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<p><strong>Etchenet Reviews for Google Business</strong> 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.</p>
<h4>Internationalization</h4>
<ul>
<li>All translatable strings in the plugin use <strong>English (United States, <code>en_US</code>)</strong> 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 <strong>as-is</strong> 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><strong>Carousel</strong> – Shortcode <code>[etn_egr_reviews_carousel]</code> with configurable columns, autoplay, arrows, dots</li>
<li><strong>Floating badge</strong> – Shows rating and total reviews; click to open the side panel</li>
<li><strong>Side panel</strong> – List of reviews in a slide-out panel (position and styles configurable)</li>
<li><strong>Manual reviews</strong> – Add and manage your own reviews in the admin (same structure as Google)</li>
<li><strong>CSV/Excel import</strong> – Bulk import from <code>.csv</code> or <code>.xlsx</code> with a header row such as <strong>Author, Text, Stars, Date, Photo URL</strong> (minimum: Author, Text). Spanish column names (e.g. Autor, Texto) are also recognized for compatibility.</li>
<li><strong>Google API sync</strong> – One-click sync with Google Places API (API Key + Place ID); optional daily cron</li>
<li><strong>Order</strong> – Sort by newest, oldest, best/worst rating, or drag-and-drop manual order in the admin list</li>
<li><strong>Customizable</strong> – Colors, excerpt length, min stars, “Read more” modal, Rich Snippets (JSON-LD)</li>
<li><strong>Translations</strong> – Text domain: <code>etchenet-reviews-for-google-business</code>; see <em>Internationalization</em> 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>
<p>The plugin uses the <strong>Google Places API (Place Details)</strong>. It requests the <code>reviews</code> field for your place (using your API Key and Place ID). Google returns a <strong>limited number of reviews per request</strong> (typically 5) and does not support pagination for reviews.</p>
<p>On each sync, the plugin fetches the current batch from Google, compares it with the reviews already stored on your site, <strong>adds only new ones</strong> (no duplicates), and <strong>merges</strong> them with the existing list. It <strong>never deletes</strong> previously saved Google reviews. The API response is cached for 12 hours to avoid excessive requests.</p>
<h4>How to get more reviews than Google’s default limit</h4>
<p>Because the API returns only a small set per call (usually 5) and has no pagination:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Sync regularly.</strong> Use <strong>Sync now</strong> in the Connectivity tab from time to time, or enable <strong>Enable daily automatic sync (WP-Cron)</strong>. 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><strong>Use manual reviews and import.</strong> 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>
<p>For full details, check the plugin settings and this readme file.</p>
<h3>External services</h3>
<p>This plugin connects to Google services to fetch and display Google Business reviews.</p>
<ol>
<li>Google Places API (maps.googleapis.com)</li>
</ol>
<p>– Purpose: fetch place details and public reviews (rating, review count, business name, review entries).<br />
– 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.<br />
– 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.</p>
<ol>
<li>Remote profile-photo download (Google-hosted image URLs)</li>
</ol>
<p>– Purpose: cache public reviewer profile images locally for faster/stable display.<br />
– Data sent: HTTP GET request to the profile photo URL returned by Google for each review.<br />
– When sent: during synchronization, when new reviews are detected and include a profile photo URL.</p>
<p>No personal data from your site visitors is sent by these requests.</p>
<p>Google Maps Platform Terms of Service:<br />
https://mapsplatform.google.com/terms/</p>
<p>Google Privacy Policy:<br />
https://policies.google.com/privacy</p>


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).

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<h4>Auto Publishing</h4>
<p>Auto Publish for Google My Business lets you publish posts, custom posts and pages automatically from WordPress to your Google My Business page. Posts can be scheduled as well!</p>
<p>Creating content on Google My Business is becoming an increasingly important SEO factor. But the problem is it can be a hassle creating new content and easy to forget. With Auto Publish for Google My Business you can start getting more content on your, or your clients’ business page on Google without having to do any additional operations.</p>
<p>The plugin is simple, lightweight and FULLY free. You can also setup a default share message (which includes time saving shortcodes) and an action type for all your posts which you can override on the individual post page as well. You can also filter items to be published based on categories selected on the plugin settings page. You can choose whether you want to share posts, custom posts and pages.</p>
<p>The plugin utilises the official Google My Business API so your posts featured image will automatically be used as the Google My Business post image and your post link will be set as the call to action link in Google My Business. You can also create event posts with a start and end date.</p>
<p>Every post will automatically be published to Google My Business, however on each post there is a checkbox which enables you to not share a particular post or you can change the default to not publish posts automatically from the plugin settings.</p>
<p>On the ‘All Posts/Pages/Custom Post Type’ screen you will also see a share history timeline for each post.</p>
<p>From the plugin settings you can also create a manual new post which isn’t tied to any WordPress post/page/custom post type and you can also edit and remove past posts without even having to go to your Google My Business page.</p>
<p>In version 1.2 of the plugin we have introduced full multiple location support! So you can select to use the plugin with multiple Google My Business locations, set your default locations and choose what locations to share to for each post! There is no limit to the amount of posts you can create!</p>
<h4>Reviews</h4>
<p>Display reviews on any post, page or in a sidebar widget using the review shortcode builder in the plugin settings. Simply change the settings and get a live preview of your review slider or grid. Then copy and paste the shortcode into the desired position on your website. There are heaps of options to customise the look of the reviews and you can even manually exclude specific reviews from displaying. Reviews will be updated automatically once every day so there’s no maintenance.</p>
<h4>Great Support</h4>
<p>The plugin comes with an FAQ section accessible from the plugin settings page and it’s transation friendly.</p>
<h4>Announcing AutoSocial</h4>
<p>Please check out the pro version called AutoSocial which provides the same functionality as Auto Publish for Google My Business but adds Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest. AutoSocial has many other cool features you will love as well! <a href="https://northernbeacheswebsites.com.au/autosocial/" rel="nofollow ugc">Learn more</a></p>


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