Seventh Sky

Mishal Fatima

<p>Smart Reviews Display lets you showcase reviews from multiple sources including WordPress.org, Yelp, and Google Reviews. Choose from responsive grid (masonry), list, or carousel displays with full reviewer details and smart caching.</p>
<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/VaflIiIj_pE?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></p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Multiple Review Sources</strong>: WordPress.org plugins/themes, Yelp business reviews, Google Places reviews, and custom reviews</li>
<li><strong>Custom Reviews System</strong>: Create up to 10 custom reviews with full control over content, ratings, and clickable links</li>
<li><strong>Review Grouping</strong>: Organize custom reviews into categories (testimonials, product-reviews, etc.)</li>
<li><strong>Responsive Layouts</strong>: Masonry grid, list, and carousel (3 reviews on desktop, 2 on tablet, 1 on mobile)</li>
<li><strong>Smart Management</strong>: Dashboard with add/edit/delete review displays, custom reviews management, internal vs display titles</li>
<li><strong>Rich Content</strong>: Avatars, star ratings, descriptions, aggregate ratings, contextual fields, and review links</li>
<li><strong>ID-Based Shortcodes</strong>: Simple <code>[smart_reviews id="123"]</code> format that auto-updates</li>
<li><strong>Gutenberg Blocks</strong>: Full block editor support with live preview</li>
<li><strong>Smart Caching</strong>: Configurable cache management and TTL controls</li>
<li><strong>Upgrade Integration</strong>: Clear upgrade path to Pro version for unlimited custom reviews</li>
<li><strong>Security First</strong>: WordPress coding standards compliance with proper sanitization</li>
<li><strong>Lightweight Frontend</strong>: Optimized CSS/JS with no bundled frontend libraries</li>
</ul>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<h4>Dashboard Management</h4>
<ol>
<li>Go to <strong>Smart Reviews Display</strong> <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> <strong>Dashboard</strong></li>
<li>Click <strong>“Add New Review Display”</strong> to create a new configuration</li>
<li>Fill in the form:
<ul>
<li><strong>Internal Title</strong>: For backend management (e.g., “WooCommerce Reviews”)</li>
<li><strong>Display Title</strong>: Shown on frontend (e.g., “What our customers say”)</li>
<li><strong>Description</strong>: Optional description text</li>
<li><strong>Review Source</strong>: WordPress.org, Yelp, Google Reviews, or Custom</li>
<li><strong>Slug/ID</strong>: Plugin slug, Yelp business ID, Google Place ID, or leave empty for Custom</li>
<li><strong>Review Group</strong>: Select specific group for Custom reviews (optional)</li>
<li><strong>Type</strong>: Plugin/Theme (WordPress.org only), Business (Yelp), Place (Google), or Custom</li>
<li><strong>Layout</strong>: Grid (masonry), List, or Carousel</li>
<li><strong>Display Options</strong>: Show title, show aggregate rating</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Save and use the generated shortcode or block</li>
</ol>
<h4>Custom Reviews Management</h4>
<ol>
<li>Go to <strong>Smart Reviews Display</strong> <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> <strong>Custom Reviews</strong></li>
<li>Click <strong>“Add Review”</strong> to create a new custom review</li>
<li>Fill in the custom review form:
<ul>
<li><strong>Source</strong>: WordPress, Google, or Yelp (for styling consistency)</li>
<li><strong>Username</strong>: Reviewer’s name</li>
<li><strong>Profile Photo URL</strong>: Optional profile photo (default avatar used if empty)</li>
<li><strong>Review Date</strong>: When the review was written</li>
<li><strong>Review Text</strong>: The actual review content</li>
<li><strong>Review Link</strong>: Optional clickable link to original review</li>
<li><strong>Star Rating</strong>: 1-5 star rating</li>
<li><strong>Review Group</strong>: Group name for organization (e.g., “testimonials”, “product-reviews”)</li>
<li><strong>Business ID/Place ID</strong>: Required for Google and Yelp sources</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Save the review and use it in your review displays</li>
<li><strong>Note</strong>: Free version supports up to 10 custom reviews. Upgrade to Pro for unlimited reviews.</li>
</ol>
<h4>Gutenberg Block</h4>
<p>Search for “Smart Reviews” in the block editor. You can either:<br />
* <strong>Use ID</strong>: Select a saved review display by ID<br />
* <strong>Configure Manually</strong>: Set all options directly in the block</p>
<h4>Shortcode Usage</h4>
<p><strong>New ID-based format (recommended):</strong><br />
    [smart_reviews id=”123″]</p>
<p><strong>Custom reviews examples:</strong><br />
    [smart_reviews source=”custom” layout=”grid” title=”Customer Testimonials”]</p>
<pre><code>[smart_reviews source="custom" group="testimonials" layout="grid" title="Customer Testimonials"]
</code></pre>
<p><strong>Yelp example:</strong><br />
    [smart_reviews source=”yelp” business_id=”your-business-id” type=”business” layout=”grid”]</p>
<p><strong>Google Reviews example:</strong><br />
    [smart_reviews source=”google” place_id=”your-place-id” type=”place” layout=”carousel”]</p>
<h3>External services</h3>
<p>This plugin can connect to external services depending on which review source you choose. No external requests are made for Custom reviews created and stored inside your own WordPress site.</p>
<h4>WordPress.org</h4>
<p>If you use WordPress.org as the review source, the plugin fetches review feeds/pages and plugin rating data from WordPress.org so it can display reviews and aggregate ratings.</p>
<p>It sends the selected plugin or theme slug in the request URL and includes your site’s home URL in the standard WordPress user-agent header when reviews are fetched, refreshed, or re-cached.</p>
<p>Terms and policies: https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Policies<br />
Privacy policy: https://wordpress.org/about/privacy/</p>
<h4>Google Maps Platform (Places API)</h4>
<p>If you use Google Reviews as the source and enter a Google API key, the plugin sends the configured Google Place ID to the Google Places API so it can fetch reviews, rating totals, place name, and related place URLs.</p>
<p>Requests are made when the reviews are first fetched and again whenever the cache expires or you manually clear the plugin cache. Google also receives your site’s home URL in the standard WordPress user-agent header.</p>
<p>Terms of service: https://developers.google.com/maps/terms<br />
Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy</p>
<h4>Yelp Fusion API</h4>
<p>If you use Yelp as the review source and enter a Yelp API key, the plugin sends the configured Yelp business ID to the Yelp Fusion API so it can fetch business reviews, rating totals, business name, and related Yelp URLs.</p>
<p>Requests are made when the reviews are first fetched and again whenever the cache expires or you manually clear the plugin cache. Yelp also receives your site’s home URL in the standard WordPress user-agent header.</p>
<p>Terms of service: https://www.yelp.com/developers/api_terms<br />
Privacy policy: https://terms.yelp.com/privacy/en_us/20260101_en_us/</p>


Smart Reviews Display

Display WordPress.org, Yelp, and Google reviews via shortcode or block with responsive layouts, avatars, ratings, and smart caching.

Trustindex

<p>Display your <strong>Yelp Business reviews</strong> for free with our responsive widgets in 2 minutes.</p>
<p>The plugin displays your Yelp Business reviews in amazing predesigned widgets. You can simply create and display your own widgets, and filter your reviews to build customers’ trust and increase SEO.</p>
<div class="embed-vimeo" style="text-align: center;"><iframe loading="lazy" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/506424210" width="750" height="422" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe></div>
<p>The Yelp Business Reviews WordPress widget plugin lets you showcase Yelp reviews in a variety of professional-looking predesigned widgets.</p>
<p>For many businesses, it can be a challenge to present user reviews in an eye catching way. This widget solves that problem, giving you a wide variety of customization options so that you can display your Yelp reviews proudly on your website.</p>
<p>The main reason for doing this is to garner social proof.</p>
<p>What is social proof?</p>
<p>It’s essentially what happens as a result of word of mouth and positive feedback. The more customers you have raving about your products, services, or customer support, the easier it will be for you to convince others to choose you over the competition.</p>
<h3>Why are Yelp reviews so important?</h3>
<p>Yelp reviews are important because they give customers a clear indication of how the business deals with customers, and whether or not it’s worth giving them a shot.</p>
<p>You can create a buzz around your brand without even investing a lot of money into elaborate marketing campaigns. After all, reviews are a free form of marketing, so provided that you’re able to collect them from customers you can drum up more business in a cost-effective manner.</p>
<p>If you don’t have many Yelp reviews yet, one of the best strategies is to post out review links through email or social media. With the right wording, you can convince customers that leaving a review will help the business to grow which benefits both parties.</p>
<h3>Free plugin features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Free usage</li>
<li>Display up to 10 Yelp Business reviews</li>
<li>40+ Widget layouts</li>
<li>25+ Pre-designed widget styles</li>
<li>1 Review widget</li>
<li>Filter reviews by rating</li>
<li>Display review reply</li>
<li>Hide any reviews</li>
<li>Anonymize reviewer name</li>
<li>Language support</li>
<li>Shortcode integration</li>
<li>Keep all reviews in a WordPress database</li>
<li>SEO boost</li>
<li>Dark website support</li>
<li>Use in any page builder: Gutenberg, Elementor, Page Origin, Beaver Builder, WPBakery, Divi, Classic, …</li>
<li>Widget lazy load</li>
<li>Zero loading time</li>
<li>Use of assets stored in CDN</li>
<li>Linux & Windows (XAMPP, WAMP,…) compatible</li>
<li>Multisite compatibility</li>
</ul>
<h3>Get more features with our professional review software</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.trustindex.io/ti-redirect.php?a=sys-wp&c=yelp.php-r1" rel="nofollow ugc">Create a Free Account for More Features</a></p>
<ul>
<li>Display all reviews from Google, Facebook, Yelp, Amazon, Tripadvisor, Booking.com, AirBnb, Hotels.com, …</li>
<li>Display reviews from different platforms in a widget</li>
<li>Display reviews with photos</li>
<li>Customizable design</li>
<li>Unlimited number of widgets</li>
<li>Management of multiple businesses</li>
<li>Option to hide a review or mark as spam</li>
<li>Professional review tagging system</li>
<li>Widgets are updated when you receive a new review</li>
<li>Widget link modification</li>
<li>Edit review order</li>
<li>Review shortening</li>
<li>Automated review invitation system</li>
<li>Review widgets for your email signatures</li>
<li>Generate amazing images from your reviews to Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest</li>
<li>Shortcode & HTML/JavaScript support</li>
<li>Detailed statistics</li>
<li>Priority support</li>
<li>AMP support</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://www.trustindex.io/ti-redirect.php?a=sys-wp&c=yelp.php-r2" rel="nofollow ugc">Create a Free Account for More Features</a></p>
<h3>Additional free review plugins</h3>
<p>Why not display your other ratings, too? Check out our other free review plugins:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/review-widgets-for-airbnb/" rel="ugc">Airbnb</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/widgets-for-aliexpress-reviews/" rel="ugc">Aliexpress</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/widgets-for-alibaba-reviews/" rel="ugc">Alibaba</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/review-widgets-for-amazon/" rel="ugc">Amazon</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/review-widgets-for-booking-com/" rel="ugc">Booking.com</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/review-widgets-for-capterra/" rel="ugc">Capterra</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/widgets-for-ebay-reviews/" rel="ugc">Ebay</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/review-widgets-for-expedia/" rel="ugc">Expedia</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/free-facebook-reviews-and-recommendations-widgets/" rel="ugc">Facebook</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/review-widgets-for-foursquare/" rel="ugc">Foursquare</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-reviews-plugin-for-google/" rel="ugc">Google</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/review-widgets-for-hotels-com/" rel="ugc">Hotels.com</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/reviews-widgets-for-opentable/" rel="ugc">Opentable</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/widgets-for-sourceforge-reviews/" rel="ugc">SourceForge</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/widgets-for-thumbtack-reviews/" rel="ugc">Thumbtack</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/review-widgets-for-tripadvisor/" rel="ugc">Tripadvisor</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/reviews-widgets-for-yelp/" rel="ugc">Yelp</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/widgets-for-zillow-reviews/" rel="ugc">Zillow</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/customer-reviews-for-woocommerce/" rel="ugc">WooCommerce</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/reviews-widgets/" rel="ugc">WordPress</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Languages</h3>
<p>If your company does business globally, it’s in your interest to cater to various languages.</p>
<p>Our Widgets for Yelp Reviews supports the following languages:<br />
Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Scottish Gaelic, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukranian, Vietnamese, Welsh</p>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>If you have any issues at all setting up the Yelp Business reviews WordPress Plugin for your business, you can contact our customer support team in various ways.</p>
<p>We offer 24/7 email support in English.</p>
<p>We recommend the following order when searching for answers:<br />
1. Plugin FAQ here at the bottom – if you don’t already know why it’s worth displaying Yelp Business reviews<br />
2. You can find more info and Troubleshooting in the plugin’s admin dashboard after install.<br />
3. <a href="https://www.trustindex.io/frequently-asked-questions/" rel="nofollow ugc">Trustindex FAQ</a><br />
4. Check topics or ask a new question here: <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/reviews-widgets-for-yelp/" rel="ugc">Support Forum</a><br />
5. Join our Community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/990874785532977<br />
6. If you still can’t find the answer, feel free to email us: support@trustindex.io</p>
<p>To find out more about who we are and what we do, here are some useful links:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.trustindex.io/" rel="nofollow ugc">TrustIndex Website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.trustindex.io/blog/" rel="nofollow ugc">Our Blog</a></li>
</ul>


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