Riccardo

RicReviews is a free and open-source WordPress plugin that displays Google Places reviews on your website using a simple shortcode. The plugin fetches reviews from Google Places API (New) and displays them beautifully on your WordPress site.
<h4>Key Features</h4>
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<li>Easy Integration: Display reviews anywhere on your site with a simple shortcode</li>
<li>Automatic Updates: Reviews are automatically fetched and updated via configurable WordPress cron (daily, weekly, or monthly)</li>
<li>Smart Caching: Built-in caching system to improve performance</li>
<li>Customizable: Choose your primary color and theme (light/dark)</li>
<li>Flexible Display: Control the number of reviews and sorting options</li>
<li>Multilingual Support: Fetch reviews in multiple languages and filter by language in shortcode</li>
<li>Debug Logging: Optional debug logging for troubleshooting API issues</li>
<li>Secure: Follows WordPress coding standards and security best practices</li>
</ul>
<h4>How It Works</h4>
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<li>Initial Fetch: When you save settings, the plugin fetches reviews from Google Places API</li>
<li>Database Storage: Reviews are stored in a custom database table for fast retrieval</li>
<li>Caching: Reviews are cached using WordPress transients for 24 hours</li>
<li>Automatic Updates: WordPress cron job automatically fetches new reviews based on your configured frequency</li>
<li>Display: Shortcode retrieves reviews from cache/database and displays them</li>
</ol>
<h4>Important Note</h4>
Google Places API returns a maximum of 5 reviews per place per API call. This is a hard limit imposed by Google, not a limitation of this plugin. Each API call returns up to 5 reviews, and the plugin performs automatic fetches based on your configured frequency (daily, weekly, or monthly). Over time, you may accumulate more reviews in the database as Google updates the “5 most helpful reviews” for your place.
If you configure multiple languages, each language requires a separate API call, potentially allowing you to collect more reviews (up to 5 per language).
For more information, see <a href="https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/web-service/policies#review-policy" rel="nofollow ugc">Google’s Review Policy Documentation</a>.
<h4>Service Information</h4>
This plugin acts as an interface to Google Places API (New). By installing and configuring this plugin, you consent to the use of Google Places API service. Please review <a href="https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/web-service/policies" rel="nofollow ugc">Google Places API Terms of Service</a> before use.

RicReviews

Display Google Places reviews on your WordPress site using a simple shortcode. Fetches reviews from Google Places API (New).

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<a href="http://demo.accesspressthemes.com/wordpress-plugins/everest-google-places-reviews-lite" rel="nofollow ugc">Demo</a> | <a href="https://accesspressthemes.com/documentation/everest-google-places-reviews-lite/" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation</a> | <a href="https://accesspressthemes.com/support" rel="nofollow ugc">Support</a> | <a href="https://accesspressthemes.com/wordpress-plugins/everest-google-places-reviews/" rel="nofollow ugc">Premium Version</a>
Everest GPlaces Business Reviews is one of the best wordpress free plugin to showcase your Google Places and business reviews and also allows you to display up to 3 business reviews.
Effortlessly show reviews of your google places/locations on your WordPress site utilizing an intense and instinctive widget. Incredible for restaurants, retail locations, franchisees, land firms, lodgings, hotels and hospitality, and about any business with a site and reviews on Google. This plugin is useful since you can display your google business and places information with positive reviews on websites which simply further enhance your online credibility.
It is a fully responsive and shortcode ready plugin. A most powerful reviews display platform with 2 pre available beautifully designed templates layout for business reviews with user rating and 2 pre available badge layout with header as ribbon for displaying business information.
Showcase your business location reviews in the most attractive way with Everest GPlaces Business Reviews.
<h4>Free Version Features</h4>
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<li>Unlimited Google Business Places – Create Unlimited Google Business Places</li>
<li>Autocomplete Google Location Search – Autocomplete Feature On Google Map</li>
<li>Badge Templates – 2 Pre Available Templates For Badge as business information.</li>
<li>Header Templates – 2 Pre Available Templates For Header as badge’s google ribbon</li>
<li>Reviews Templates – 2 Pre Available Templates For Reviews to display business user reviews.</li>
<li>Cache Settings – Inbuilt caching method to prevent the frequent API calls due to which site won’t get slow.</li>
<li> Reviews Layout Type – Display your business user’s reviews in list layout with attractive 2 pre available templates.</li>
<li>Advanced General Options 
– Set total number of user reviews options. Upto 3 google places user reviews can be displayed. 
– Options to Hide User Rating, Average Rating 
– Show Description with text limit, button to read more and read less functionality.</li>
<li>Rate Us Settings – Configuration settings for rate us button to write a review which will linked to review submission form for specific business location.</li>
<li>Easy Usage Via Shortcode </li>
<li>Necessary Customization Options </li>
<li>Translation Ready </li>
<li>Responsive, Touch & Retina Ready </li>
</ul>
<h4>Premium Features:</h4>
★ Create Unlimited Google Business Places 
★ 10 Pre Available Templates For Badge 
★ 10 Pre Available Templates For Header 
★ 10 Pre Available Templates For Reviews 
★ Show/Hide Options for Badge/Header/Review 
★ Reviews Layouts – Slider – Lists 
★ 2 Badge Position – Horizontal – Vertical 
★ 5 Pre Designed Attractive Layouts for Floating Reviews 
★ Floating Reviews Options 
 – Default floating review from list of created review post using our plugin 
 – Positioned in 6 different ways (top-left, top-right, bottom-left, bottom-right , middle left and middle right. 
 – Show Floating Review On 
 – All Pages 
 – All Posts 
 – Home Page Only 
 – Specific Pages/Posts/Categories and other builtin custom post types. 
★ Set total number of user reviews upto 5 google places user reviews 
★ Google Places API key Integration 
★ Autocomplete Feature On Google Map 
★ Cache Settings 
 – Enable cache and set cache period 
★ Rate Us Settings 
★ Custom Link For Rate Us Button 
★ Animation and Transitions 
 – Set badge/review with 20+ animation options. 
★ Enable/Disable Description 
 – Enable/Disable each reviews description. 
 – Set Description word limitation 
 – Display Read More and Read Less Button at last of description with toggle effect to show/hide reviews. 
★ Show Only 5 Star Reviews 
★ Advanced Customizable Options For Review and Rate Us Button 
★ Easy Usage Via Shortcode/Widget 
★ General Setting Options Available 
 – Hide Reviewer Image 
 – Hide User Rating 
 – Hide Average Rating 
★ Supports Google Snippet 
 – Option to fill Review Count, price range, language code for schema error suppression. 
★ Back-end Preview 
★ Latest WordPress Version Compatible 
 – Tested with multiple themes and WordPress Versions 
 – Tested in all modern browsers 
★ Language Translation Ready 
★ Responsive, Touch & Retina Ready 
★ Full Documentation & Support
<h4>Premium Upgrade</h4>
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<li>For premium upgrade, please go <a href="https://accesspressthemes.com/wordpress-plugins/everest-google-places-reviews/" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Some Useful Links</h4>
<ul>
<li>Support Email: support@accesspressthemes.com</li>
<li>Support Forum Link: http://accesspressthemes.com/support/</li>
</ul>
For a easy installation guide checkout the Installation tab above.
For complete information and documentation regarding plugin,please visit below links.
<a href="https://accesspressthemes.com/documentation/everest-google-places-reviews-lite/" rel="nofollow ugc">Docs</a>
<a href="http://demo.accesspressthemes.com/wordpress-plugins/everest-google-places-reviews-lite/" rel="nofollow ugc">Demo</a>

Everest GPlaces Business Reviews

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