Joseph D'Souza

<p>Simple Reviews Badge is a lightweight plugin that displays aggregate Google Reviews and star ratings in a customisable badge format. It uses the Google Places API to fetch and display reviews with schema markup support for better SEO.</p>
<p><strong>Key Features:</strong><br />
* Display Google Reviews with aggregate ratings and stars.<br />
* Customisable through WordPress admin settings.<br />
* Supports schema markup for enhanced SEO.<br />
* AJAX-based loading for better performance.<br />
* Filterable and customisable HTML structure.</p>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<p>You can display the Simple Reviews Badge on any page or post by using the following shortcode:</p>
<pre><code>[simple_reviews_badge_display_reviews include_schema="true" img_src="./logo.png"]
</code></pre>
<ul>
<li>include_schema (default: false): Whether to include a product schema describing your review count and average score. Enabling this will add a review star rating to your Google search results on the page your shortcode is included.</li>
<li>img_src (default: see settings page): Override the main image from the settings page for a single reviews badge instance</li>
</ul>
<p>The shortcode will render a Simple Reviews Badge with stars, aggregate ratings, and a review count.</p>
<h3>Settings</h3>
<p>To configure the plugin, go to Settings > Simple Reviews Badge in the WordPress admin panel. Here are the available settings:</p>
<h3>Basic Settings</h3>
<ol>
<li>Google Place ID: The Place ID of your business location on Google.</li>
<li>Google API Key: Your Google Places API key.</li>
<li>Review Badge Image URL: The image displayed alongside the reviews (e.g., Google logo).</li>
<li>Cache Duration: How long (in seconds) to cache the review data before fetching fresh data.</li>
<li>Google Review Link: A link to the reviews page on Google (used in the badge).</li>
</ol>


Simple Reviews Badge

Show your Google rating on your website with a simple badge, including stars and number of reviews.

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<p>⭐ <strong>Reviews Widget for Google, Yelp & Facebook</strong> is a simple and powerful WordPress plugin that displays real customer reviews from three major platforms into combined feed.</p>
<h3>⭐ Unified feed — Google + Yelp + Facebook together</h3>
<p>📌 This plugin brings together reviews from <strong>Google</strong>, <strong>Yelp</strong>, and <strong>Facebook Recommendations</strong> into a single combined feed.<br />
📌 You no longer need separate plugins for each platform — everything is managed in one place using one widget, one shortcode and one settings panel.<br />
📌 This reduces setup time, avoids plugin conflicts and keeps your site lighter and easier to manage.</p>
<h3>⭐ Unlimited business locations & unlimited widgets</h3>
<p>📍 <strong>Unlimited locations</strong> — connect any number of Google places, Yelp listings or Facebook Pages.<br />
🗂️ <strong>Unlimited widgets</strong> — each widget can use its own layout and source selection.<br />
🔧 Each widget can display a different location, different platform or any custom combination of Google, Yelp or Facebook sources.</p>
<p>There are no limits on:<br />
– number of locations<br />
– number of widgets<br />
– number of shortcodes<br />
– number of pages where you display reviews</p>
<h3>⭐ API usage & platform limitations</h3>
<p>This plugin uses the official Facebook Graph API to show <strong>all recommendations</strong> and requires an owner rights to the FB page. It displays up to <strong>10 Google reviews</strong> and <strong>3 Yelp reviews</strong> at the first install and can <strong>collect it daily to show more reviews</strong>.</p>
<h3>⭐ Why display social reviews?</h3>
<p>📈 Build trust and credibility<br />
📌 Improve conversions<br />
📉 Reduce bounce rate<br />
⏱️ Increase dwell time<br />
🏆 Strengthen local business reputation<br />
🚀 Add verified social proof near your call-to-action</p>
<p>This plugin gives you full control — show a few top reviews or an entire feed.</p>
<h3>⭐ Manual filtering & moderation</h3>
<p>You have full manual control over what is displayed.<br />
If a review is irrelevant or not needed — hide it with one click.<br />
This helps maintain a clean and relevant feed.</p>
<h3>⭐ Multiple display layouts</h3>
<p>Choose between:</p>
<ul>
<li>List</li>
<li>Grid</li>
<li>Slider (carousel)</li>
</ul>
<p>Suitable for sidebars, landing pages, homepage sections, footers and full-width layouts.</p>
<h3>⭐ SEO & performance benefits</h3>
<ul>
<li>Lightweight and optimized</li>
<li>Improves engagement</li>
<li>Clean HTML markup (SEO-friendly)</li>
<li>Compatible with caching plugins</li>
<li>Lazy-loading for images</li>
<li>Fully responsive on all screens</li>
</ul>
<h3>⭐ Sources & review limits</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Google</strong> — up to 10 reviews via public API, more synced manually every 3 days using the “Refresh” option</li>
<li><strong>Yelp</strong> — up to 3 reviews via public API, more synced manually every 3 days using the “Refresh” option</li>
<li><strong>Facebook</strong> — all Recommendations available through the official Graph API (no limits)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Features</h3>
<p>• Display Google reviews, Yelp reviews & Facebook Recommendations<br />
• Unified feed — combine all platforms into one widget<br />
• Unlimited business locations<br />
• Unlimited widgets and shortcodes<br />
• Multiple layouts: list, grid, slider (carousel)<br />
• Manual moderation (hide/show any review)<br />
• Responsive design<br />
• Manual refresh every 3 days<br />
• Pagination for long lists<br />
• SEO-friendly clean markup<br />
• Lazy-loading for images<br />
• Official APIs only — no scraping<br />
• Compatible with Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, SiteOrigin, WPBakery<br />
• Gutenberg block and classic widget included<br />
• Dark mode and light mode<br />
• Works immediately with no coding</p>
<h3>Demo</h3>
<p><a href="https://trust.reviews/demos" rel="nofollow ugc">Online demo</a></p>
<span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TEqz4RDr7EI?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe></span>
<h3>Support</h3>
<ul>
<li>Email support support@trust.reviews</li>
<li>Forum support https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/fb-reviews-widget/</li>
</ul>


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