Seventh Sky

Mishal Fatima

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.
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<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Multiple Review Sources: WordPress.org plugins/themes, Yelp business reviews, Google Places reviews, and custom reviews</li>
<li>Custom Reviews System: Create up to 10 custom reviews with full control over content, ratings, and clickable links</li>
<li>Review Grouping: Organize custom reviews into categories (testimonials, product-reviews, etc.)</li>
<li>Responsive Layouts: Masonry grid, list, and carousel (3 reviews on desktop, 2 on tablet, 1 on mobile)</li>
<li>Smart Management: Dashboard with add/edit/delete review displays, custom reviews management, internal vs display titles</li>
<li>Rich Content: Avatars, star ratings, descriptions, aggregate ratings, contextual fields, and review links</li>
<li>ID-Based Shortcodes: Simple <code>[smart_reviews id="123"]</code> format that auto-updates</li>
<li>Gutenberg Blocks: Full block editor support with live preview</li>
<li>Smart Caching: Configurable cache management and TTL controls</li>
<li>Upgrade Integration: Clear upgrade path to Pro version for unlimited custom reviews</li>
<li>Security First: WordPress coding standards compliance with proper sanitization</li>
<li>Lightweight Frontend: Optimized CSS/JS with no bundled frontend libraries</li>
</ul>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<h4>Dashboard Management</h4>
<ol>
<li>Go to Smart Reviews Display → Dashboard</li>
<li>Click “Add New Review Display” to create a new configuration</li>
<li>Fill in the form:
<ul>
<li>Internal Title: For backend management (e.g., “WooCommerce Reviews”)</li>
<li>Display Title: Shown on frontend (e.g., “What our customers say”)</li>
<li>Description: Optional description text</li>
<li>Review Source: WordPress.org, Yelp, Google Reviews, or Custom</li>
<li>Slug/ID: Plugin slug, Yelp business ID, Google Place ID, or leave empty for Custom</li>
<li>Review Group: Select specific group for Custom reviews (optional)</li>
<li>Type: Plugin/Theme (WordPress.org only), Business (Yelp), Place (Google), or Custom</li>
<li>Layout: Grid (masonry), List, or Carousel</li>
<li>Display Options: 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 Smart Reviews Display → Custom Reviews</li>
<li>Click “Add Review” to create a new custom review</li>
<li>Fill in the custom review form:
<ul>
<li>Source: WordPress, Google, or Yelp (for styling consistency)</li>
<li>Username: Reviewer’s name</li>
<li>Profile Photo URL: Optional profile photo (default avatar used if empty)</li>
<li>Review Date: When the review was written</li>
<li>Review Text: The actual review content</li>
<li>Review Link: Optional clickable link to original review</li>
<li>Star Rating: 1-5 star rating</li>
<li>Review Group: Group name for organization (e.g., “testimonials”, “product-reviews”)</li>
<li>Business ID/Place ID: Required for Google and Yelp sources</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Save the review and use it in your review displays</li>
<li>Note: Free version supports up to 10 custom reviews. Upgrade to Pro for unlimited reviews.</li>
</ol>
<h4>Gutenberg Block</h4>
Search for “Smart Reviews” in the block editor. You can either: 
* Use ID: Select a saved review display by ID 
* Configure Manually: Set all options directly in the block
<h4>Shortcode Usage</h4>
New ID-based format (recommended): 
 [smart_reviews id=”123″]
Custom reviews examples: 
 [smart_reviews source=”custom” layout=”grid” title=”Customer Testimonials”]
<pre><code>[smart_reviews source="custom" group="testimonials" layout="grid" title="Customer Testimonials"]
</code></pre>
Yelp example: 
 [smart_reviews source=”yelp” business_id=”your-business-id” type=”business” layout=”grid”]
Google Reviews example: 
 [smart_reviews source=”google” place_id=”your-place-id” type=”place” layout=”carousel”]
<h3>External services</h3>
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.
<h4>WordPress.org</h4>
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.
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.
Terms and policies: https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Policies 
Privacy policy: https://wordpress.org/about/privacy/
<h4>Google Maps Platform (Places API)</h4>
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.
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.
Terms of service: https://developers.google.com/maps/terms 
Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
<h4>Yelp Fusion API</h4>
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.
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.
Terms of service: https://www.yelp.com/developers/api_terms 
Privacy policy: https://terms.yelp.com/privacy/en_us/20260101_en_us/

Smart Reviews Display

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

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Show off your Yelp reviews on your WordPress site! Check the video below to see how you can get Yelp reviews displaying in under 2 minutes!
A great way to build user confidence and increase your page SEO! You work hard for your 5 star Yelp reviews, why not easily display them on your WordPress site? Each review has the Yelp logo so that your customers can see the reviews are coming from Yelp. Let’s face it, no one really trusts reviews unless they have social proof. Having Yelp reviews on your site builds user confidence and helps you make more sales!
Here’s a quick video adding Yelp reviews in under 2 minutes.
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If you have a restaurant you know how important Yelp reviews can be. Yelp may have started with just restaurants, but now they have all sorts of businesses. If you have a great rating on Yelp, then it’s a great idea to display the reviews on your site. By showing social proof from Yelp you can build customer confidence and increase your sales.
If you don’t have any Yelp reviews, then don’t worry it’s pretty easy to get started. More than likely your Business is already listed. All you have to do is starting sending your customers there to leave a review.
Feature List:
<ul>
<li>Easily create a slider from your Yelp reviews! Sort of like an image slider but with Yelp reviews!</li>
<li>Filter reviews by rating to only show your best reviews!</li>
<li>Simple to enter the Yelp URL and click the download button to copy your reviews to your database.</li>
<li>You can create multiple templates to use all of over your site. They can be used in Posts, Pages, and Widgets!</li>
<li>They can also be added with a template function.</li>
<li>Control what reviews get displayed on which slider with options such as: show/hide star rating, show/hide date, change the border radius, modify the colors and background.</li>
<li>Create a grid of reviews buy changing how many to show per a row and even have mutliple rows of reviews!</li>
<li>Even more control of the display by using the custom CSS input box.</li>
<li>Display them by newest or randomly.</li>
<li>Even hide the no text reviews completely with the click of a button.</li>
<li>Add a read more link and even change the text of it.</li>
</ul>
Check out our other free versions! 
<a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-facebook-reviews/" rel="ugc">Facebook</a> 
<a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-google-places-review-slider/" rel="ugc">Google</a> 
<a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-tripadvisor-review-slider/" rel="ugc">TripAdvisor</a> 
<a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-thumbtack-review-slider/" rel="ugc">Thumbtack</a> 
<a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/review-slider-for-woocommerce/" rel="ugc">WooCommerce</a> 
<a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-airbnb-review-slider/" rel="ugc">Airbnb</a>
<a href="https://wpreviewslider.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Upgrade to Pro for More Features:</a>
<ul>
<li>Download all your reviews from multiple locations and social pages.</li>
<li>Super cool graphs and charts.</li>
<li>Customer support via email and a forum.</li>
<li>Get email notifications when new low reviews are found.</li>
<li>Create a really cool summary badge of your reviews!</li>
<li>Front end submission form.</li>
<li>Download your reviews from 85+ sites like… Facebook, Google, TripAdvisor, WooCommerce, Zillow, etc…</li>
<li>Create floating badges and reviews that will show a slideout of reviews on click!</li>
<li>Load More button to show more reviews.</li>
<li>Hide certain reviews from displaying.</li>
<li>Manually add reviews to your database.</li>
<li>Download all your reviews in CSV format to your computer.</li>
<li>Slider pauses when mouses is over it.</li>
<li>Access more Review Template styles!</li>
<li>Advanced slider controls like: Autoplay, slide animation direction, hide navigation arrows and dots, adjust slider height for each slide.</li>
<li>Change the minimum rating of the reviews to display. Allows you to hide low rating reviews.</li>
<li>Use a minimum and maximum word count so you can hide short or long reviews.</li>
<li>Add a read more and read less link to long reviews.</li>
<li>More date display options (MM/DD/YYYY, DD/MM/YY, DD/MM/YYYY, YYYY-MM-DD, DD Mmm YYYY, Time Since)</li>
<li>Display reviews of a certain type or mix them all together on one slider (Facebook, Yelp, Google, TripAdvisor, manually input).</li>
<li>Individually choose which reviews you want to display per a template.</li>
<li>Display a summary of your review ratings in a Google Search Result. You can automatically create the correct review snippet markup!</li>
<li>Access to all new features we add in the future!</li>
</ul>

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