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<p><strong>IMPORTANT: A Google Places API key is required to display Google Reviews.</strong> 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.</p>
<p><strong>Kuchikomi Wall</strong> helps local businesses manage and display Google Business Profile reviews and customer testimonials on their WordPress site. Turn your best reviews into social proof on your website.</p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Google Reviews Integration</strong> – Connect your Google Business Profile and display customer reviews automatically (cached for performance, Google API compliant)</li>
<li><strong>X (Twitter) Embeds</strong> – Add tweet URLs and display them as testimonial cards (no API key required)</li>
<li><strong>Manual Testimonials</strong> – Add any testimonial manually from emails, Coconala, direct feedback, or any other source</li>
<li><strong>5 Display Templates</strong> – Card Grid, Slider/Carousel, Simple List, Badge, and Floating layouts</li>
<li><strong>3 Color Schemes</strong> – Light, Dark, and Auto</li>
<li><strong>Unified Dashboard</strong> – Manage all review sources from a single admin interface</li>
<li><strong>Setup Wizard</strong> – Initial setup flow for API key, Place ID, and display style</li>
<li><strong>Live Preview</strong> – Preview display settings before embedding the widget</li>
<li><strong>Gutenberg Block</strong> – Native block included; search “Kuchikomi Wall” in the block inserter</li>
<li><strong>Shortcode Support</strong> – Embed anywhere with <code>[tmnl_kuchikomi_wall]</code></li>
</ul>
<h4>Free vs Pro</h4>
<p>  Feature<br />
  Free<br />
  Pro</p>
<p>  Google Reviews (1 location)<br />
  Yes<br />
  Yes</p>
<p>  X (Twitter) embeds<br />
  Yes<br />
  Yes</p>
<p>  Manual testimonials<br />
  Yes<br />
  Yes</p>
<p>  5 display templates<br />
  Yes<br />
  Yes</p>
<p>  Gutenberg block<br />
  Yes<br />
  Yes</p>
<p>  Multiple locations (multi-store)<br />
  No<br />
  Yes</p>
<p>  Schema.org structured data (JSON-LD)<br />
  No<br />
  Yes</p>
<p>  Review request QR code<br />
  No<br />
  Yes</p>
<p><strong>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).</strong></p>
<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, and anyone who collects Google Reviews</li>
<li>Web creators building client sites</li>
</ul>
<h4>Shortcode Usage</h4>
<p>Basic:<br />
    [tmnl_kuchikomi_wall]</p>
<p>With options:<br />
    [tmnl_kuchikomi_wall limit=”6″ template=”slider” color=”dark” min_rating=”4″]</p>
<p>Parameters:<br />
* <code>limit</code> – Number of reviews to display (default: 6)<br />
* <code>source</code> – <code>all</code>, <code>manual</code>, <code>google</code>, or <code>x_embed</code> (default: all)<br />
* <code>template</code> – <code>card</code>, <code>slider</code>, <code>list</code>, <code>badge</code>, or <code>floating</code> (default: card)<br />
* <code>color</code> – <code>light</code>, <code>dark</code>, or <code>auto</code> (default: light)<br />
* <code>min_rating</code> – Minimum star rating to display, 1-5 (default: 1)</p>
<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 <strong>Kuchikomi Wall > Google Reviews > Settings</strong></li>
<li>Reviews are cached for 30 days (Google API compliant)</li>
</ol>
<h4>Privacy & API Compliance</h4>
<ul>
<li>Google review text is <strong>not stored</strong> 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>
<p>Kuchikomi Wall is translation-ready. A Japanese translation (<code>ja</code>) is included. Contributions for other languages are welcome.</p>
<h4>Support</h4>
<ul>
<li>Plugin homepage: https://www.el-plan.com/kuchikomi-wall/</li>
<li><strong>Google API key setup guide (English):</strong> https://www.el-plan.com/kuchikomi-wall/api-guide-en/</li>
<li><strong>Google API key setup guide (Japanese):</strong> 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>
<p>This plugin connects to the following third-party services:</p>
<h4>Google Places API</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>What it does:</strong> Retrieves customer reviews and business information from Google Business Profile.</li>
<li><strong>When data is sent:</strong> 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><strong>What data is sent:</strong> Your Google Place ID and API key (stored locally on your server; sent to Google’s API endpoint).</li>
<li><strong>Service provider:</strong> 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><strong>What it does:</strong> Converts tweet URLs into embeddable HTML cards for display on your site.</li>
<li><strong>When data is sent:</strong> When a visitor views a page containing an X embed (the browser contacts Twitter’s oEmbed endpoint to render the tweet).</li>
<li><strong>What data is sent:</strong> The tweet URL only. No personal user data is transmitted by this plugin.</li>
<li><strong>Service provider:</strong> 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, X posts, and manual testimonials on your WordPress site. Note: a Google Places API key is required to show Go …

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<p>This plugin allows you to display up to 10 <strong>Google Business reviews</strong> and immediately show them on your WordPress website. The setup process is extremely simple and takes less than a minute.</p>
<p>There are no limits on how many Google business locations you can connect, and you can create as many widgets or shortcodes as needed to place reviews across your site. The plugin is easy to use and helps build trust with your visitors by displaying real Google reviews and your overall rating.</p>
<p>It’s already trusted by over a thousand WordPress users who use it daily to show their best customer feedback.</p>
<p>Want to see how it works? Watch the short demo below to see how quickly you can get started – or simply try it in the Live Preview.</p>
<span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rMbwqCjDc80?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></span>
<h3>⚡ Plugin highlights</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>No limits on created widgets or shortcodes</strong></li>
<li><strong>Show up to 10 Google reviews on initial setup</strong></li>
<li><strong>Connect multiple Google business places</strong></li>
<li><strong>Fully GDPR-compliant</strong> — no external requests, all data loads from your own website</li>
<li><strong>Automatically updates reviews</strong> and ratings (when using your own API key)</li>
<li>Option to hide reviews without text</li>
<li>Responsive layouts: Slider, Grid, List, and Rating</li>
<li>‘<strong>review us on Google</strong>‘ button to collect new reviews</li>
<li>Choose which reviews to display or hide</li>
<li>Display reviews using shortcode, widget, block, or page builders (Elementor, Gutenberg, etc.)</li>
<li>Upload a custom business photo</li>
<li>Trim long reviews with a “read more” link</li>
<li>Pagination support for List and Grid layouts</li>
<li>Optimized for performance: small CSS/JS files and lazy loading</li>
<li><strong>UI options to customize star, text, rating, and review colors</strong></li>
<li>Additional styling with your own CSS</li>
<li>Supports multiple languages</li>
<li>Works with dark themes</li>
</ul>
<p>⭐ <a href="https://richplugins.com/demos/" rel="nofollow ugc">Live demo</a></p>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>If you have any questions or need help using the plugin, we recommend the following steps:</p>
<ol>
<li>Check the plugin’s support page in your WordPress admin under “Google Reviews / Support”.</li>
<li>Visit the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widget-google-reviews/" rel="ugc">Support Forum</a> to browse existing topics or ask a new question.</li>
</ol>
<p>Email support in English is also available on weekdays: support@richplugins.com</p>
<h3>Roadmap</h3>
<ul>
<li>New feature: minimal rating layout (rating, stars and total reviews)</li>
<li>New feature: possibility to hide (or delete) the connected place to exclude from Overview page</li>
<li>Improve: adapt review connection modal for mobile devices</li>
<li>Improve: New option Style Options / Review photos max lines</li>
</ul>


Rich Showcase for Google Reviews


Relatively easy to install. We used our own Google API. Worked first time.


Works as promised...


Improvement suggestion would be to add Schema Ratings / Reviews / Aggregate reviews to the page to help even further.


Great plugin, does what it says and looks good on front end.


Extremely easy to use with beautiful slider layout plugin.


Excellent easy to use no non-sense plugin.


Works good, could use a little more styling options but ill change them with some custom code


Great plugin


Thanks for this; it has plenty of free features, and is super lightweight!


Very lighweight!


We tested a lot of plugins for displaying Google reviews, and this one works the best from the ones we tested.


Awesome - Works the best


A good plugin that provides support that goes the extra mile


Good Plugin, Great Support

Satisfied


Very simple installation, fast configuration, direct connection with google business reviews, easy to configure and embed it anywhere.


Excellent plugin that works really great

It is very easy to use.

Display up to 10 Google reviews in less than a minute. Continue collecting new reviews. No limits on connected places, widgets, shortcodes and blocks.

ElPlan Kuchikomi Wall vs Rich Showcase for Google Reviews