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:
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<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:
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<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
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<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
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<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>
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<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.

JS Morisset

Includes a 5 Star Rating in Schema markup:
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<li>If the Schema markup does not have an ‘aggregateRating’ property.</li>
<li>If Google allows an ‘aggregateRating’ property for that Schema type.</li>
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Google allows an ‘aggregateRating’ property for these Schema types and their sub-types:
<ul>
<li>Book</li>
<li>Course</li>
<li>Event</li>
<li>HowTo (includes Recipe)</li>
<li>LocalBusiness</li>
<li>Movie</li>
<li>Product</li>
<li>SoftwareApplication</li>
</ul>
If the Schema type in the Document SSO metabox is not one of these types (or one of their sub-types), then a 5 star rating cannot be added, as doing so would trigger an error in the Google search console. <a href="https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/structured-data/review-snippet" rel="nofollow ugc">See Google’s Review snippet documentation for additional information.</a>

<h3>WPSSO Add Five Stars is a Fallback Solution</h3>
The Google’s Review Snippet technical guidelines reminds us to:
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<a href="https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/structured-data/review-snippet#technical-guidelines" rel="nofollow ugc">Make sure the reviews and ratings you mark up are readily available to users from the marked-up page. It must be immediately obvious to users that the page has review content.</a>
</blockquote>
The WPSSO Add Five Stars add-on includes a 5 star rating if the document Schema markup does not already have an ‘aggregateRating’ property. It is always preferable to include actual ratings and reviews from your visitors and/or customers in the webpage. The WPSSO Add Five Stars add-on can be used in combination with any of the following third-party plugins and service APIs, or the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpsso-ratings-and-reviews/" rel="ugc">WPSSO Ratings and Reviews</a> add-on.
Suggested Rating and Review Plugins and Services:
The <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpsso/" rel="ugc">WPSSO Core plugin</a> supports a selection of plugins that provide ratings and reviews:
<ul>
<li>WP-PostRatings</li>
<li>WP Product Review</li>
<li>Yotpo Social Reviews for WooCommerce</li>
<li>WooCommerce</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpsso-ratings-and-reviews/" rel="ugc">WPSSO Ratings and Reviews</a></li>
</ul>
The <a href="https://wpsso.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">WPSSO Core Premium plugin</a> also supports a selection of remote service APIs that provide ratings and reviews:
<ul>
<li>Judge.me (Ratings and Reviews)</li>
<li>Shopper Approved (Ratings and Reviews)</li>
<li>Stamped.io (Ratings and Reviews)</li>
</ul>
<h3>WPSSO Core Required</h3>
WPSSO Add Five Stars is an add-on for the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpsso/" rel="ugc">WPSSO Core plugin</a>, which creates extensive and complete structured data to present your content at its best for social sites and search results – no matter how URLs are shared, reshared, messaged, posted, embedded, or crawled.

WPSSO Add Five Stars for Google Rich Snippets

Add a 5 star rating and review from the site organization if the Schema markup does not already have an 'aggregateRating' property.

Easy Social Proof Lite vs WPSSO Add Five Stars for Google Rich Snippets