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ReviewStars displays a Google Places star rating and total review count via a shortcode: <code>[reviewstars]</code>.
It is built as a design tool: you can style the output in the admin and use Preview Mode to design without an API key or Place ID, which is useful for staging sites, page builders, and client approval.
<h3>Free build features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Shortcode: <code>[reviewstars]</code></li>
<li>Google Places rating and review count using your own API key</li>
<li>Caching via WordPress transients</li>
<li>Configurable front-end auto-refresh</li>
<li>Preview Mode with custom preview rating and review count</li>
<li>On-click behavior: open your Google listing or “Write a review”</li>
<li>Optional language parameter for the Google Places API</li>
<li>Style controls for spacing, typography, review count background, Google icon placement, and separators</li>
</ul>
The WordPress.org build includes only the free functionality listed here. Additional paid functionality is delivered in a separate plugin package outside WordPress.org and is not included in this package.
<h4>Style editor</h4>
Control spacing, typography and icon placement without custom CSS:
<ul>
<li>Toggle: show/hide review count and review text</li>
<li>Stars font size</li>
<li>Review text font size and font weight</li>
<li>Optional review text color</li>
<li>Number spacing: padding, margin, and vertical adjustment</li>
<li>Number typography: font size, font weight, and optional color</li>
<li>Optional number background: solid or gradient background, padding, radius, and border width</li>
<li>Google icon: show/hide, position, gap, icon size, and separator styling</li>
</ul>
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin connects to the following third-party services:
1) Google Places API (Google Maps Platform) 
Used to retrieve the rating and review count for the configured Place ID. Requests are made when the shortcode is rendered, when the admin “Test API settings” button is used, and when live refresh is enabled. 
Service: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/web-service/overview 
Terms: https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/terms 
Privacy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
2) Freemius SDK (optional) 
The plugin bundles the Freemius SDK for optional account, opt-in, and commercial upgrade flows. The free plugin functionality works without opting in to Freemius. If you opt in or use Freemius account features, data may be processed by Freemius according to their policies. 
Privacy: https://freemius.com/privacy/ 
Terms: https://freemius.com/terms/
<h3>Shortcodes</h3>
<pre><code>[reviewstars]
</code></pre>
Optional attributes:
<ul>
<li><code>refresh_ms="300000"</code> – override refresh interval in milliseconds</li>
<li><code>preview="1"</code> – force preview output without API calls</li>
<li><code>rating="4.8"</code> – preview rating</li>
<li><code>reviews="1250"</code> – preview review count</li>
</ul>

ReviewStars

Displays a modern Google Places rating badge with style controls, caching, auto refresh, and optional preview mode.

addstars

Description
The AddStars Review plugin can only be used with the AddStars code snippet generated from your Addstars Dashboard at <a href="https://addstars.com/" title="AddStars" rel="nofollow ugc">AddStars</a> or <a href="https://app.addstars.io/" title="AddStars Dashboard" rel="nofollow ugc">Addstars Dashboard</a>
This simple plugin lets you insert your code snippet into the of your WordPress website with no need to edit or modify your theme files.
Features of the AddStar Review Plugin
 Very lightweight 
 Quick to setup 
 Simple to insert the AddStars script 
 Insert code snippet into 
 Features “defer” in the script to load last
Credits:
Created by the AddStars Development team. 
Adapted from the “Insert Headers and Footers” plugin by WPBeginner
Notes:
Our goal is to collect your reviews from multiple review platforms and display them as golden stars beneath your search page results on Google.

AddStars

This Plugin allows you to add your AddStars code snippet into the header of your website so that your reviews can show on Googles search results.

ReviewStars vs <b>AddStars</b>