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Etchenet Reviews for Google Business shows your Google Business reviews in a modern carousel (Swiper), a floating badge, and a side panel. Ideal for building trust and social proof on your site.
<h4>Internationalization</h4>
<ul>
<li>All translatable strings in the plugin use English (United States, <code>en_US</code>) as the message source, as required for community translation on WordPress.org.</li>
<li>On a site whose locale is <code>en_US</code>, WordPress typically uses those strings as-is from the plugin (no separate English file required).</li>
<li>Spanish (<code>es_ES</code>) and French (<code>fr_FR</code>) translation files are included under <code>languages/</code>. Other locales can use language packs from wordpress.org when available, or custom <code>.mo</code> / <code>.l10n.php</code> files.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Carousel – Shortcode <code>[etn_egr_reviews_carousel]</code> with configurable columns, autoplay, arrows, dots</li>
<li>Floating badge – Shows rating and total reviews; click to open the side panel</li>
<li>Side panel – List of reviews in a slide-out panel (position and styles configurable)</li>
<li>Manual reviews – Add and manage your own reviews in the admin (same structure as Google)</li>
<li>CSV/Excel import – Bulk import from <code>.csv</code> or <code>.xlsx</code> with a header row such as Author, Text, Stars, Date, Photo URL (minimum: Author, Text). Spanish column names (e.g. Autor, Texto) are also recognized for compatibility.</li>
<li>Google API sync – One-click sync with Google Places API (API Key + Place ID); optional daily cron</li>
<li>Order – Sort by newest, oldest, best/worst rating, or drag-and-drop manual order in the admin list</li>
<li>Customizable – Colors, excerpt length, min stars, “Read more” modal, Rich Snippets (JSON-LD)</li>
<li>Translations – Text domain: <code>etchenet-reviews-for-google-business</code>; see Internationalization above</li>
</ul>
<h4>Requirements</h4>
<ul>
<li>WordPress 5.0+</li>
<li>PHP 7.4+</li>
<li>Google API Key and Place ID (for syncing from Google); optional for manual-only use</li>
</ul>
<h4>How reviews are loaded from the Google API</h4>
The plugin uses the Google Places API (Place Details). It requests the <code>reviews</code> field for your place (using your API Key and Place ID). Google returns a limited number of reviews per request (typically 5) and does not support pagination for reviews.
On each sync, the plugin fetches the current batch from Google, compares it with the reviews already stored on your site, adds only new ones (no duplicates), and merges them with the existing list. It never deletes previously saved Google reviews. The API response is cached for 12 hours to avoid excessive requests.
<h4>How to get more reviews than Google’s default limit</h4>
Because the API returns only a small set per call (usually 5) and has no pagination:
<ul>
<li>Sync regularly. Use Sync now in the Connectivity tab from time to time, or enable Enable daily automatic sync (WP-Cron). Each sync can add new reviews; the plugin keeps all it has ever received and only appends new ones. Over time your total count can grow beyond 5.</li>
<li>Use manual reviews and import. Add reviews manually or import CSV/Excel for an immediate larger set; they are not limited by the API and are shown together with Google reviews.</li>
</ul>
For full details, check the plugin settings and this readme file.
<h3>External services</h3>
This plugin connects to Google services to fetch and display Google Business reviews.
<ol>
<li>Google Places API (maps.googleapis.com)</li>
</ol>
– Purpose: fetch place details and public reviews (rating, review count, business name, review entries). 
– Data sent: configured <code>place_id</code>, configured API key, requested review language (two-letter code derived from the site’s WordPress <code>get_locale()</code>, e.g. <code>en</code> for <code>en_US</code>, <code>es</code> for <code>es_ES</code>), optional <code>reviews_sort</code> parameter. 
– When sent: on manual sync and on optional daily WP-Cron sync. Two requests are made per sync (one sorted by relevance, one by newest) to maximize review collection within Google’s 5-review-per-request limit.
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<li>Remote profile-photo download (Google-hosted image URLs)</li>
</ol>
– Purpose: cache public reviewer profile images locally for faster/stable display. 
– Data sent: HTTP GET request to the profile photo URL returned by Google for each review. 
– When sent: during synchronization, when new reviews are detected and include a profile photo URL.
No personal data from your site visitors is sent by these requests.
Google Maps Platform Terms of Service: 
https://mapsplatform.google.com/terms/
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https://policies.google.com/privacy

Etchenet Reviews for Google Business


J’ai testé ce plugin et franchement, très bonne surprise !L’installation est rapide et la prise en main vraiment intuitive, même sans être expert WordPress.



J’ai particulièrement apprécié la possibilité de connecter facilement les avis Google, mais aussi d’ajouter des avis manuellement ou en masse selon les besoins.



Les options proposées sont complètes, tout en restant simples à utiliser, et le rendu final est vraiment propre et professionnel sur le site.



Un excellent outil pour mettre en avant la preuve sociale et rassurer les visiteurs — clairement un plus pour la crédibilité et les conversions 👍



Je recommande sans hésiter !


Un plugin complet avec un super rendu

Display Google reviews in a carousel, floating badge, and side panel. Manual reviews, CSV/Excel import, API sync. Bundled translations (ES, FR).

Syed Balkhi

Awesome Motive

smashballoon

Craig at Smash Balloon

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

Paid version is good


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


Excellen Plugin both pro and free

Very useful plugin

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

Etchenet Reviews for Google Business vs Reviews Feed – Add Testimonials and Customer Reviews From Google Reviews, Yelp, TripAdvisor, and More