating (v1.2)</li>
<li>bbPress Addon: Rating topics views (v1.2)</li>
<li>Font Icons: FontAwesome 4.7 support (v1.3)</li>
<li>Presentation: Additional Templates</li>
<li>Presentation: Additional Widgets</li>
</ul>
With more features on the roadmap exclusively for Pro version.
<ul>
<li>More information about <a href="https://plugins.dev4press.com/gd-rating-system/" rel="nofollow ugc">GD Rating System Pro</a></li>
<li>Premium addons for <a href="https://plugins.dev4press.com/gd-rating-system/addons/" rel="nofollow ugc">GD Rating System Pro</a></li>
<li>Compare <a href="https://plugins.dev4press.com/gd-rating-system/articles/lite-vs-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Free vs. Pro Plugin</a></li>
</ul>
Premium addons: 
* Multi Rating Addon (4 new rating methods) 
* User Reviews Addon 
* Analytics Addon 
* myCRED Integration Addon 
* myCRED Simple Integration Addon (free with GD Rating System Pro license) 
* Recipe Rich Snippet Addon (free with GD Rating System Pro license) 
* Book Rich Snippet Addon (free with GD Rating System Pro license) 
* Code Builder Addon (free with GD Rating System Pro license) 
* Comments Form Addon (free with GD Rating System Pro license)
Premium graphics packs: 
* Halloween Pack (free with GD Rating System Pro license) 
* Christmas Pack (free with GD Rating System Pro license) 
* Emoji Pack (free with GD Rating System Pro license)
<h4>Documentation and Support</h4>
You need to register for a free account on <a href="https://www.dev4press.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Dev4Press</a>:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://support.dev4press.com/kb/product/gd-rating-system/faqs/" rel="nofollow ugc">Frequently Asked Questions</a></li>
<li><a href="https://support.dev4press.com/kb/product/gd-rating-system/articles/" rel="nofollow ugc">Knowledge Base Articles</a></li>
<li>Support Forum: <a href="https://support.dev4press.com/forums/forum/plugins-lite/gd-rating-system-lite/" rel="nofollow ugc">Free</a> & <a href="https://support.dev4press.com/forums/forum/plugins/gd-rating-system/" rel="nofollow ugc">Pro</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Translations</h3>
<ul>
<li>English</li>
</ul>

GD Rating System

Works like a charm

Powerful, highly customizable and versatile ratings plugin to allow your users to vote for anything you want.

Easy Social Proof Lite vs GD Rating System