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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ExpressTech Systems

Sayan Datta

<p>Gutena Star Ratings is a great block that lets you add star rating to client testimonials and reviews. Not only the star rating will tell customers how effective your service or product is, but you can also use it to tell your clients where they have to pay more attention in order to get higher rating.</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Complete control over the look and feel</li>
<li>Fully customizable, so you can easily change the color, size, space between the stars and much more..</li>
<li>You can set star rating between 5 – 10 stars</li>
</ul>
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