elplan

⚠️ IMPORTANT: A Google Places API key is required to display Google Reviews. Google provides a free tier (1,000 requests/month), which is sufficient for most sites. Step-by-step setup guide is available at <a href="https://www.el-plan.com/kuchikomi-wall/api-guide/" rel="nofollow ugc">el-plan.com/kuchikomi-wall/api-guide/</a>. Manual testimonials and X (Twitter) embeds work without any API key.
Kuchikomi Wall helps local businesses collect, manage, and display Google Business Profile reviews and customer testimonials on their WordPress site. Boost your Local SEO and MEO with automatic Schema.org structured data (Pro) — turn your best Google reviews into powerful social proof and rich results in Google Search (star ratings, review snippets).
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Google Reviews Integration — Connect your Google Business Profile and display real customer reviews automatically (cached for performance, Google API compliant)</li>
<li>X (Twitter) Embeds — Add tweet URLs and display them as beautiful testimonial cards (no API key required)</li>
<li>Manual Testimonials — Add any testimonial manually — from emails, Coconala, direct feedback, or any other source</li>
<li>3 Display Templates — Card Grid, Slider/Carousel, and Simple List layouts</li>
<li>3 Color Schemes — Light, Dark, and Auto (inherits your theme colors)</li>
<li>Unified Dashboard — Manage all review sources from a single, clean admin interface</li>
<li>Gutenberg Block — Native block included — search “Kuchikomi Wall” in the block inserter; configure template, color, and filters from the sidebar</li>
<li>Shortcode Support — Embed anywhere with <code>[tmnl_kuchikomi_wall]</code></li>
</ul>
<h4>Free vs Pro</h4>
 Feature 
 Free 
 Pro
 Google Reviews (1 location) 
 ✓ 
 ✓
 X (Twitter) embeds 
 ✓ 
 ✓
 Manual testimonials 
 ✓ 
 ✓
 3 display templates 
 ✓ 
 ✓
 Gutenberg block 
 ✓ 
 ✓
 Multiple locations (multi-store) 
 — 
 ✓
 Schema.org structured data (JSON-LD) 
 — 
 ✓
 Rich results in Google Search (★ rating) 
 — 
 ✓
 Review request QR code 
 — 
 ✓
Pro is available at <a href="https://www.el-plan.com/kuchikomi-wall/" rel="nofollow ugc">el-plan.com/kuchikomi-wall</a> — $3.50/month (billed $35/year).
<h4>Perfect For</h4>
<ul>
<li>Local businesses wanting to show Google Reviews on their website</li>
<li>Freelancers and consultants showcasing client testimonials</li>
<li>Salons, clinics, restaurants — anyone who collects Google Reviews</li>
<li>Web creators building client sites</li>
</ul>
<h4>Shortcode Usage</h4>
Basic: 
 [tmnl_kuchikomi_wall]
With options: 
 [tmnl_kuchikomi_wall limit=”6″ template=”slider” color=”dark” min_rating=”4″]
Parameters: 
* <code>limit</code> — Number of reviews to display (default: 6) 
* <code>source</code> — <code>all</code>, <code>manual</code>, <code>google</code>, or <code>x_embed</code> (default: all) 
* <code>template</code> — <code>card</code> (grid), <code>slider</code>, or <code>list</code> (default: card) 
* <code>color</code> — <code>light</code>, <code>dark</code>, or <code>auto</code> (default: light) 
* <code>min_rating</code> — Minimum star rating to display, 1–5 (default: 1)
<h4>Google Reviews Setup</h4>
<ol>
<li>Get a Google Places API key (free tier: 1,000 requests/month)</li>
<li>Find your Google Place ID</li>
<li>Enter both in Kuchikomi Wall → Google Reviews → Settings</li>
<li>Reviews are cached for 30 days (Google API compliant)</li>
</ol>
<h4>Privacy & API Compliance</h4>
<ul>
<li>Google review text is not stored in your database (compliant with Google’s Terms of Service)</li>
<li>Only Place ID is saved permanently; review data is cached temporarily via WordPress Transients</li>
<li>X (Twitter) embeds use the free oEmbed API — no authentication or API key required</li>
</ul>
<h4>Multilingual Ready</h4>
Kuchikomi Wall is translation-ready. A Japanese translation (<code>ja</code>) is included. Contributions for other languages are welcome.
<h4>Support</h4>
<ul>
<li>Plugin homepage: https://www.el-plan.com/kuchikomi-wall/</li>
<li>Google API key setup guide (English): https://www.el-plan.com/kuchikomi-wall/api-guide-en/</li>
<li>Google APIキー取得ガイド（日本語）: https://www.el-plan.com/kuchikomi-wall/api-guide/</li>
<li>Support forum: Use the WordPress.org support tab</li>
</ul>
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin connects to the following third-party services:
<h4>Google Places API</h4>
<ul>
<li>What it does: Retrieves customer reviews and business information from Google Business Profile.</li>
<li>When data is sent: Only when you manually trigger a review fetch in the admin dashboard, or automatically via WP-Cron if you enable the scheduled refresh option.</li>
<li>What data is sent: Your Google Place ID and API key (stored locally on your server; sent to Google’s API endpoint).</li>
<li>Service provider: Google LLC</li>
<li><a href="https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">Google Maps Platform Terms of Service</a></li>
<li><a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Google Privacy Policy</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>X (Twitter) oEmbed API</h4>
<ul>
<li>What it does: Converts tweet URLs into embeddable HTML cards for display on your site.</li>
<li>When data is sent: When a visitor views a page containing an X embed (the browser contacts Twitter’s oEmbed endpoint to render the tweet).</li>
<li>What data is sent: The tweet URL only. No personal user data is transmitted by this plugin.</li>
<li>Service provider: X Corp.</li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/en/tos" rel="nofollow ugc">X Terms of Service</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/en/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">X Privacy Policy</a></li>
</ul>

ElPlan Kuchikomi Wall

Display Google Business Profile reviews on your site. Note: Google Places API key required to show Google Reviews (free tier available).

Paul

Gemini Labs

Site Reviews is a complete review management solution that works similarly to reviews on Amazon, Tripadvisor, and Yelp.
Site Reviews integrates with SureCart and WooCommerce enabling store owners to collect and display customer reviews for their products while enhancing social proof and driving sales.
Site Reviews comes with shortcodes and blocks, and provides native elements for Avada Builder, Breakdance, Bricks, Divi 5, Elementor, Flatsome Page Builder, and WPBakery Page Builder.
Site Reviews provides more features and options than almost every other free review plugin, and the support provided on the WordPress forum is excellent.
<iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H5HdMCXvuq8?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe>
<h4>Try a Live Demo</h4>
<ol>
<li><a href="https://site-reviews.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Visit our demo website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://tastewp.com/plugins/site-reviews/?ni=true&redirect=index.php%3Fpage=site-reviews-welcome%26tab=getting-started" rel="nofollow ugc">Try Site Reviews</a> for yourself on a demo server.</li>
</ol>
<h4>Current Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Actively Developed and Supported</li>
<li>Assign Reviews: Reviews can be assigned to Categories, Posts, Pages, Custom Post Types, and Users.</li>
<li>Avatars: Provided by the WordPress Gravatar service</li>
<li>Backup and Restore: Export/Import your settings and custom text strings, and use the WordPress Export and Import tools to backup your reviews.</li>
<li>Bayesian Ranking: Easily sort pages with assigned reviews by rank (using the bayesian algorithm) in your custom WP_Query</li>
<li>Blacklist: Block review submissions which contain specific words, phrases, IP addresses, names, and emails</li>
<li>Blocks: Use the custom editor blocks in the Gutenberg editor</li>
<li>Developer Friendly: Designed for WordPress developers with over 200 hooks and convenient functions</li>
<li>Discord and Slack Integration: Receive notifications in Discord and/or Slack when a review is submitted</li>
<li>Documentation: FAQ and documenation for all shortcodes and functions</li>
<li>East Asian Language Support</li>
<li>Form Styles: Match the review form with popular themes and form plugins</li>
<li>GamiPress Support: Site Reviews integrates with GamiPress allowing you to award points when someone writes or receives a review</li>
<li>Import Third-Party Reviews: Includes a built-in CSV importer</li>
<li>JSON-LD Schema: Display your reviews and ratings in search results</li>
<li>Members Only: Require users to be logged in before submitting a review</li>
<li>Multilingual Plugin Support: Integrates review assignments with Polylang and WPML allowing you to assign reviews to all languages of a multilingual page (note: translating reviews is not supported)</li>
<li>MultilingualPress: Integrates with the MultilingualPress multisite plugin.</li>
<li>Multisite Support: Fully supports network/multisite websites</li>
<li>myCRED Support: Site Reviews integrates with myCRED allowing you to award points when someone writes or receives a review</li>
<li>Notifications: Send notifications to one or more emails when a review is submitted</li>
<li>Page Builder Support: Use native elements in Avada Builder, Breakdance, Bricks, Divi 5, Elementor, Flatsome Page Builder, and WPBakery Page Builder</li>
<li>Pagination: Display a set number of reviews per-page with AJAX</li>
<li>Privacy: Integrates with the WordPress privacy tools</li>
<li>Rating Summaries: Display a summary of your review ratings from high to low.</li>
<li>Relative Dates: You decide the date format that is displayed in your reviews</li>
<li>Responses: Write responses to your reviews</li>
<li>REST API: Access your reviews from remote websites and applications using the API.</li>
<li>Restrictions: Require approval before publishing reviews and limit review submissions by email address, IP address, or username</li>
<li>Review Limits: Prevent people from submitting more than one review per day (based on IP address, email, or username). Works with review assignments. </li>
<li>Shortcodes: Configurable shortcodes complete with full documentation</li>
<li>SPAM Protection: Includes 5 layers of protection from spam! Built-in Honeypot, 6 CAPTCHA options (Cloudflare Turnstile, FriendlyCaptcha, hCaptcha, Procaptcha, reCAPTCHA v2 Invisible, and reCAPTCHA v3), Akismet, Blacklist, and Review limits</li>
<li>SureCart Support: Site Reviews integrates with your SureCart Products</li>
<li>Templates: Use the Site Reviews templates in your theme for full control over the HTML</li>
<li>Translations: Easily change any text of the plugin to your own in the settings.</li>
<li>Verify Reviews: Automatically request verification of new reviews</li>
<li>WooCommerce Support: Site Reviews integrates with your WooCommerce Products</li>
<li>And more!</li>
</ul>
<h4>Site Reviews Premium</h4>
If you need more features, <a href="https://niftyplugins.com/plugins/site-reviews-premium/" rel="nofollow ugc">Site Reviews Premium</a> gives you access to all of our paid addons as well as fast email and remote support.
Premium addons include:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://niftyplugins.com/plugins/site-reviews-actions/" rel="nofollow ugc">Review Actions</a>: Allow people to upvote, report, and translate your reviews.</li>
<li><a href="https://niftyplugins.com/plugins/site-reviews-authors/" rel="nofollow ugc">Review Authors</a>: Update your reviews from the frontend.</li>
<li><a href="https://niftyplugins.com/plugins/site-reviews-filters/" rel="nofollow ugc">Review Filters</a>: Sort, filter, and search your reviews.</li>
<li><a href="https://niftyplugins.com/plugins/site-reviews-forms/" rel="nofollow ugc">Review Forms</a>: Create custom review forms with over 20 field types, field conditions, and individual review templates.</li>
<li><a href="https://niftyplugins.com/plugins/site-reviews-images/" rel="nofollow ugc">Review Images</a>: Add images with captions to your reviews, and display a gallery of your review images.</li>
<li><a href="https://niftyplugins.com/plugins/site-reviews-notifications/" rel="nofollow ugc">Review Notifications</a>: Create and schedule custom review notifications with conditions, and send reminder emails for WooCommerce purchases.</li>
<li><a href="https://niftyplugins.com/plugins/site-reviews-themes/" rel="nofollow ugc">Review Themes</a>: Display your reviews in a carousel or grid and create custom review designs with a drag-and-drop builder.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Third Party Plugin Support</h4>
Site Reviews is officially compatible with the following plugins:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/" rel="ugc">Akismet</a></li>
<li><a href="https://avada.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Avada Builder</a></li>
<li><a href="https://breakdance.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Breakdance</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bricksbuilder.io/" rel="nofollow ugc">Bricks</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.buddyboss.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">BuddyBoss</a></li>
<li><a href="https://buddypress.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">BuddyPress</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/cloudflare/" rel="ugc">Cloudflare</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.elegantthemes.com/gallery/divi/" rel="nofollow ugc">Divi 5</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicate-page/" rel="ugc">Duplicate Page</a></li>
<li><a href="https://elementor.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Elementor</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/bluehost/endurance-page-cache/" rel="nofollow ugc">Endurance Cache</a></li>
<li><a href="https://themeforest.net/item/flatsome-multipurpose-responsive-woocommerce-theme/5484319" rel="nofollow ugc">Flatsome Page Builder</a></li>
<li><a href="https://fluentcart.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">FluentCart</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/gamipress/" rel="ugc">GamiPress</a></li>
<li><a href="https://generatepress.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">GeneratePress</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/hcaptcha-for-forms-and-more/" rel="ugc">hCaptcha</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/hummingbird-performance/" rel="ugc">Hummingbird Performance</a></li>
<li><a href="https://crocoblock.com/plugins/jetwoobuilder/" rel="nofollow ugc">JetWooBuilder For Elementor</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/litespeed-cache/" rel="ugc">Litespeed Cache</a></li>
<li><a href="https://advancedcouponsplugin.com/woocommerce-loyalty-program/" rel="nofollow ugc">Loyalty Program for WooCommerce</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/members/" rel="ugc">Members</a></li>
<li><a href="https://multilingualpress.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">MultilingualPress</a></li>
<li><a href="https://mycred.me/" rel="nofollow ugc">myCRED</a></li>
<li><a href="https://ninjaforms.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Ninja Forms</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/nitropack/" rel="ugc">NitroPack</a></li>
<li><a href="https://oxygenbuilder.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Oxygen Builder</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/perfect-woocommerce-brands/" rel="ugc">Perfect Brands for WooCommerce</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/polylang/" rel="ugc">Polylang</a></li>
<li><a href="https://profilepress.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">ProfilePress</a></li>
<li><a href="https://rankmath.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">RankMath Pro</a></li>
<li><a href="https://structured-data-for-wp.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Schema and Structured Data for WP</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wpschema.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Schema Pro</a></li>
<li><a href="https://searchandfilter.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Search & Filter Pro</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-seopress/" rel="ugc">SEOPress</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/sg-cachepress/" rel="ugc">SiteGround Optimizer</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/speed-booster-pack/" rel="ugc">Speed Booster Pack</a></li>
<li><a href="https://surecart.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">SureCart</a></li>
<li><a href="https://swiftperformance.io/" rel="nofollow ugc">Swift Performance</a></li>
<li><a href="https://thrivethemes.com/architect/" rel="nofollow ugc">Thrive Architect</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/" rel="ugc">W3 Total Cache</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.flycart.org/products/wordpress/wployalty" rel="nofollow ugc">WooCommerce Loyalty Points and Rewards</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/" rel="ugc">WooCommerce</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/woorewards/" rel="ugc">WooRewards</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.wpfastestcache.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">WP Fastest Cache</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wp-rocket.me/" rel="nofollow ugc">WP Rocket</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-super-cache/" rel="ugc">WP Super Cache</a></li>
<li><a href="https://getwpo.com" rel="nofollow ugc">WP-Optimize</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wpbakery.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">WPBakery Page Builder</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforms-lite/" rel="ugc">WPForms</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wployalty.net/" rel="nofollow ugc">WPLoyalty</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wpml.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">WPML</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicate-post/" rel="ugc">Yoast Duplicate Post</a></li>
<li><a href="https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/seo-free/" rel="nofollow ugc">Yoast SEO</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Open Source</h4>
<a href="https://github.com/pryley/site-reviews/" rel="nofollow ugc">Follow plugin development on Github.</a>

Site Reviews

Speaking as developers ourselves, this is a very well done plugin - the author has put in so much work. Deserves 5+ stars.

Very well done, documented and great attention to detail


From the way everything works and is displayed, to just using it and making the changes you want. I like this plugin very much.



I wish it wasn't so difficult to "change the color" of the star. Download this, upload that, activate this and save this.. it's insane.


This is a high quality plugin... "you can just tell"


I really like Site Reviews and I also have the Filters addon.




I like the way the plugin is designed for the user as regards the GUI. And a lot of effort has gone in to clean and elegant help.





I have requested help a few times and the support has been really good.




Sometimes I come across plugins that I feel are special because of the plugin and their author. Some of these are Autoptimize, Enlighter. Now I add Site Reviews to that list!



😏


Excellent Plugin


Perfect if we don't have WooCommerce and we want to collect reviews. Love it !


Great !


Plugin and functionality is good but want to more settings for UI configuration, for example make slider or vertical and horizontal mode


Good Review block

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