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.

richplugins

<p>WidgetPack is a Social reviews service for makes reviewing easier and help to boost your traffic and trust.<br />
More information <a href="https://widgetpack.com/review-system" rel="nofollow ugc">https://widgetpack.com/review-system</a><br />
Try demo <a href="https://widgetpack.com/demo/reviews" rel="nofollow ugc">https://widgetpack.com/demo/reviews</a></p>
<h4>WidgetPack for WordPress</h4>
<ul>
<li>Uses the WidgetPack API</li>
<li>Reviews indexable by all search engines (SEO)</li>
<li>Support Google Rich Snippets for Reviews</li>
<li>Support schema.org/Review microformat for fast indexable</li>
<li>Import/Export of existing comments as reviews</li>
<li>Auto-sync of reviews with WidgetPack and WordPress database</li>
<li>Review count</li>
</ul>
<h4>WidgetPack Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Social and guest login</li>
<li>Pros and Cons</li>
<li>Review premoderation</li>
<li>Responsive design</li>
<li>Review replies</li>
<li>Any star colors</li>
<li>Choice number and height of stars</li>
<li>Sort by most recent, most helpful, highest score and lowest score</li>
<li>Voting for reviews</li>
<li>Email Notifications</li>
<li>YouTube and Vimeo embedding, uploading images</li>
<li>Real-time and powerful admin panel</li>
<li>Spam protection with Google reCAPTCHA 2.0</li>
<li>Moderator roles</li>
<li>User ban, IP ban</li>
<li>Group operations</li>
<li>SSL</li>
</ul>
<h3>Support</h3>
<ul>
<li>
<p>Chat support https://widgetpack.com/forum</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Email support contact@widgetpack.com</p>
</li>
</ul>


WidgetPack Review System

Support Google Rich Snippets for Reviews out of the box to boost your search traffic and trust!



Social reviews system

The WidgetPack Review System replaces default WordPress comments with social review service to get more reviews mean more traffic and more sales.

ReviewStars vs WidgetPack Review System