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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