Freemius

designplug

<p>ReviewStars displays a Google Places star rating and total review count via a shortcode: <code>[reviewstars]</code>.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<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>
<p>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.</p>
<h4>Style editor</h4>
<p>Control spacing, typography and icon placement without custom CSS:</p>
<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>
<p>This plugin connects to the following third-party services:</p>
<p>1) <strong>Google Places API (Google Maps Platform)</strong><br />
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.<br />
Service: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/web-service/overview<br />
Terms: https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/terms<br />
Privacy: https://policies.google.com/privacy</p>
<p>2) <strong>Freemius SDK (optional)</strong><br />
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.<br />
Privacy: https://freemius.com/privacy/<br />
Terms: https://freemius.com/terms/</p>
<h3>Shortcodes</h3>
<pre><code>[reviewstars]
</code></pre>
<p>Optional attributes:</p>
<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.

bestwebsoft

bestweblayout

<p>Simple plugin which adds 5 stars rating to your WordPress website posts, pages, and widgets. Customize the appearance, choose where you want to display rating statistic, and enjoy your customer’s reviews.</p>
<p>Show rating from other people to increase conversions!</p>
<p><a href="https://bestwebsoft.com/demo-rating-by-bestwebsoft/?ref=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">View Demo</a></p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Automatically add star rating to:
<ul>
<li>Post</li>
<li>Pages</li>
<li>Media</li>
<li>Testimonials</li>
<li>Custom post types</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Add rating via shortcode</li>
<li>Select the user roles that can submit ratings</li>
<li>Allow non-logged in users to submit ratings</li>
<li>Choose average rating position:
<ul>
<li>Before the content</li>
<li>After the content</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Combine average rating with a rate option</li>
<li>Choose rate option position:
<ul>
<li>Before the content</li>
<li>After the content</li>
<li>In comments</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Customize rating styles:
<ul>
<li>Star color</li>
<li>Star color on mouseover</li>
<li>Text color</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Set the size for:
<ul>
<li>Stars</li>
<li>Text</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Include JSON-LD schema</li>
<li>Customize message:
<ul>
<li>Total number of stars</li>
<li>Guest users that submit a review</li>
<li>When rating is submitted successfully</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Exclude JSON-LD schema per post</li>
<li>Add custom code via plugin settings page</li>
<li>Compatible with latest WordPress version</li>
<li>Incredibly simple settings for fast setup without modifying code</li>
<li>Detailed step-by-step documentation and videos</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<p><strong>Pro Features</strong></p>
<p>All features from Free version included plus:</p>
<ul>
<li>Customize the number of stars</li>
<li>Display average rating in the list with pages/posts</li>
<li>Get answer to your support question within one business day (<a href="https://bestwebsoft.com/support-policy/" rel="nofollow ugc">Support Policy</a>)</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
<p><a href="https://bestwebsoft.com/products/wordpress/plugins/rating/?k=4808d50a7d9757de9577e1ce29ea07f6" rel="nofollow ugc">Upgrade to Pro Now</a></p>
<p>If you have a feature suggestion or idea you’d like to see in the plugin, we’d love to hear about it! <a href="https://support.bestwebsoft.com/hc/en-us/requests/new" rel="nofollow ugc">Suggest a Feature</a></p>
<h4>Documentation & Videos</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-hvn6WRvWnOqj5v5pLUk7Awyu87lq5B_dO-Tv-MC9JQ/" rel="nofollow ugc">[Doc] Installation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EUdBVvnm7IHZ6y0DNyldZypUQKpB8UVPToSc_LdOYQI/edit" rel="nofollow ugc">[Doc] Purchase</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bestwebsoft.com/documentation/rating/rating-user-guide/" rel="nofollow ugc">[Doc] User Guide</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Help & Support</h4>
<p>Visit our Help Center if you have any questions, our friendly Support Team is happy to help — <a href="https://support.bestwebsoft.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://support.bestwebsoft.com/</a></p>
<h4>Translation</h4>
<ul>
<li>Russian (ru_RU)</li>
<li>Spanish (es_ES) (thanks to <a href="mailto:jmbescos@ibidemgroup.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Jose Bescos</a>, www.ibidemgroup.com)</li>
<li>Ukrainian (uk)</li>
</ul>
<p>Some of these translations are not complete. We are constantly adding new features which should be translated. If you would like to create your own language pack or update the existing one, you can send <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Translating_WordPress" rel="nofollow ugc">the text of PO and MO files</a> to <a href="https://support.bestwebsoft.com/hc/en-us/requests/new" rel="nofollow ugc">BestWebSoft</a> and we’ll add it to the plugin. You can download the latest version of the program for work with PO and MO <a href="http://www.poedit.net/download.php" rel="nofollow ugc">files Poedit</a>.</p>
<h4>Recommended Plugins</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bestwebsoft.com/products/wordpress/plugins/updater/?k=c7ce6f79072aa3d73d66318b2370b719" rel="nofollow ugc">Updater</a> – Automatically check and update WordPress website core with all installed plugins and themes to the latest versions.</li>
<li><a href="https://bestwebsoft.com/products/wordpress/plugins/testimonials/" rel="nofollow ugc">Testimonials</a> – Add testimonials and feedbacks from your customers to WordPress website posts, pages, and widgets.</li>
</ul>


Rating by BestWebSoft

Add rating plugin to your WordPress website to receive feedback from your customers.

ReviewStars vs Rating by BestWebSoft